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A white-water park planned near downtown Spokane has some anglers worried about the park's possible effect on the river's native redband trout population. The Spokesman Review reports.

Avista announced successfully completing a seven year process to relicense five hydroelectric projects on the Spokane River. The new license sets conditions for Avista operating these projects for the next 50 years. This post connects you to a Spokesman article, Avista press release and other resources about this watershed event.

In 2010, the Washington Department of Ecology is expected to begin a water right adjudication process for the Spokane area....

Idaho Department of Lands sent out a Notice of Public Hearing for proposed dredging at Blackwell Island. According to the application (see attached) "Some soils to be dredged contain total metal concentrations in excess of limits allowed for fish, wildlife, and aquatic habitat. ...

The Spokane River will be closed from the Harvard Street Bridge to the Barker Road Bridge.

Rick Eichstaedt's guest editorial in the Spokesman Review calls for more action on the Spokane River.

Recreationists appeal to city to unlock the gates at boat launches. The Spokesman Review Reports

In a letter to Jay Manning, Director of Washington Department of Ecology, the Center for Justice writes "there are several...

If a power pole falls in the parking lot of a Coeur d’Alene restaurant, how many fish sticks can you eat on the Spokane Indian Reservation? As the Inlander reports, PCBs in the Spokane River creates a daunting challenge.

A new law will relax the deadline for cleaning up the Spokane River and other waterways, allowing more time for some measures to take effect. Without the change, wastewater dischargers would have to meet stringent new limits on pollutants within a decade. The change, signed into law Monday by Gov. Chris Gregoire, says the standards must be met “as soon as possible” and within 20 years at most. The Spokesman Review reports.