GRIZZLY WARS: THE PUBLIC FIGHT OVER THE GREAT BEAR David Knibb Eastern Washington University Press, 2008, 284 pages CLEARLY, NATIONWIDE, THE PUBLIC has strong feelings about species management. Grizzly Wars focuses on grizzlies, but the bear’s recovery parallels and intertwines with dozens of other species. Sadly, the very network of bureaucracy dedicated to resolving, managing, […]
The hardest part about driving may be getting out of your driveway. // Photo Jon Snyder Here’s bunch of things related to the storm: – STA service is beginning to be restored today. Routes 23, 24, 25, 73 and 90 will have partial service. See the STA website for more details. This could be a
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A rig from last year’s December ride. // Photo courtesy Jeff, FBC. The first big snowstorm of the year is being predicted for tonight. If you think that will slow tonight’s FBC Full Moon Festivus Fiasco bike ride you would be wrong. Calling all intrepid souls with functional fenders on their bikes; meet tonight at
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The FBC has a cool post with mud puddle pics from the last cyclocross race of the the season at Riverside State Park. Good, wholesome fun. While you are there poke around the site check out details of the Full Moon Festivus Fiasco coming up in a couple weeks. Double-proof that cold weather doesn’t kill
I recently got a questionnaire from a national advertiser wanting to know if our market was good for running. Of course I went off. This is an amazing town for running. If Eugene, OR is “Track City USA” could Spokane be “Cross Country City USA?” Maybe. Check out this event release from the Spokane Regional
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As a cyclist, late autumn is traditionally a transition time. The short sleeves of summer are long packed away and endless calibration between under-dressing and over-dressing makes for a good distraction from the anticipation of mounting the studded tires. Luckily, there is a growing segment of racing that serves as an even better distraction: cyclocross.
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If you’ve visited Sandpoint only during the summer, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. There’s a reason this town of nearly 7,000 souls on Lake Pend Oreille has received a swarm of national notice. Sunset magazine labeled it the number eight “dream town” in the west, calling it “a four season outdoorsy resort that’s
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You may remember the intense discussion we had about the YMCA sale to Spokane Parks for a STEEP $4.5 million. If not read here. It’s a terrible idea. And I’m not the only one that feels this way. Check out Barb Chamberlain’s thoughts here. I wrote an editorial strongly opposed to this sale. The whole
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BIRDMONSTER From the Mountain to the Sea (Fader) Oh how I love Birdmonster. The San Francisco quartet has long been a favorite of Spokane (thanks in part to the Spokesman’s Isamu Jordan!), and though they’ll be skipping the tour stop on their next outing, this new disc is plenty to hold you over. Birdmonster plays
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In March 2007 you May recall an editorial I wrote describing how my almost 40-year-old, almost 200-pound body was almost knocked out cold when I crashed at a BMX park in Louisiana. I guess I’m looking for more punishment. The Spokane Parks Department is on the cusp plan- ning the city’s first public BMX park
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