Reports
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 Kettle Range Conservation Group will host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival at Colville’s Alpine Theatre, March 6, and at the Republic Elementary School Multi-purpose Room, March 7. Films start at both locations at 6:30 PM.  Click here for show schedule and film descriptions.A wide variety of films will be shown exploring social and environmental issues on a global scale through the exciting and influential medium of film. Films will include international and U.S. produced films featuring breathtaking scenery, kayaking, hiking, fishing, biking and even skateboarding.  The Wild & Scenic Film Festival works with environmental and outdoor recreation conscious groups across the country to host tour venues. The goal is to use film to inspire greater awareness of our shared environment, individual achievement, cultural diversity and our roles as stewards to keep the Planet healthy for the next seven generations.•The March 6 event will be at Alpine Theatre located 112 N. Main Street, Colville. • A second showing March 7 is scheduled at the Elementary School Multi-purpose Room located off Highway 20 east of Republic. •Hours for both events are 6:30-9 PM. •Tickets are $6 for 18 & under and $8 dollars for adults and are available at Alpine Theatre, Colville Sign and Ferry County Coop. •Raffle prizes will be given away at both events. •For more information contact Tim Coleman: tcoleman@kettlerange.org or call 509-775-2667. ANNUAL FUND RAISING AUCTION A GREAT SUCCESS !  An overflow crowd of nearly 100 people attended the our annual benefit auction on Saturday, November 17. Held at the Ferry County Fairgrounds Carousal building the auction raised over $5000 for Project Scholarship and other programs. A big THANK YOU to all the local and regional individuals, artists and businesses who donated a record number of items to the live and silent auction. Donations ranged from a variety of gift certificates, artwork, organic fruits and vegetables, overnight stays, dinner at restaurants, ski passes, outdoor gear and direct monetary contributions. And a heartfelt THANKS to all our members and supporters who attended the auction and supported our programs with generous bids on every item. Our annual auction supports Project Scholarship, which provides financial support to academically outstanding high school seniors to help meet the cost of attending college. Up to three $1000 scholarships are given away each year to students from Ferry, Stevens or Okanogan County. To date over $42,000 has been awarded to local students. In addition to student grants, our auction supports the Columbia Highlands Initiative which promotes collaboration with local businesses, lumber producers, energy providers and elected officials to implement a balanced plan for restoring forests and creating jobs, protecting working ranches and wildlife habitat, and preserving wild roadless areas for future generations. This year’s awards went to Republic senior Stephanie Wilson and senior Megan Beyers from Tonasket. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship to attend the college of their choice. Ms. Wilson will be attending Eastern Washington University pursuing a major in chemistry and Ms. Beyer will major in exercise science at Pacific Lutheran University. Project Scholarship applications for the current school year may be submitted beginning in March and are due by May first. Donations to Project Scholarship are tax-deductible. Since 1996, Kettle Range Conservation Group’s Project Scholarship has contributed over $43,000 in scholarships to seniors from Ferry, Stevens, and Okanogan counties. For more information click on Project Scholarship in the left column.  Curlew Job Corps Instrumental in Opening Historic Kettle Crest Trail The historic Big Lick Trail in the Kettle River Range was finally cleared of a maze-like tangle of downed trees that had made it completely impassable even to the most rugged outdoors person. Volunteers from Kettle Range Conservation Group and Curlew Job Corps Forestry students put in a herculean effort requiring seven days and 366 person hours to clear 5.5 miles of trail of many hundreds of downed trees that in some locations were piled into twisted trunks and branches over 7 feet deep. Read more: CLICK HERE The perfect gift...protecting Wilderness Consider giving a gift membership to Kettle Range Conservation Group. Your gift will help protect the last wild places in the Colville National Forest and support Project Scholarship. Plus your gift is tax deductible. You can purchase a gift membership by using our secure PayPal account. Please click this link: Join KRCG. Plus you can download and print a special KRCG gift card to present to your friend. Click here. Thank you! Kettle Range Conservation Group helps stop the South End ORV Project
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HighlandsNews Journal of the Kettle Range Conservation Group Now On-line Click Here
 WILDERNESS.NETis the only officially-recognized, national, comprehensive, inter-agency database of information about all Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service and National Park Service wilderness areas. Wilderness.net was formed in 1996 through a collaborative partnership between the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center and the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute--the federal government's wilderness training and research arms, respectively--and the College of Forestry and Conservation's Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana. |
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The Colville National Forest Supervisor decided to withdraw the previous decision to implement the South End ORV Project. We're awaiting details on what this means, but for now we consider it very good news.
At the request of the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition, Headwaters Economics conducted an examination of northeast Washington’s communities and economy to determine the possible impacts of the "Blueprint" proposal for managing National Forest lands in the region.
Kettle Range Conservation Group History 
KRCG Urges Washington Wildlife Agency to End Support for Abolishing Federal Wolf Protections