News Call for new IdEEA board members!   Please consider volunteering your time to support IdEEA’s mission of advancing environmental education in Idaho. We are recruiting new board members for the 2026-28 term to help specifically with Communications, Teacher Awards, Partnerships, Member Benefits, and Treasurer positions. The application  is open January 1-31, with decisions being announced by mid February, and the two-year term beginning March 2026. Contact Janice Alexander

Gabriela Reyes-Acosta Southern Idaho Students check out the view from Bogus Basin during a break from snowshoeing during Snow School, a program created by the Winter Wildlands Alliance to get students learning outdoors in the winter. When the weather turns colder, how do we engage young people in outdoor education? By combining tools and tangible resources with a sense of joy that meets young people where they are, winter doesn’t have to be solely enjoyed indoors! As Idahoa

Beth Kochevar McCall Outdoor Science School Workshop attendees view the restoration efforts of the Valley Fire. “I feel like I have the resources and the ability to do this, now,” one participant shared. We were standing in a circle in the sun of a Boise autumn afternoon, reflecting about our take-aways from the NASA Earth to Sky Adapt workshop. We all paused in a moment of awe, gratitude, and hope. This participant expressing her newly gained self-efficacy in developing and

Nora Paech Idaho Falls Giving Tuesday is the Tuesday following Thanksgiving each year. If there is one thing I admire about the United States more than anything, it is the willingness of community members to step up and fill a need where they see one. Having worked for non-profits in both Germany and the U.S., I’ve seen vast differences in civic engagement and charitable giving. While volunteerism rates in the U.S. have declined during Covid-19, they have since rebounded and

Lilly Wilson BSU student Youth Salmon Protector Youth Salmon Protectors delivering postcards to Senator Mike Crapo’s office. When young...

Liz Pratt Star Middle School Students at Star Middle School planting in their new garden The Challenge This last school year, I took on...

Hi! I’m Jenny Wolf, an IdEEA member and educator at the WaterShed Climate and Education Center. My background is in backcountry guiding...