Our Gem Partners
Amy Anderson
Kootenai Environmental Alliance
Title: Environmental Programs Director Statement: “Our Gem exemplifies and embodies the tremendous impact a cooperative, collective approach to regional natural resources management can have on our local natural resources.”
Jamie Brunner
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
Title: Coeur d'Alene Lake Management Supervisor Statement: "I support Our Gem as a community-based approach to preserving our shared natural resources and our quality of life."
Charles Buck
U of I Coeur d’Alene
Title: Associate Vice President and Executive Officer Statement: “Preserving and improving our waterways and natural environment are crucial for the community and economic development.”
Nicole Kahler
CDA 2030, Inc.
Title: Executive Director Statement: “I support Our Gem because it is a community priority to protect our lakes and rivers as our city grows.”
Marie Schmidt
U of I Coeur d’Alene
Title: Community Water Resource Center Outreach Specialist Statement: “I support Our Gem because Coeur d’Alene Lake is the heart of this community, and we share a responsibility to keep it healthy and clean.”
Rebecca Stevens
Coeur d'Alene Tribe
Title: Lake Management Restoration Coordinator Statement: "Coeur d'Alene Lake lies within the heart and cultural epicenter of the Coeur d'Alene people, and it brings me great honor to work with a collective group of multi-jurisdictional professionals to ensure water quality concerns are being addressed for not only the tribe but the Coeur d'Alene basin community as a whole."