CDA River

Deep Creek Preserve

Enhanced Stewardship

Grounded in Nature

Middle of the Little

Native Americans

Olmsted2.0

Reardan

RimrocktoRiverside

UDEA

board

community conservation

conservation

contest

contributions

creaturefeature

easement

events

executive director's report

fundraiser

history

main

news

partners

president's message

science

staff

volunteers

Please reload

Follow Us

Elk impacted by human recreation

As we work to preserve wildlife habitat and expand opportunities for outdoor recreation, we remember that it is a balancing act. 

“Scientists found that elk avoided areas where humans were recreating. This avoidance resulted in habitat compression. All-terrain vehicle use was most disruptive to elk, followed by mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding. When exposed to these activities, elk spe...

Read More

RIMROCK TO RIVERSIDE: MAKING CONNECTIONS

A Red-tailed Hawk lifts off from his perch in a ponderosa pine in Kendall Yards on the edge of downtown Spokane. He soars and glides for a full 11 miles, all the way through Indian Canyon, Palisades Park, and Riverside State Park. After pausing on a bluff in Palisades Park to peer down at the city of Spokane, he continues on, to land on a granite cliff at the end of Riverside State Park. Sharing t...

Read More

Bull Trout

Bull trout have always been important to Kalispel families, who specialized in harvesting and processing them for their extremely high food value. Like all salmonids, bull trout have a fleshy adipose fin located between the dorsal fin and the slightly forked caudal fin (tail). Their backs and sides are typically olive-green/brown with small light cream to crimson colored spots. The belly is often...

Read More

Creature Feature: The Tundra Swan

Audubon Lake and Wetlands is a prime habitat for tundra swans.  They typically winter in the coastal regions of California, Oregon, and Washington and wetlands of northern Nevada and Utah, as well as parts of the eastern U.S.. These large, all white birds weigh about 14.5 pounds, and have black bills, usually with a single yellow spot by the eye.  They dip their long necks down into the water to r...

Read More

From the Vaults - 2002 Story on INLT's Songbird Habitat Survey

Here is a press release from 2002 about the Songbird Survey conducted by INLT's then conservation manager, Heather Bateman.

Habitat Survey Rates Songbird Habitat for Priority Protection

Inland Northwest Land Trust Focuses on the Little Spokane River Valley

SPOKANE----A new project to identify and rate the best songbird habitat is taking place in the Little Spokane River Valley.  Inland Northwest Land...

Read More

The Little Spokane River Watershed - Resource Conservation Planning

This is the fourth in a series of four articles about watershed planning efforts in greater Spokane River watershed. This article highlights the history of water resource management efforts in the Little Spokane River watershed.

Two things I've definitely learned in the past few years as a water resource professional: there are many people in this community who are very passionate about water resou...

Read More

The Hangman Creek Watershed - Contemporary Issues and Ongoing Solutions

This is the third in a series of four articles about watershed planning efforts in the greater Spokane River watershed, and the vitally important role land and water conservation plays in protecting our natural environment. This article highlights the Hangman Creek (aka Latah Creek) watershed.

The road trip south from Spokane is one of my favorites. Particularly on roads less traveled. Highway 27 h...

Read More

Grouse of the Shrub Steppe

The Greater sage-grouse and the Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, Washington’s native prairie grouse species, are listed as threatened by the state. Once abundant throughout the sagebrush prairie landscape of eastern Washington, their populations have plummeted to about 1,000 birds each, in isolated pockets in Douglas, Yakima, and Lincoln Counties and Okanogan, Douglas, and Lincoln Counties, respecti...
Read More

Deep Creek Preserve Bio-Assessment Underway

 

The Charlotte Martin Foundation awarded INLC a $10,000 grant to organize a Bio-Assessment of the 155-acre Deep Creek Preserve, which is adjacent to the Reardan Audubon Lake Wildlife Area. A group of wonderful volunteers, including professors and students from local universities, will survey the flora and fauna on the preserve. This summer an intern from Whitworth will help pull all the data toget...

Read More

UDEA: Vision for the Spokane River

Featuring Gonzaga University Environmental Studies Senior Class

Monday, April 18

5:00 PM

Hemmingson Ballroom, Gonzaga University

 

 

Join Gonzaga Environmental Studies students on April 18th at the Hemmingson Center Ballroom (Gonzaga University) for a public presentation of the students' revitalization plan for the Spokane River. The presentation is from 5:00-6:00pm, followed by a short discussion and n...

Read More

Older Posts >

Please reload

  • Facebook Basic Square
  • Pinterest Social Icon