Wilderness/Water Service-Learning U. Idaho

Wilderness orchards as refugia for heirloom apples.

Unkempt groves of fruit trees are the last vestiges of historic homesteads once scattered throughout central Idaho’s Frank Church — River of No Return Wilderness.

Most of those homesteads were acquired by the U.S. Forest Service, which demolished the buildings and infrastructure and allowed nature to reclaim the landscape.

Andrew Armstrong, superintendent of the University of Idaho Taylor Wilderness Research Station, has been on a quest to find those old homesteads and preserve long-lost heritage apple varieties that were planted to sustain early settlers. Partnering with Kyle Nagy, superintendent and orchard operations manager of the University of Idaho, Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center, Armstrong aims to propagate those abandoned trees and reestablish them in a new orchard at Taylor.

For the past two winters, Armstrong has traveled throughout a 15-mile radius of his remote research facility in search of orchards, accompanied only by his mules. He’s taken tree cuttings from four forgotten homesteads in the Big Creek drainage, which is the largest tributary of the Salmon River’s Middle Fork. His cuttings, known as scions, are the width of a pencil and about a year old, each harboring three to four buds. Nagy has grafted the scions to winter-hardy, Russian rootstock and intends to help Armstrong plant the Taylor orchard this spring.

Read more: https://www.uidaho.edu/news/news-articles/colleges/cals/2025/020525-apple-quest.

University of Idaho College of Natural Resources

Full Circle Success Four years ago, Emma Arman was a high school sophomore learning water science with U of I community leaders. Now, as a University of Idaho Extension intern, she travels the region bringing water quality lessons to life.

Looking for continuing education units to renew your SEEP certification (every three years)?
Sign up to be a judge for the 2019 Youth Water Summit at North Idaho College May 21st!

Seeking seasonal field technician employment?

Looking for a dream job outside? Would you enjoy collecting environmental data, identifying species, traveling the Panhandle, and helping prevent the spread of invasive species, noxious weeds and agricultural pests? The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is recruiting for two seasonal Invasive Species Survey Technicians based out of Coeur d’Alene or Sandpoint. Desired start date is Monday, June 25th, so please submit your application ASAP.
https://www4.labor.idaho.gov/DHR/ats/statejobs/jobannouncement.aspx?announcement_no=TEMP015897

Saturday, Feb 6th: N Idaho-E. Washington Regional Lakes Conference. Registration is FREE! Lunch is provided by some generous funders. It is a wonderful conference, and the public is invited. I encourage all Master Water Stewards to consider attending. More information: http://lakesconference.libertylake.org/

Regional Lakes Conference

Please make this position available far and wide:

Idaho FIRST VISTA
Service Term: July 2015 – July 2016 (12 months)
University of Idaho Extension/4-H – Official Partner for Jr. FIRST LEGO League, FIRST LEGO League, and FIRST Tech Challenge in Idaho
Location: Moscow, Idaho on the University of Idaho campus
Start Date: May-June

Position Description and Application: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=59783&fromSearch=true

This is a great resume builder for young adults, a way to give back for retirees, and a whole bunch of fun building capacity for the premiere hands-on and project-based STEM education program going. Oh, and also, it is incredibly rewarding and a great opportunity for building soft-skills and for leadership development!

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xkcd: Geography

UI CdA hiring an Admin Assistant for the Math Center. If you know anyone who is interested, please send them this link: http://uidaho.peopleadmin.com:80/postings/5528

A timely video. While the air temperatures are getting warmer, the water is still really cold. Watch what happens when three people are volunteered to swim around in cold water for only three minutes!

Cold Water Boot Camp Volunteers experience the 3 effects of cold water immersion - cold shock, cold incapacitation & hypothermia. Learn how to survive a fall into cold water.

Lots of kids activities at the CdA Earth Day Fair

Earth Day Fair 702 E Front Street, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814 THIS IS A FREE FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT WHERE YOU CAN JOIN IN THE INTERNATIONAL CELEBRATION TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. G...

I just scheduled Summer 2014 IDAH2O Master Water Steward workshops around Idaho. Please forward on to people and groups who might be interested. Remember that currently certified MWSs can join in for the afternoon field portion as a refresher... for free!

Sandpoint: Saturday, April 12
Sandpoint: Saturday, May 3 (yes, a second workshop)
Driggs: Saturday, May 10
Boise: Saturday, May 31
McCall: Monday, June 23 (note: takes place on a Monday)
Moscow: Saturday, July 19
Coeur d’Alene: Saturday, July 26