Posts by jnisbet
COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES TALK | The Art of Fire: Tribal Burning on the Northwest Landscape
Join us for a Community Perspectives Talk with Spokane-based author Jack Nisbet Thursday, September 17, 2026 The Art of Fire: Tribal Burning on the Northwest Landscape 4:00 – 5:00 pm Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University Join Spokane-based teacher and naturalist Jack Nisbet for a presentation of fur trade era paintings that demonstrate how Plateau and Coastal peoples used intentional burning to manage the landscapes around them. With tribal oral accounts and early journal observations for context, we will explore details from these early artworks to shed light on relevant landscapes from The Mirror that Nature Holds: From the Collections of...
Read MoreNew Visual Essays
Jack and Claire have recently posted two new visual essays on HistoryLink.org. David Douglas and the Trees of the Pacific Northwest explores both the forest landscapes and the individual species that Douglas learned about during his journeys through our region between 1825-33. https://historylink.org/File/23550...
Read MoreLittle Spokane River Guided Hike
Join us for a spring hike to discuss the ecology and cultural history of the area. WHEN: Saturday, May 9 @ 9am WHERE: Knothead Trail Parking Lot- 5640 W. Rutter Parkway TERRAIN: unpaved, hilly trail PARKING: Discover Pass required – www.discoverpass.wa.gov Dress for the weather and bring drinking water! Not permitted: dogs, strollers, bicycles. Questions? Please contact Kara Frashefski at 509-505-7721 or kara.frashefski@parks.wa.gov RIVERSIDE STATE PARK Learn more...
Read MoreBCHS Membership Meeting Presentation: Birds
Tuesday, April 28th 5:00pm at The Hive, 207 N First Avenue, Sandpoint Join the BCHS Board of Trustees at the Annual Membership Meeting at the Hive. BCHS Members’ presence is cordially requested, and the meeting is free and open to the public. Join for our 2025 annual report and updates from the Board. We are thrilled to announce the meeting will be followed by a presentation by Jack Nisbet, author of several collections of essays that explore the human and natural history of the Northwest, as well as award-winning biographies of cartographer David Thompson (Sources of the River) naturalist David Douglas (The Collector), and John and Carrie Leiberg (The Dreamer and the...
Read MoreEarth Fest 2026
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service), with the support of The Lands Council, will be hosting their annual Earth Fest event at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) on Saturday, April 25 as a celebration of Earth Day. Like previous years, this event is a collaborative effort which focuses on shared mission priorities including conservation, habitat enhancement, and community engagement. Earth Fest is a stewardship-focused event and invites public participation from all ages. Attendees will assist with potting bare-root trees for future restoration projects, working to remove exclusionary fencing from around previous years’ plantings, and new for this...
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