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Spokane Conservation Leader Honored with Statewide Award Spokane, Wash. 

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Cover photo courtesy of Carl Barrentine Washington Wild announced in September that longtime Spokane conservation advocate Jeff Lambert was named the 2025 recipient of the Karen M. Fant Conservation Award. The annual honor recognizes volunteers who demonstrate exceptional grassroots leadership in protecting Washington’s wild lands and waters. For more than three decades, Lambert has worked […]

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Hike the Hauser Conservation Area

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Hauser Conservation Area, WA/ID Stateline  By Holly Weiler Cover photo courtesy of Holly Weiler Hauser Conservation Area might be accused of being a bait-and-switch misnomer of a park: the name is so firmly associated with a lake in next-door Idaho, that visitors may have some unmet expectations. So, first, what this conservation area is not:

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Spokane Audubon Society “Adopts” 10 acres of the Glen Tana Conservation Project

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Glen Tana conservation area on the Little Spokane River. Photo by Lorenzo Menendez courtesy of Inland Northwest Land Conservancy At the end of September, Inland Northwest Land Conservancy (INLC) announced a $4M capital campaign to complete the protection of the Glen Tana area, an 1,100 acre piece of land with two miles of river in

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Idaho Forest Group Spearheads Landmark Conservation Agreement for Coeur d’Alene River Tributary

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Photos courtesy of Idaho Forest Group This past September, nearly 2,000 acres of North Idaho forest along Prichard Creek, a tributary of the Coeur d’Alene River between the town of Prichard and Thompson Pass, was protected from future development thanks to an Idaho Forest Group (IFG) donation of a conservation agreement to Kaniksu Land Trust.

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Clearwater Paper Helps Replace Stolen Conservation Equipment

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Cover photo courtesy Shallan Knowles In February 2024, a break-in at the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy’s (INLC) gear barn resulted in theft and damage totaling $30,000 in tools and equipment crucial for their conservation work at Waikiki Springs Nature Preserve. This loss disrupted their stewardship activities and community events, impacting both the organization and local

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Access Fund Purchases New Climbing Areas

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Leavenworth, Wash.  The Access Fund is pleased to announce that they have acquired Alphabet Rock and Icehouse Boulders in Icicle Canyon outside Leavenworth. This conservation project is the result of a collaboration among Access Fund, the private landowner, local partner organizations, and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS). The property will soon be transferred to the Okanogan-Wenatchee National

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Survey Shows Support for Conservation Futures Program

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In a recent online survey conducted by Spokane County Parks as part of their park plan update process, results indicate there is overwhelming support for the Conservation Futures program, with 94% of respondents agreeing that Spokane County should continue to pursue land and open space preservation. The survey also revealed the public’s interest in improved

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