Spokane Kootenai Waste Directory breaking records
So far this year, over 43,800 people have used the Spokane Kootenai Waste Directory. At this rate, up to one-third of households in the Spokane—Coeur d’Alene Corridor will use the…
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Leave No Trace
The Outdoor Industry Association is reporting that “Americans have flocked to outdoor recreation amid COVID restrictions.” They are also reporting people are staying closer to home to recreate. Goodness knows…
Redband Raft Hits the Water
The Forum is really excited that our Get Up, Get Out Spokane Riverkeeper partner has a Redband Raft to help with cleanup and education. Funding came from the Spokane Indians…
Mountaineers rock on for Get Up, Get Out Spokane River Cleanup
Mountaineers rock on for Get Up, Get Out Spokane River Cleanup, a Spokane River Forum and Spokane Riverkeeper initiative. Click here to check out their cleanup efforts underneath Monroe Street…
Spokane River Water Trail just keeps getting better!
This post highlights exciting new Spokane River Water Trail developments. Since founding the Spokane River Water Trail in 2010, the Forum has worked with partners to develop and restore river…
Grab and Go Life Jacket Safety
Paul Delaney, a co-founder of the Northwest Whitewater Association, decided feeling sad about three Spokane River drownings (two near Corbin Park in ID and one below downtown) was not enough….
Spokane River access at TJ Meenach is open
Thanks to a partnership between the Spokane River Forum, Spokane Riverkeeper and Spokane Parks and Recreation, river access and parking are open at TJ Meenach. Located upstream of Downriver Golf…
Safety alert above Mission Street Bridge
River safety signage supporting river closure for E. Trent Bridge demolition is still not complete by WA Department of Transportation and Garco, their contractor. Upstream of the bridge, users must…
Play it safe on the water, wear a life jacket!!
With pools closed, more people than ever are expected on the Spokane River and other local lakes and water ways. Please, please, please … wear a life jacket. The Spokane…
Ecology seeks feedback on preliminary rulemaking to reduce PCBs in the Spokane River
Ecology is seeking informal comments to a preliminary draft polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) variance rule for the Spokane River. The preliminary draft rule would support five individual discharger variances to meet…