The City of Spokane is launching year two of its SpokaneScape rebate program to incentivize drought-tolerant landscaping. A maximum credit of $500 will be applied to residents’ water bills after applying to the rebate program, executing design plans, and passing a final inspection. Applicants converting 300 square feet or more of lawn may apply for […]
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Come visit us this month for our Harvest Open House! We’ll make autumn crafts and play some games, and you’ll get a chance to explore our yard with a fun scavenger hunt! Of course, you’ll get to pet some of our amazing classroom critters. as well as meet our awesome hawks and owls! Bring the
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This month’s open house will focus on the ways that plants and animals transition through changing seasons! Explore how different organisms survive these seasonal variations through crafts and activities. As always, you’ll also have a chance to meet our resident snakes, tortoises, hawks, owls, and more. We hope to see you there!
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This month’s open house will focus on the ways that plants and animals transition through changing seasons! Explore how different organisms survive these seasonal variations through crafts and activities. As always, you’ll also have a chance to meet our resident snakes, tortoises, hawks, owls, and more. We hope to see you there!
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What do you think it should look like? The City of Spokane wants to know what design citizens prefer for the proposed University District Pedestrian/Bike Bridge. Citizens can view three-dimensional images of the two proposed bridge options on the project blog at udbridgestudy.blogspot.com and then submit comments via the project survey at www.surveymonkey.com. Survey responses
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OTM senior writer and prolific “Cycling Spokane” blogger John Speare wrote a killer roundup of local bike advocacy progress — and his own cycling adventures — in 2009. Visit cyclingspokane.blogspot.com to read it.
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Yesterday we blogged that the Center for Justice (CFJ) has given the City of Spokane the requisite 60-day notice of intent to sue for violating the Clean Water Act. Today’s Spokesman-Review coverage on the issue was ambiguous on whether or not a lawsuit would actually be filed, so we called CFJ attorney Rick Eichstaedt for clarification on
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The Center for Justice, a Spokane non-profit community law firm, announced today that it intends to sue the City of Spokane for violating the Clean Water Act — Spokane has high levels of toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in its river, posing a health risk to area residents. In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified
Recycling is green, sure. But what about all the cost — environmental and monetary — of transporting and processing the bottles we toss in the blue bin? The City of Spokane is trying a new way of recycling glass bottles locally: it’s making roads with them. Read the Spokesman-Review story to find out more.
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