Coeur d’Alene Resort will serve as the backdrop for “Dynamics of Northern Idaho Forests: A Symposium on Plants, Animals and People,” Feb. 2-3. Sponsors include the Sierra Club, the Intermountain Forest Industries Association and the Bureau of Land Management. Write North Idaho Forest Symposium, P.O. Box 564, Potlatch, ID 83855 (208/875-1528).





Chip away at today’s pressing mining issues at a free workshop sponsored by the Santa Fe Group Sierra Club Conservation Committee. “To Make a Mine You’ve got to Break a Few Rocks: A Workshop on Mining and Its Effects on Public and Private Land” will take place Jan. 13 in Santa Fe. For details, contact Courtney White, 621 Old Santa Fe Trail, Suite 10, Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505/982-5502).





There’s still time to nominate environmental volunteers for a Sol Feinstone Environmental Award. Up to five people receive $1,000 each. Contact the Feinstone Environmental Awards Committee by Dec. 31 at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 204 Bray Hall, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210-2778 (315/470-6683).








Regional poets are invited to enter their wild words in the 11th annual Utah Wilderness Poetry Competition. Winners receive $100 and publication in UWA Review. Deadline for entries is Feb. 15. For a copy of guidelines, send an SASE to Poetry, c/o Utah Wilderness Association, 455 East 400 South #205, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.

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Short takes

by Staff, High Country News
December 25, 1995

<h1>Short takes</h1> <p class="byline">by Staff, High Country News <br />December 25, 1995</p> <p>Coeur d’Alene Resort will serve as the backdrop for<br /> “Dynamics of Northern Idaho Forests: A Symposium on Plants, Animals<br /> and People,” Feb. 2-3. Sponsors include the Sierra Club, the<br /> Intermountain Forest Industries Association and the Bureau of Land<br /> Management. Write North Idaho Forest Symposium, P.O. Box 564,<br /> Potlatch, ID 83855 (208/875-1528).</p> <p> Chip away at today’s pressing mining issues at<br /> a free workshop sponsored by the Santa Fe Group Sierra Club<br /> Conservation Committee. “To Make a Mine You’ve got to Break a Few<br /> Rocks: A Workshop on Mining and Its Effects on Public and Private<br /> Land” will take place Jan. 13 in Santa Fe. For details, contact<br /> Courtney White, 621 Old Santa Fe Trail, Suite 10, Santa Fe, NM<br /> 87501 (505/982-5502).</p> <p>There’s still time to nominate environmental volunteers for a Sol<br /> Feinstone Environmental Award. Up to five people receive $1,000<br /> each. Contact the Feinstone Environmental Awards Committee by Dec.<br /> 31 at the State University of New York, College of Environmental<br /> Science and Forestry, 204 Bray Hall, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY<br /> 13210-2778 (315/470-6683).</p> <p> Regional poets are invited to enter their wild<br /> words in the 11th annual Utah Wilderness Poetry Competition.<br /> Winners receive $100 and publication in UWA Review. Deadline for<br /> entries is Feb. 15. For a copy of guidelines, send an SASE to<br /> Poetry, c/o Utah Wilderness Association, 455 East 400 South #205,<br /> Salt Lake City, UT 84111.</p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=187607">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Short takes</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-50/short-takes-5/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info Country News&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;quality=100&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=119967&amp;amp;ga4=G-0NS3WVPPTN&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/issue-50/short-takes-5/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/hcn.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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