KEA, Tubbs Hill Foundation honor Reed, Manley

COEUR d’ALENE —Kootenai Environmental Alliance and the Tubbs Hill Foundation will host a community tribute to commemorate the work done by Scott Reed and Art Manley July 1. The men worked hard to safeguard the environment and keep treasured places like Tubbs Hill and Lake Coeur d’Alene accessible for public use and enjoyment.

“Kootenai Environmental Alliance, like so many other groups and individuals, is extremely grateful and fortunate to have had such wise and compassionate individuals such as Art and Scott to call upon,” said Adrienne Cronebaugh, KEA executive director. “Each day we aspire to continue their work for preservation of our natural world.”

Scott Reed died at the age of 87 in 2015. He was relentless in his pursuit to protect the natural world and only reluctantly retired at 86 from a legal career that spanned nearly 60 years. Reed was often on the front lines to protect natural areas, wildlife habitat and public access to places like Tubbs Hill, Sanders Beach and Lake Coeur d’Alene.

“Scott’s name has been a fixture in the Ives household since we came to Coeur d’Alene in 1969,” said George Ives, President of the Tubbs Hill Foundation.

“Scott’s memory serves as a guide post directing our steps.”

Art Manley, a former Idaho state senator, spent his life as a public servant. The outdoors motivated his commitment to the preservation of nature in Idaho and in keeping it accessible to the whole community. Manley was a founding member of the KEA and the Four County Natural Resources Committee.

He promoted public access to Fernan Lake, helped plant the Freedom Tree and was a dedicated protector of Tubbs Hill: a pristine natural park for all to enjoy as he did nearly every day. Manley died in 2004 and is fondly remembered for his lifetime of championing natural resource causes.

In the forward of the book “The Treasure Called Tubbs Hill,” former Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem wrote “I must express my overwhelming gratitude to the leaders in this effort (to preserve Tubbs Hill) — Scott Reed and Art Manley — who modeled for all of us, through their passion, perseverance and patience, how individual citizens can make a difference and preserve what is best about our special place for generations to come.”

Reed and Manley’s legacy will be celebrated with memorial stones and plaques, honoring the two men. They will be unveiled at the event and will later be placed at each entrance to Tubbs Hill.

The city of Coeur d’Alene has proclaimed July 1 as Art Manley-Scott Reed Day. The Community Tribute program begins at 5 p.m. in the McEuen Park Pavilion. There will be free huckleberry ice cream, huckleberry lemonade and live music provided by The Powell Brothers and Arvid Lundin starting at 4 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public.