Join the Spokane Riverkeeper and Mountain Gear at the Garland Theater on Thursday, May 2, as they host Spokane’s 5thannual Wild and Scenic Film Festival. This annual event features films that highlight nature’s beauty, cutting-edge environmental issues, and heart-warming stories. This year’s films focus on women and youth as leaders within the environmental movement. The […]
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1 day | Ages 15+ Adventure awaits the evening as you paddle tandem sit-on-top kayaks. These kayaks are an amazing way to enjoy this wonderful natural area. The area is home to deer, moose, birds, fish and much much more! Many animals are commonly seen during our floats. Kayak instructors, Guides, and equipment provided. Pre-trip
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1 day | Ages 18+ Sponsored by the Rocket Bakery. Enjoy a morning cup of coffee and pastries as we embark on paddling this amazing natural area while it comes alive with the morning sun. We will keep an eye out for wildlife as this tranquil area is home to deer, bald eagles, birds, ducks,
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1 Day | Ages 12+ Fun and adventure awaits the family as you paddle your tandem sit-on-top kayak. These boats are an amazing way to enjoy the surrounding pine covered hills of this natural and scenic waterway. Pre-trip information emailed after registration. Discover Parking Pass Required: discoverpass.wa.gov. Guides, shuttle transport and kayaking equipment included. Parent
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1 Day | Ages 12+ Fun and adventure awaits the family as you paddle your tandem sit-on-top kayak. These boats are an amazing way to enjoy the surrounding pine covered hills of this natural and scenic waterway. Pre-trip information emailed after registration. Discover Parking Pass Required: discoverpass.wa.gov. Guides, shuttle transport and kayaking equipment included. Parent
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As our editor Derrick Knowles recently wrote, the trash and illegal camps along the Spokane river can become a hazard to our natural resource and recreation area. If you’ve been waiting to take action, this month is your chance. The 15th Annual Spokane River Clean-Up begins September 15th at 9:00 am. Last year, over 600
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UPDATE: We’re happy to report that the trash and camps referenced in this article have been cleaned up. Thank you, City of Spokane! — The Spokane River is an urban treasure that many lifetime locals are still discovering along with astounded newcomers who are blown away that there is a swimmable, floatable, and fishable river of
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The non-profit group Friends of the Centennial Trail (FCT) assists in the maintenance and development of the Spokane River Centennial Trail and adjacent trails through advocacy and safety. Currently, the FCT has introduced an online survey to help update Centennial Trail wayfinding, along with safety signs and asphalt markings. Right now, this trail is the
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In the late ‘80s, near a now-defunct riverside restaurant called Shenanigans, a niche group of locals started jumping off the bridge into the Spokane River, bruising backs and spraining necks in the process, all in the name of learning a new sport: barefoot waterskiing. They “scorpioned” when their form strayed, face planting at eye-lid-peeling speed.
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Perhaps a river might seem like just a river—a waterway connecting a lake to another river. But not the Spokane. In the new book The Spokane River edited by Paul Lindholdt, 26 essays and three poems provide an intriguing, in-depth “biography” of the river, as Lindholdt refers to the book in his Introduction. With the
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