Coeur d'Alene Lake Management Plan is sponsoring a two-hour program to discuss the current conditions of Lake Coeur d'Alene from a scientific perspective this afternoon. The program will focus on important topics like metal pollutants (lead, zinc, cadmium), oxygen, phosphorus (algae), and milfoil. The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality and the Coeur d'Alene Tribe have been jointly implementing the management plan since July 2009. Now, IDEQ coordinator Glen Rothrock and tribal counterpart, Rebecca Stevens, have launched an education program as part of the lake management plan. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. today in the Coeur d'Alene Library Community Room, 702 Front Ave. There is no charge to attend. You can read more information about the plan and the meeting here.

• Also: Click IDEQ/tribal ad below 3rd post in main Hucks Online thread for more info.