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Collaborative River Conservation in the Inland NW

Fishing, River Rambles, Trail & Conservation News / By Adam Gebauer

Rivers are complex systems, and conservation efforts can be as complex as river systems themselves. Collaborative efforts involving multiple stakeholders have the best chance to be successful. Here are two regional conservation efforts where multiple stakeholders are working together to improve our waterways. Invasive Predators Invasive northern pike have been making inroads into the Columbia […]

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Twin Eagles Wilderness School’s Outdoor Survival Camp Offers More Than Skills

Lifestyle, Outdoor Living / By Crystal Atamian

Outdoor survival camps fill a unique role. Twin Eagles Wilderness School offers camps and classes in Spokane and north Idaho with activities ranging from archery and fire building to storytelling and natural camouflage—all of which help develop self-awareness and a connection to the natural world, including the people around them. Michele Dao has three children

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Two teenage girls paddling a blue canoe and a man paddling a red and yellow kayak on the Little Spokane River at Saint George's School.

Outdoorsy Summer Camps & Schools Near Spokane & North Idaho

Lifestyle, Outdoor Living / By Amy McCaffree

Kids never remember their best day of television, but they will never forget summer camp—where they adventured outdoors, were mentored by caring adults, and overcame challenges. Here’s our annual list of regional summer camps and nature-based schools that provide unique opportunities for outdoor adventure and hands-on learning about nature, science, and outdoor skills—with something for

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Ammi Midstokke: Prep Cooking and Other Pretentious Habits

Columns, Eatology / By Ammi Midstokke

I have always been wary of preppers. Not the kind that stores seven years of canned pears in their bunkers (they’re a dime a dozen in North Idaho and usually loan me their tractors or industrious children for chores). Nope, the preppers I’m talking about are friends and acquaintances who meal prep. You know who

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Ammi Midstokke: Why Your Diet is Kind of Your Enemy

Columns, Eatology / By Ammi Midstokke

Every year, right around now, my office fills up with patients who are determined to turn a new leaf, preferably that of a superfood like kale. We do the same old song and dance, asking how we can undo the damage of the last eleven months in thirty days of paleo, keto, clean, whole, intermittent

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Gordon Ritchie (right) and his daughter cross-country skiing.

How to Become a Cross-country Ski Family

Columns, Out There Kids, Outdoor Family / By Amy McCaffree

“Any kid is suited to cross-country skiing. You can go as hard and as fast as you want,” says Brad Thiessen, director of engagement for Spokane Nordic Ski Association (SNSA). “But it depends on the parent and child—what’s the child’s patience level, tolerance level being in the cold and trying a new sport. How patient

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Ammi Midstokke: Grow Yourself a New Limb–Nutritional Rehabilitation for Injuries

Columns, Eatology / By Ammi Midstokke

There are many species that will actually grow a new limb when one has been lost in some kind of wildlife duel. Unfortunately, humans are not one of them and despite lacking this particular super power, we do have a myriad of other rather miraculous regeneration abilities. Some of us can even grow entire humans.

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75 Gift Ideas From Local Spokane Shops

Lifestyle, Outdoor Living / By Amy McCaffree

Spend less time shopping and more time on our local trails and mountains. Our annual list features unique and outdoors-inspired gift ideas from locally-owned shops and businesses, including gifts for fellow outdoor enthusiasts as well as less outdoorsy friends and family members on your list. Use this list beyond the holidays for birthday, wedding, and

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Ammi Midstokke: Soup Season–How to Use Up Old Vegetables

Columns, Eatology / By Ammi Midstokke

Pretty much every season that rolls around, I think, “This is my favorite season because it is salad season!” Or margarita season. Or fruit bowl season. But the season I love most is soup season. Soup season officially begins when I have enough old vegetables in my fridge that I need some way to disguise

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Snowmaker turning water into snow on Schweitzer Mountain.

Outdoor Adventure in the Age of Climate Change

Lifestyle, Outdoor Living / By Out There Venture

Sally Phillips is concerned. As one of Spokane’s longtime leading cycling advocates, as well as a board member for Spokefest—the Inland Northwest’s largest bicycle ride, held the second Sunday in September—Sally fears the event’s future is increasingly murky. “Last year we were about to cancel the whole thing until the day before,” she says. “In

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