Annual Scott Reed lecture, dinner event announced

The Idaho Conservation League is hosting the third annual conservation lecture and dinner Thursday, Oct. 4, in honor of the late Scott Reed, one of ICL’s founders in 1973. Reed is remembered as a champion of countless environmental causes, including the preservation of Tubbs Hill in Coeur d’Alene.

This year ICL welcomes Rod Gramer, who is president of Idaho Business for Education, a group of nearly 200 Idaho business leaders working to help transform the Idaho education system into one of the best in the country. He spent 38 years working as a reporter, newspaper editor and television news executive. Rod is the author of two books: “Fighting the Odds: The Life of Senator Frank Church”, which he wrote with historian LeRoy Ashby, and a novel, “The Good Assassin” and has published articles in numerous publications.

Gramer will talk about the challenges that conservationists in Idaho face today. Rod will then reflect on the late Idaho Sen. Frank Church who found ways to advance conservation in the state despite its conservative politics.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. at the Hayden Lake Country Club. The evening includes a catered dinner and a no-host bar.

To register for the event or to learn more, visit idahoconservation.org or call 208-265-9565.