Area youth have fun at Camp Stidwell. Recently, Sandpoint Kiwanis entered into a conservation easement agreement with the Inland northwest Land Conservancy to preserve the site as a place for the community's youth as a rustic campground.
February 25, 2023
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Camp Stidwell placed in conservation easement
Agreement between Sandpoint Kiwanis, INLC protects site, restricts development
A tree at Camp Stidwell has been around since before David Thompson first explored the region — or the United States was even a country. "Who wouldn't want to preserve this?" Kiwanis Club secretary Dick Vail said of the tree — and the entire 160-acre site on the south end of Mirror Lake. "Nature worth preserving." The club recently took steps to protect the area in perpetuity, signing a conservation easement with the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy.