Spokane Riverkeeper

Protecting the Spokane River. (Sharing Waterkeeper Jule's thoughts and Breaking River News)

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Thanks to the Waterkeeper Alliance’s profile of the @coosariverkeeper.bsky.social for the riddle.

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What had a head and a mouth, but no voice

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A River! That’s why we speak for the river, advocating for stronger protections and cleaner water.

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Did we really have 7 days over 100 degrees this summer? We will see what that does to water temperature. Stay tuned.

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https://t.co/8xTISILupG

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Even new infrastructure doesn’t work as planned, and that’s what happened recently with a stormwater treatment facility in Spokane. It’s a frustrating setback, but the City of Spokane worked quickly to mitigate pollution from the site to the river and fix the issue. Read more

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This is a big bummer. What you’re seeing here is the inflow berm for the TJ Meenach stormwater pond has blown out, some of it into the river. These stormwater ponds were designed to clean dirty street water through infiltration that otherwise would’ve gone into the river.

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At a meeting about toxic metals from the Silver Valley. Approximately 100 tundra swans die each year from lead poisoning that originated from the Bunker Hill mine. Max is 388 swans.

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Read our full statement here: https://t.co/ZhjwyzQdxW

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Yesterday, the U.S. EPA issued a Final PCB TMDL for the Spokane River. This is a result of years of advocacy, research, and legal action aimed at reducing harmful PCB pollution affecting our river.  But, we believe it is insufficient to address the contamination.

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Or “clean the ‘kan” obviously

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Working on branding our river cleanup program: “Fish the ‘kan, float the ‘kan, don’t trash the ‘kan”

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Update. No baseballs but found a ton of trash. 2,020 pounds to be exact.

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I’m not sure how I feel about hitting baseballs into the River.

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I’m headed out to clean up the River. I’ll watch for baseballs.

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Time-lapse for your timeline.

Last night, our contractor crews working on the North Spokane Corridor began setting the first of many girders that will span the Spokane River. In a few weeks, these puzzle pieces will come together & the bridge will really start to take shape.

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Handsome bird wouldn’t you say? https://t.co/0R7xGZTBPl

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Happy international migratory bird day! To celebrate we cleaned up the river with the Audobon society of Spokane!

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I’d also like to formally submit my petition for the official bird of the Spokane River: the common merganser. It’s here year round, lives on the river, and depends on healthy fish populations.