Panhandle SEEP

Please help get the word out on this great opportunity for local artists! Deadline quickly approaching - February 1st.

Governor Brad Little officially proclaimed Lakes Appreciation Month (July) in Idaho! Idaho is home to thousands of lakes that define our state's landscape, support vibrant communities, and offer opportunities for recreation and connection with nature. What's your favorite Idaho lake?👀

All through the year, we can all show our appreciation for lakes by protecting our vital water resources. Simple actions like moderating water use, limiting use of lawn and garden chemicals, and properly disposing of waste, medications, and hazardous materials helps safeguard the clean water that sustains our communities.



Governor Brad Little
Idaho Department of Water Resources

Come and learn about the 50 years of cleanup in the Coeur d'Alene Basin, and help us celebrate the successes!

A huge thank you to Justin Shaw with HMH Engineering and Chris Bosley with the City of Coeur d'Alene for giving the SEEP committee a tour of the recently-completed stormwater project near East Tubbs Hill!

Funded through Governor Brad Little's Leading Idaho Initiative for Coeur d'Alene Lake, this is one of the City's many efforts under its Stormwater Outfall Volume Reduction Program. This particular project captures stormwater runoff from approximately 76 acres of residential area and redirects it into a treatment system instead of discharging directly to the lake, which is where it used to go.

This design utilizes a series of drywell structures that are surrounded by filter fabric and a sand/compost filtering media that the stormwater percolates through before entering groundwater in the area.

The Annual meeting is next week. Please join us for some stormwater fun!

Tis the season - the City of Coeur d'Alene's Fall Leaf Fest starts up November 13th. Don't forget to get your leaves out if you live in Coeur d'Alene. Not only does this save you some hauling - it also helps protect water quality in Coeur D'Alene Lake! Here are some guidelines from the City of Coeur d'Alene's website:

Pick-up will start south of Sherman Avenue and move north.
Leaves will be picked up only once, so mark your calendars!

Do ...

Start putting leaves/needles out after Wednesday, November 1st.

Keep the leaves about one foot away from the curb line to allow for water flow.

Please move vehicles off of the street during leaf pick-up.

Be alert for leaf pick-up equipment traveling through your neighborhood.

Keep a safe distance away from leaf pick-up equipment.

Please Do NOT...

Place bagged leaves in the street.

Mix branches, garden debris, grass clippings or other trash in with leaves.

Miss the deadline... we only have time for one pass.

Follow our progress on-line at: https://maps.cdaid.org/leaf/

Sweepers will follow City trucks to collect remaining/excess leaves.

If you have questions or need additional information, please check streets.cdaid.org or call the Streets and Engineering Department at 208-769-2235.

Note - this is October 25th - previous flyer showed the 24th.

Join the SEEP Committee for our Annual Meeting! Snacks and stormwater - what could be better?

We want to give a big Thank You to Profile Products for putting on an amazing hydroseed class. The class provided a wealth of information as to how to properly determine what seed to use and proper application rates. Thanks to Damon Sump for putting it together.

New SEEP Class-Hydroseed Application
This as a pilot class for those more intimately involved in the design and application of hydroseeding in our region. The class and subsequent certification will only cost $50 per person. The first half of the class will be held at the Coeur d’Alene Casino and the second half of the class will be held at Hydrostraw Plant in Rockford, WA. Lunch will be provided. Class size is limited so register today at [email protected].

Spring SEEP classes are filling up. Coeur d'Alene's Basic class is full and Sandpoint's Basic class is almost full. We still have openings in our Advance SEEP Classes. Register now!

Spring classes are filling up. Register today at: https://www.uidaho.edu/cda/cwrc/seep/classes

Spring SEEP class registration is now open.