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Scott Reed © Diane Ronayne
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Idaho lost a great conservation champion when Scott Reed
passed away in Coeur d’Alene earlier this month. Scott and Mary Lou Reed
settled in Coeur d’Alene in 1955 after searching the Northwest for the most beautiful
place to live.
For the next six decades, Scott used his skills as an
organizer and attorney to protect many of North Idaho’s most treasured
places. The list is immediately
recognizable to Panhandle residents:
Tubbs Hill, Sanders Beach, St. Joe River, historic downtown Wallace and
Higgins Point. He brilliantly litigated
the seminal case that led the Idaho Supreme Court to hold that the public trust
doctrine requires the State of Idaho to weigh the public’s interest when it
manages our navigable rivers and lakes. Scott was Idaho’s premier – and at times only – environmental lawyer.
Scott also served as a trusted adviser and pro bono counsel
to The Nature Conservancy for the better part of two decades, including several
years on our Idaho Board of Trustees. He
was instrumental in the Conservancy’s acquisition of the Cougar Bay Preserve on
Coeur d’Alene’s southern doorstep and helped us secure and manage Silver Creek,
Flat Ranch, Ball Creek Ranch and Box Canyon preserves.
We remember Scott as a kind man with razor sharp intellect
and a sense of humor that would bring a laugh when we least expected it. We were lucky to have him in our lives.
We offer our condolences to Mary Lou Reed, Scott’s wife of
61 years and remarkable conservation champion in her own right.
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