Lifelong rancher discusses agricultural lands, climate impacts, more
Lifelong rancher, farmer and Rathdrum resident Laurin Scarcello discusses population growth, weather and climate impacts on agricultural lands Friday during Coeur d'Alene Rotary's meeting at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
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Laurin Scarcello shared this image from Rathdrum Mountain that shows houses encroaching on farmland across the Rathdrum Prairie.
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COEUR d'ALENE — Kootenai County lost 23% of its farmland from 2017 to 2022 as the population continued to grow.
“If this trajectory continues, there could be no farmland in Kootenai County in 20 years," lifelong farmer, rancher and Rathdrum resident Laurin Scarcello said, speaking at the Coeur d'Alene Rotary Club's Friday meeting at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
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