Per tradition, our ever-intrepid friends at Northwest Whitewater Association celebrated the Spokane River and the New Year by wearing dry suits and navigating their rafts and kayaks through the frigid Bowl and Pitcher and Devil’s Toenail rapids.
Good For Business, Good For the Environment – EnviroStars certified businesses talk about the benefits that come with EnviroStars certification. Is your business certified yet? Apply today and get the recognition you deserve for environmentally responsible business practices.
The Spokesman-Review reports that the Spokane Tribe of Indians has adopted new water quality standards aimed at protecting the health of members who eat a subsistence diet of nearly two pounds of fish daily.
Our new “River Talk Series” will feature articles on artists, writers, kayakers, anglers, rafters, and adventurers of all kinds. People who remind us what’s in our backyard. We begin with Charley Gurche, a nationally renowned nature photographer and a local Inland Northwest explorer for thirty years.
Occasionally something bad happens, and you need to call it out for what it is. As shown in this slide show, a couple with a home upstream of the T.J. Meenach Bridge decided to improve their view by clear cutting trees all the way down to the river.
We’re pleased to announce that TransCanada has provided the Forum a grant to help sponsor publication of Spokane River eNews and the Water Trail activities. TransCanada has a regional office…
“Gotta keep after it” explained Charlie Peterson, who has worked tirelessly for the Spokane Conservation District for the past sixteen years. “It’s easy enough to start a restoration project like…
Thanks to a public participation grant from the Department of Ecology, the Spokane River Forum has begun work on a “one-stop-shop” of information and resources for businesses and individuals disposing…
From Lands Council Lands Council is looking for 200 volunteers to help plant 1000 trees located on California Creek and Hangman Creek. E-mail Matt West at mwest@landscouncil.org to register to…
From Out There Monthly Do you have a GPS unit or a smartphone mapping app that you hike or bike with when you’re out on Spokane’s many miles of official…