Trail & Conservation News
The Trailhead: Trail Projects & Plans for May-June 2021
Welcome to The Trailhead -- a new column that replaces “Hike of the Month” to serve as a round-up of interesting projects and plans for ...
Holly Weiler
May 17, 2021
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Help Clean Up Along the Spokane River
Three ways volunteers can help pick-up trash along the river in 2021: public clean-up events, DIY group events, and business/civic group events. Spokane Riverkeeper and ...
Out There Outdoors
May 17, 2021
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Federal Court Halts Proposed Rock Creek Mine
Federal district court in Montana ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service violated the Endangered Species Act by ignoring the ...
Out There Outdoors
May 12, 2021
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Bold Proposal to Restore Snake River Salmon & Steelhead
Snake River wild salmon and steelhead population is drastically declining, and the solution is to remove the four lower Snake River dams to allow salmon ...
Out There Outdoors
May 8, 2021
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Help Needed To Restore Habitat After Wildfire in Lincoln County
Spokane Audubon Society is raising funds for the planting of grasses and forbs on and near Swanson Lakes Wildlife Area in Lincoln County, which was ...
Out There Outdoors
March 29, 2021
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Remapping a Lost Thru-Hike in Northeast Oregon
The Blue Mountains Trail, a work in progress for decades, has evolved into a 566-mile point-to-point long-distance trail with a spiral shape connecting its two ...
Out There Outdoors
March 29, 2021
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Funds Needed to Protect Saltese Uplands
Liberty Lake, Wash. When your boots crunch through the dirt, or your tires race over a technical section of trail, or you catch a glimpse ...
Carol Corbin
March 29, 2021
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Land Conservancy Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Spokane, Wash. Since its founding, the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy has protected more than 22,000 acres in public and private areas throughout Spokane and Kootenai ...
Jon Jonckers
March 29, 2021
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A Path Forward for Inland NW Salmon
A proposal for a Columbia Basin Fund could keep salmon from extinction in the Snake River basin, which includes pristine rivers in Idaho, NE Oregon ...
Derrick Knowles
March 10, 2021
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