Stewardship

Visit New Spokane EnviroStars Waste Directory

Visit New Spokane EnviroStars Waste Directory

The Spokane River Forum has launched a new waste directory designed to help local residents and businesses make choices that protect the region’s sole-source aquifer and improve the quality of the Spokane River. Done in collaboration with 8 local agencies and non-profits, safely disposing of hazardous and other waste just got easier. Visit www.spokanewastedirectory.org
Aqua Duck captures the spirit and stories of Upriver Scrub

Aqua Duck captures the spirit and stories of Upriver Scrub

Madison Garner Communications Major, Whitworth University

A group of middle school students spend their Saturday, not playing video games, but picking up trash on the Spokane River. Employees chat, not over drinks, but over planting trees. Couples enjoy each other’s company, not at a movie theater, but collecting garbage along the river trail. It’s all a part of the Upriver Scrub, an event where members of the community come together to clean up one of Spokane’s most valuable resources. Let’s follow Aqua Duck to some of the locations to learn more about the event and the people working it.

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At SouthCare Animal Medical Center love for outdoors and stewardship go hand in hand

At SouthCare Animal Medical Center love for outdoors and stewardship go hand in hand

Some may not see the connection between kayaking through Bowl and Pitcher rapids and switching to waste-free digital x-rays—but to veterinarian and outdoorsman Dr. Gregory Benoit it all makes sense. For him, whether it’s work or play, a healthy water system “permeates everything.”