Mixing the philosophical with the practical, Clean Water Services CEO Diane Taniguchi-Dennis passionately protects and supports the water needs of diverse communities. As this year’s Virtual H20 Breakfast keynote, she’ll…
“The greenest drop of water,” said Cadie Olsen, the City of Spokane’s Director of Sustainability, “is the one not used.” Why? “Our goal is to achieve a triple bottom line…
The Our Gem Collaborative online Speaker Series was so popular they’re doing it again. Pull up a chair and enjoy a lunch time snack as you participate in one or…
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (IDEQ) and Kootenai County are cosponsoring an $800 thousand, 18-month study examining water quality conditions in Coeur d’Alene Lake. The National Academy of Sciences,…
Check out this video to learn about the 3.2 million gallon Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) tank that lies beneath the popular public plaza along Spokane Falls Boulevard and just north…
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…
The Issue Federal and state authorities that regulate water quality are getting crosswise with each other. Nationally, its headline making stuff. For the Spokane River, it means the path forward…
Last November, the Forum helped convene the Our Gem Symposium in Coeur d’Alene. With more than 200 people attending, county and city leaders joined with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe to…
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…
Over 190 people spent last Wednesday at the Our Gem Symposium listening, learning and dialoging about Coeur d’Alene Lake water quality protection needs resulting from upstream historic mine waste contamination….