Saving Chilco Falls Park

Early Season Dec. 2011

Chilco Falls Park is my local stomping grounds for ice climbing it is great little spot. I go there multiple time every ice season. It is a 12.75 acre piece of property that is owned by Kooetnai County unimproved but known by locals as a gem! I only live minutes from the falls and have spent a little over a decade climbing in there. Once I found out that the county commissioners where considering liquidating Chilco Falls I moved into action.  Getting help from local outdoor groups the Kootenai Environmental Alliance and Spokane Mountaineers. It would be a great loss of the only local ice climbing area within a couple hrs drive but also public green space with a waterfall!!! It was deeded to the public to be a park and should be that way forever! I'm going to do what I can to keep Chilco Falls a public space the way it was meant to be. Fact: Ice climbers have been climb at Chilco Falls since 1973
GO TO accessfund TO HELP

In the news papers
CDA Press
Spokesman Review
On blogs
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2012/apr/30/county-jettison-chilco-falls-park/
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2012/may/03/county-may-sell-chilco-waterfall/
http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2012/may/03/why-not-sell-chilco-falls-park/
http://kealliance.org/2012/04/30/kootenai-county-preparing-to-surplus-chilco-falls-park/

Josh Baker Jan 2005