KNPS talk looks at caribou, lichen

SANDPOINT — Selkirk Mountain Caribou recovery and the arboreal lichen collection project are the focus of an upcoming talk by Cheryl Moody, executive director of the Selkirk Conservation Alliance.

The Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society talk, sponsored by the group and Sandpoint Parks & Recreation, will be held Feb. 24, at Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S. First Ave., from 9:45-11:30 a.m. There is no charge to attend.

The free monthly presentations cover a variety of natural resource related topics ranging from wildflower identification, to forest tree management, to mushroom gathering, and much more.

Presentations take place from 9:45 a.m.-11:30 a.m. the fourth Saturday of September, October, and November and from January through June. There is no need to pre-register.

For more information about the Native Plant Society or upcoming KNPS programs go online to nativeplantsociety.org or visit Sandpoint Parks and Recreation, 1123 Lake St., and online at sandpointidaho.gov/parksrecreation.