Wild Idaho Rising Tide hosts 14th anniversary celebration

By Reader Staff

Wild Idaho Rising Tide will celebrate its March 31 anniversary and 14th year as a regional climate activists collective with a celebration Saturday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in the upstairs room at Eichardt’s Pub (212 Cedar St., in Sandpoint). 

“DanO” Osborne will provide the keyboard stylings of popular melodies from the 1960s, ’70s and beyond, with listeners often singing along to these memorable tunes.

The event is free and WIRT invites all ages to join in for live music, complimentary pizza or no-host snacks, and beverages, as well as campaign updates and a background slideshow of WIRT and allied activism.

WIRT encourages poets, writers, musicians and grassroots environmental partners to participate in an open community mic providing “creative input and discussions about ongoing resistance to threats to healthy air, water, land and life.” 

Organizers will offer updates on six WIRT campaigns against fossil fuels and its infrastructure throughout the Northwest, including tar sands megaloads; oil and gas development; highway, railroad and methane gas pipeline expansions; and lakeside deforestation.

According to organizers, “Contributions to these yearly festivities raise awareness and attract involvement in the climate justice movement and support the work and outreach of WIRT and frontline volunteer groups opposing the fossil fuel causes and perpetrators of global climate chaos.”

For more info, visit wildidahorisingtide.org.