Local farmer talks conservation
Take a three minute journey with Chris Eckhart, a third generation farmer in Deer Park. He has a down-to-earth, heartfelt commitment to sustainable practices and clean water while maintaining a…
Stewardship
Conservation funding producing both environmental and sustainable agriculture benefits
Thanks to investments in conservation tillage practices by farmers that began in 2017, 417, 481 tons of soil (the equivalent of about 30,000 fully loaded dump trucks) is no longer…
Thanksgiving Thank You: Volunteers cleanup over 30,000 pounds of trash from Spokane River
Volunteers collected over 30,000 lbs. of trash along the Spokane River in 2019. That’s in addition to the good Samaritans who pick things up as they see them all year…
City School brings kid power to Sullivan Park shoreline restoration
Kid power is an awesome sight to see. Click here for a photo album of 50 students from City School, a West Valley School District magnet school, helping to reclaim…
Streamside restoration one foot at a time
[portfolio_slideshow] It’s easy to take for granted the urban-rural interface that makes the Spokane area such an attractive place to live and work. Fields ripe with grain, bucolic pastureland, and…
2016 Spokane River Cleanup Continues Tradition of Success
A little rain did nothing to dampen the spirits of 2016 Spokane River cleanup volunteers. Crews were out in force picking up trash in Spokane Valley, the University District, the…
Women on The Fly Coming to Water to Wine Auction
Want to hang with Spokane Women on the Fly? Buy tickets to the Water to Wine Auction June 3rd at Arbor Crest. Led by Heather Hodson, this 60 women strong…
Over 11 tons of trash cleaned from the Spokane River
Kudos to the volunteers and organizations that cleared over 22,000 pounds of debris from the Spokane River. The barge clean-up collected over 4 tons; the Spokane River Cleanup saw…
Upriver Scrub
Please join us, volunteers needed! October 3rd, 2015 • 9:30am – 1pm Meet Up Locations: Harvard Road Centennial Trailhead Parking Area Barker Road Centennial Trailhead Parking Area Mirabeau Access Registration…
Spokane River Cleanup is this Saturday
Each year, hundreds of volunteers spend their Saturday morning picking up garbage and recyclables along the Spokane River. Last time around 4 tons of debris was removed. The Lands Council,…