Paddlers, anglers, tubers, and rafters can enjoy an improved access site for the Spokane River within the Great Gorge recreational area. Upgrades to improve safety and ease of use were made to the Aubrey White Water Trail Access put-in/take-out area, located adjacent to the City of Spokane Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility. The site was […]
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Join us on Thursday, October 24th, 2019, for Spokane Riverkeeper’s third annual fundraiser SPOKEN RIVER. Once again you’ll be treated to authors giving readings of their works focused on the Spokane River. Come hear The Salish School of Spokane with a featured student reader reading an original piece. Also: – Ben Goldfarb, author of Eager:
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Recreational paddleboarders and pros have a new stand up paddleboard race to test their paddling skills or just have fun with other SUP enthusiasts. The Spokatopia SUP Cup, a new event added to the 5thannual Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival this year, will take place on the lake-like waters of the Spokane River above the Upriver
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The course includes scenic views of the beautiful Spokane River, during it’s most vibrant season. It is a flat, fast course and many of our runners achieve personal records. It is also a certified Boston Qualifier! Produced by Negative Split. Scenic, flat, and fast course to help you PR! Long sleeve tech shirts, spinning medals. Awards
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Floating the Spokane River during the hottest days of summer has long been a favored pastime for generations of locals—blow up the big, fat tubes, load up the cooler and the car and go. This process got much easier—no more figuring out tube transport and a shuttle system—thanks to Jon Wilmot and his company, FLOW
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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
The Washington Department of Ecology recntly released its newest effort at a dissolved oxygen remediation plan for the Spokane River. Read more about it from the Center for Justice here. The public comment period on the plan runs through October 14th. A public meeting to discuss the new draft is this Thursday at Spokane Community
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We’ve got a weird situation this year where the water isn’t as high as last year but it might be just as dangerous. We’ve already have death toll on local waterways this spring and we don’t anymore. The Spokesman has several articles about river trouble, including a rescue at Barker Bridge and a fatality on
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