Friends and supporters,

Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) activists and allies are planning powerful convergences, training workshops, direct actions, and educational forums that expand the movement against extreme energy and for a livable future!  The Events Calendar page of the WIRT website lists and links to activities in the Northwest region that WIRT organizes and/or participates in, including emerging frontline and solidarity actions with our comrades across the continent.  Visit this constantly updated events page often and get involved in grassroots resistance to the root causes of climate change!

WIRT holds twice-monthly potluck/pizza meetings at 7 pm every first Thursday at Second Avenue Pizza, 215 South Second Avenue in Sandpoint, Idaho, and at 7 pm every third Thursday at The Attic, up the back stairs of 314 East Second Street in Moscow, Idaho.  Please call 208-301-8039 or email wild.idaho.rising.tide@gmail.com for information about meeting agendas, event carpools, and volunteer opportunities.

MARCH 2015

March 19: WIRT Third Thursday Monthly Meeting and Potluck (Thursday 7 pm, The Attic, up the back stairs of 314 East Second Street, Moscow, Idaho)

March 21: The Future of Railroads: Safety, Workers, Community, and the Environment (Saturday 8 am to 8 pm, Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, Washington, co-sponsored by Backbone Campaign and Railroad Workers United)

March 28: Fourth Annual Celebration of Wild Idaho Rising Tide benefit concert with a potluck, beer and wine, and slide show (Saturday 7 pm to midnight, 1912 Center Great Room, 412 East Second Street, Moscow, Idaho)  Please contact WIRT to volunteer.

March 31: Written protests of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Little Willow oil and gas lease auction due by mail or fax to Tracy Hadley of the BLM Idaho State Office (Tuesday 4 pm, 1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709, 208-373-3899)  For instructions, see page 5 of the Notice of Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale.

APRIL 2015

April 2: WIRT First Thursday Sandpoint Monthly Meeting and Pizza (Thursday 7 pm, Second Avenue Pizza, 215 South Second Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho)  Please contact WIRT to carpool.

April 3: Screening of Wrenched film about Edward Abbey (Friday 7 pm, Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre, 508 South Main Street, Moscow, Idaho, co-hosted with Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition)

April 10-11: Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment Tribal Environmental Summit (Friday and Saturday time and place TBA)

April 15: WIRT Third Thursday Monthly Meeting and Potluck (rescheduled to Wednesday 7 pm, The Attic, up the back stairs of 314 East Second Street, Moscow, Idaho)

April 16: Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition Annual Meeting (Thursday 7 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse lower floor, 420 East Second Street, Moscow, Idaho)

April 18: Earth Day Spokane 2015 WIRT Information Table (Saturday times TBA, Gondola Meadow, Honey Locust Lane, and Fountain Meadow of Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington) (facebook event)  Please contact WIRT to volunteer and carpool.

April 18: Moscow Hemp Fest WIRT Information Table (Saturday 10 am to 7 pm, East City Park, 900 East Third Street, Moscow, Idaho)  Please contact WIRT to volunteer.

April 22: Earth Day Fair WIRT Information Table (Wednesday 11 am to 2:30 pm, Terrell Mall, Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, Washington, co-hosted by ASWSU Environmental Sustainability Alliance and WSU Environmental Science Club)  Please contact WIRT to volunteer.

April 22-24: Alma Hasse jury trial (Wednesday to Friday times TBA, Payette County Courthouse, 1130 Third Avenue N, Payette, Idaho)  Please contact WIRT to carpool.

MAY 2015

May 2-3: WIRT wandering vendor at the Moscow Renaissance Fair (Saturday 10 am to dusk, Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, East City Park, 900 East Third Street, Moscow, Idaho)

May 7: WIRT First Thursday Sandpoint Monthly Meeting and Pizza (Thursday 7 pm, Second Avenue Pizza, 215 South Second Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho)  Please contact WIRT to carpool.

May 21: WIRT Third Thursday Monthly Meeting and Potluck (Thursday 7 pm, The Attic, up the back stairs of 314 East Second Street, Moscow, Idaho)

May 28: Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Little Willow Oil and Gas Lease Auction Protest (Thursday 8 am, BLM Idaho State Office, 1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho)

JUNE 2015

June 4: WIRT First Thursday Sandpoint Monthly Meeting and Pizza (Thursday 7 pm, Second Avenue Pizza, 215 South Second Avenue, Sandpoint, Idaho)  Please contact WIRT to carpool.

June 10: State Oil and Gas Lease Auction Protest (Wednesday time and place TBA, Boise, Idaho)

June 18: WIRT Third Thursday Monthly Meeting and Potluck (Thursday 7 pm, The Attic, up the back stairs of 314 East Second Street, Moscow, Idaho)

June 27: Community Progressive V WIRT Information Table (Saturday 10 am to 9 pm, Julia Davis Park, Boise, Idaho)