Natural Resource Advisory Board

Members

Members serve three year terms in accordance with County Resolution 2015-80 (PDF).


Meetings

  • 4:00 pm
  • 3rd Thursday of every even numbered month unless otherwise stated.
  • A list of meeting dates for the current year can be found here. 
  • Kootenai County Administration Building                                                                         451 N Government Way                                                                                                   Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
  • Members of the public are welcome - and encouraged - to attend



  • David Brown
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2021
    Term Expires: December 31, 2023
    Board Member Since: 2021
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  • Wayne Wakkinen
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2023
    Term Expires: December 31, 2025
    Board Member Since: 2020    Email Wayne Wakkinen 
  • Paul Wagner
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2022
    Term Expires: December 31, 2024
    Board Member Since: 2022     Email Paul Wagner
  • Chris Schnepf
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2023
    Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2025
    Board Member Since: 2016
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  • James Sturgess, Chairman
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2022
    Term Expires: December 31, 2024
    Board Member Since: 2017
    Email James Sturgess
  • Linda Rider
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2023
    Term Expires: December 31, 2025
    Board Member Since: 2020
    Email Linda Rider
  • Richard Meyer
    Most Recent Appointment: January 1, 2021
    Term Expires: December 31, 2023
    Board Member Since: 2021
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About

The Natural Resource Advisory Board was created on June 8, 2010 by the Board of Kootenai County Commissioners, who asserted legal standing and formally implemented coordination with all federal and state agencies maintaining jurisdiction over lands and/or resources located within Kootenai County, Idaho, to do so.

Purpose

The Advisory Board consists of seven members who serve three year terms.

The Board requires that all Federal and State planning and actions affecting the County be coordinated with the County adopted plans, resolutions, and ordinances as set forth and required by the respective Federal or State legislation which granted the power to take the subject action.

Governance

The Governing Board shall be the Board of County Commissioners of Kootenai County, Idaho.

View the Board By-laws (PDF).