By Nigel Davies Cover photo courtesy of Nigel Davies Explore these tools that geologist Nigel Davies suggests to further understand the geology of your adventure while you are out recreating in our region.
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By Nigel Davies Cover photo courtesy of Nigel Davies We celebrate finish lines, savoring those recovery walks over the Monroe Street Bridge every first Sunday of May after our city’s most iconic race. We joyfully refill water bottles on July 4th at the summit bathrooms on top of Mount Spokane. In those endorphin-rich moments, we
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A coulee may not seem like an exciting thing to stand around and look at until you consider it an exposed history record. With their vertical basalt walls, the coulees of the Quincy Basin are unlike any other geological formations in the world. They provide an epic story to the educated viewer. On Sept. 21,
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This Sunday from 9 am – 3 pm, join the Ice Age Floods Institute for a bike ride in the Columbia Plateau Rails to Trails park . Dr. Gene Kiver, who has been involved in Missoula Flood research in this region for many years, will lead the trip exploring the geologic story of eastern Washington.
Cover photo courtesy of Lisa Laughlin I didn’t recreate as a kid, per se, but I did spend a lot of time outside looking at things. I was in central Washington, where the sky took precedence in the swallowing, expansive way it does in a high desert. As I wandered, I learned weather signs. Tiger-striped
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By Heidi Lasher When I moved to Spokane in 2010, I heard a lot about the ice-age floods. In fact, unsolicited information about the Pleistocene Megafloods would materialize in my life with annoying frequency: on signage along the river, tourist brochures, my kids’ elementary school classrooms. Everywhere I turned, someone seemed to be tapping my
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How the Inland Northwest’s lakes are unique worldwide The deep, clear lakes scattered around the Spokane region provide fascinating evidence of the unique geologic history of the Inland Northwest. The stories they carry are rich enough for myth or legend: massive ice sheets, lost glaciers, churning floods, and fresh flows of groundwater from underground rivers
There’s an impressive schedule of events lined up with many opportunities to get out with others and explore the Dishman Hills hiking trails in Spokane Valley this spring and summer. Kids in the Hills offers students an educational and exciting field day in the Dishman Hills. Through hands-on activities, students learn about observation skills, animal
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Learn fascinating history by exploring small-town museums of the Inland NW, including Davenport and Colville, WA, and Wallace, ID.
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