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.”
David Callahan
Kootenai County

Title: Community Development Director Statement: “Fundamental to the notion of good land use planning is the inclusion of community values and aspirations into the planning process. As Kootenai County’s most identifiable and value laden natural resource, the protection of Coeur d’Alene Lake’s water quality and environs should take center stage in our planning efforts.”
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."