Kaniksu Land Trust Eric Grace, Executive Director Suzanne Tugman, Outreach and Program Coordinator Kaniksu Land Trust works with landowners and organizations in north Idaho and northwest Montana to protect, maintain, and enhance natural resources and recreational values that contribute to our quality of life.
Kaniksu Land Trust Land, conservation, health & economic development Economic Impact of Chronic Disease in Idaho: 2003: 5.2 Billion 2023 (projected): 19.5 Billion* *Milken Institute Chronic Disease Index
Education Partnerships Cities of Clark Fork, Dover, Ponderay and Sandpoint The Blue Cross Foundation ID Fish & Game; MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks Sandpoint Parks and Rec Bonner County & Sanders County NRCS Lake Pend Oreille School District ID Department of Lands Bonner County Library Avista University of Idaho Schweitzer Mountain Resort Kaniksu Health Services Community groups: Underground Kindness, Idaho After School Coalition, Bonner County Fairgrounds, Kinderhaven, First Christian Church, Sandpoint Senior Center Home Depot
Land Trusts: Nationally Current Initiatives: Youth Afterschool programs Outside7B: Ages 9-12 & Hike7B: Ages 13-19 Summer programs Kinderhaven Outside7B & Hike7B Year Round StoryWalk™; Dover, Sandpoint, Ponderay
Current Initiatives: Education Clark Fork Jr. & Sr. High LPOSD Elementary School programs BioBlitz at U of I property
Current Initiatives: ParkRx Bonner County Community Health Profile 2015-2016 CDC: 50% Americans with one or more Chronic Disease Bonner County Idaho Primary care Physicians: 1,630:1 Mental health Providers: 460:1 Health Care costs per resident: $7,146 Obesity: Adults 26% Obesity: Teens: Low-income preschoolers 10.4 % Diabetes: Youth & general populations Depression: Youth, single mothers, Seniors Suicide: 2008 24.4%
Current Initiatives: ParkRx WALK7B HIKE7B OUTSIDE7B
Kaniksu Land Trust PO Box 2123 1215 Michigan St, Suite A Sandpoint, ID 83864 www.kaniksu.org info@kaniksu.org 208.627.9205