Our Gem Articles
The Our Gem Collaborative team regularly contributes data-driven articles to the Coeur d’Alene Press to promote dialogue and community action in caring for Coeur d’Alene Lake.
- Be a Smarter Gardener
- Coeur d’Alene’s Water Consumption and Conservation
- Construction Ahead
- Does Flushing Your Toilet Protect Our Lake?
- Down the Drain: Household Wastewater Treatment Systems
- Exploring The Basin: The Trail of the Coeur d’Alene’s
- A Great Partnership, A Shared Vision
- Keep It on the Road: Eliminate Erosion with Quality Design
- Kootenai County Takes Action to Protect Ground Water
- Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Protection District Protecting Our Priceless Water Supply
- There’s a Moose on the Loose in Downtown Coeur d’Alene
- Water Conservation Through Native Landscaping
- We Don’t Pay for the Water We Use, We Pay for How We Use the Water
- Wise Lawn and Garden Care Protects Our Waterways
- Avoid Stormwater Poo-llution and Pick Up After Your Pet
- April Showers Bring May Floods
- A Brief History of Wastewater Treatment in Coeur d’Alene
- Ho Ho How to Dispose of Hazardous Waste
- Keep Your Butts Out of the Water
- Keeping Dirt Where It Belongs
- Managing Stormwater
- Mudgy and Millie Want to See Only Rain Down the Drain
- Pollution Prevention for North Idaho’s Rivers and Lakes
- When Leaves Fall, So Can Lake Oxygen Levels
- When Leaves Fall, the City Gets Busy
- Where Does Stormwater Go in Winter?
- ARPA Funding Advisory Groups Phosphorus and Why They Matter
- Clean Drinking Water
- Confluence Project Students Dig into Snow Science at Lookout
- From Flammable to Fishable: the US Clean Water Act
- Harmful Algae Blooms (H.A.B.s)
- Keeping CDA Lakes Water Quality in Check
- Local Gem Awards
- The National Academies of Sciences Study: 17 Years of Research to Consider
- What Is the National Academies of Sciences?
- Who Is the National Academies of Sciences and What Do They Want with Our Gem, Coeur d’Alene Lake?