Video captures Spokane River access and fishery message
Click here for a very cool video produced by Kimbo May for the film festival at the Bing. He captures the “heart connections” we all feel toward the Spokane River….
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Big thanks to our festival sponsors!!
VPI Home Solutions, AHBL and Valbridge Property Advisors rock!! These Spokane businesses stepped up for the river and film festival.
Spokane Riverkeeper has volunteer cleanup opportunities
March 28th, Tree planting in our Spokane River corridor. April 11th, Hazel’s Creek wetland clean-up. April 25th. Cleaning from the Core: Litter Pickup along Peaceful Valley Riverbank. Click here for more information.
Judge orders EPA to work with Ecology to meet PCB standards for the Spokane River
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein ordered EPA to “work with Ecology to create a definite schedule with concrete goals, including: clear statements on how the [Spokane River Toxics] Task Force will assist in creating a PCB TMDL in the Spokane River by reducing scientific uncertainty; quantifiable metrics to measure progress toward this goal; regular checkpoints at which Ecology and the EPA will evaluate progress; a reasonable end date, at which time Ecology will finalize and submit the TMDL for the EPA’s approval or disapproval; and firm commitments to reducing PCB production from known sources in the interim.”
VPI opens window to see Fly Fishing Film Festival prizes
Click here for tickets to the International Film Festival. March 25th at the Bing.
International Fly Fishing Film Fest brings top films to Spokane
The International Fly Fishing Film Festival coming to the Bing Crosby Theater on March 25 will be a benefit for a boat access site on the Spokane River. Rich Landers Spokesman Review blog post gives you great sneak preview of the films.
American Water Resources Association conference on rural water supply April 9th
A half day conference on April 9th at the Spokane County Water Resources Center will focus on rural water supply issues. Free admission for graduate and under graduate students available for those interested in pursuing a water resources career.
Working towards a healthier Spokane River fishery
Join Taylor McCroskey at the International Fly Fishing Film Festival on March 25th to support meeting red band trout needs in the Spokane River. Taylor, a fisheries management graduate student at EWU, used funds from last year’s event to work on a way to monitor the success of a redband trout enhancement project that will be implemented this summer.
Meet the designer of the Islands Trailhead slide at Fly Fishing Film Festival
Click here to get your tickets and learn about raffle items to support the Spokane River. Visit with Craig Andersen and the Spokane Conservation District to learn more about the…
River Takes Center Stage at Convention Center Grand Opening
[portfolio_slideshow pagerpos=disabled] The newly expanded convention center does a masterful job of connecting people to what was there all along: the Spokane River. Indeed, as the city prospers it continues…