FLSRV News

Nov 15, 2022

Membership 2023

A 2023 membership form is enclosed in the newsletter for your convenience. 2023 Membership Form In 2022 we had over 100 member families....

Dave Maccini

Nov 15, 2022

Valley Clean-Up 2022

David Maccini Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley held our annual cleanup day on April 23, 2022. We had about 25-30 people meet at...

Michael Kennedy

Jan 31, 2022

Valley Clean-Up 2023

Saturday, April 22, 2023 Meet at MOOSE PARK 15205 N. Columbus 9:30am by Michael Kennedy Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley will...

Annual Meeting and Dinner/Auction Friday, February 17, 2023 Wandermere Golf Club

Robert Hylton

Jan 31, 2022

Annual Meeting and Dinner/Auction Friday, February 17, 2023 Wandermere Golf Club

by Harla Jean Biever Your board is looking forward to a renewal of our annual get-together. We will enjoy Italian Food as we did in...

A gift for the Spokane River this Season! A New Approach to Cleaning up Toxics

Jerry White, Jr.

Jan 26, 2022

A gift for the Spokane River this Season! A New Approach to Cleaning up Toxics

by Jerry White, Jr. Today is a huge victory for the Spokane River, aquatic ecosystems and the public. Under a brand new settlement...

Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley Trails Update

Dave Maccini

Jan 22, 2022

Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley Trails Update

Dave Maccini & Kirk Neumann The FLSRV has started trail work along Little Spokane Dr. between Midway and Colbert Rd. This section, once...

Robert Hylton

Jan 21, 2022

Summer Salmon Swim Again

On Friday, August 6, Spokane Tribal Fisheries released 51 adult Chinook salmon into the Little Spokane River at the Waikiki Springs...

New Development Could Harm Our Watershed

Sarah Ben Olson

Jan 20, 2022

New Development Could Harm Our Watershed

by Sarah Ben Olson This is Part 2 in a series on former Kaiser properties. To read Part 1, visit: https://www.flsrv.org/legacy-of-kaiser-...

Doug Power

Jan 19, 2022

Open Pit Mine Update

Doug Power Director, Dartford Austin Neighborhood Assoc. Last year a local landowner and Spokane County attempted to enlarge the size of...

Robert Hylton

Jan 19, 2022

2022 FLSRV Hike With Jack Nisbet

Saturday, April 30 TRAUTMAN RANCH Trautman Ranch is a 275-acre Spokane County Conservation Area located between two disjunctive parcels...

Tina Wynecoop

Jan 18, 2022

In the Stream

Tina Wynecoop It is good to look back on what might have seemed on the surface to be a very quiet 2021 for FLSRV. The pandemic had not...

Reducing the Risk of Wildfire and Associated Damage in Areas Bordering The Little Spokane River

John Olson

Jan 17, 2022

Reducing the Risk of Wildfire and Associated Damage in Areas Bordering The Little Spokane River

John Olson Little Spokane River Estates Firewise USA Coordinator The objective of this article is to provide a brief background of the...

Oldest Business in the Valley: The Colbert Trading Company

Kirk Neumann

Jan 16, 2022

Oldest Business in the Valley: The Colbert Trading Company

by Kirk Neumann In 1885 the Colbert Trading company was originally built as the general store and post office for the town of Dragoon....

Robert Hylton

Jan 11, 2022

FLSRV Summer Event is a Success!

by Dave Maccini FLSRV was unable to hold our annual meeting with dinner and auction last February due to the COVID pandemic. We decided...

Robert Hylton

Jan 10, 2022

Newsletter Sponsors, January 2022

Harla Jean Biever

Jan 1, 2022

Membership

A 2022 membership form is enclosed for your convenience. In 2021 we had over 100 member families. Membership money goes into a general...

It’s been over century, but summer chinook are returning to the Little Spokane

Eli Francovich

Aug 8, 2021

It’s been over century, but summer chinook are returning to the Little Spokane

By Eli Francovich THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW — reprinted by permission For the first time in 111 years, summer chinook are swimming in the...

Robert Hylton

Jul 26, 2021

FLSRV Summer Picnic

Since we were unable to hold our annual dinner and fundraising auction in February due to COVID-19, we are planning to have a summer...

Robert Hylton

Jul 26, 2021

Shady Slope

Tina Wynecoop Rousing alarm emails were posted to our community’s social website Nextdoor because the road called “Shady Slope” lost...

Legacy of Kaiser Aluminum Continues to Impact Watershed

Robert Hylton

Jul 26, 2021

Legacy of Kaiser Aluminum Continues to Impact Watershed

Sara Ben Olson Greenstone Corporation’s plan for development of 300 acres near Costco has been met with excitement. The Kendall Yards...

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