FLSRV.org To preserve and sustain the unique character of the Little Spokane River Valley, including it's open space and natural setting. To maintain lower density zoning. To protect the area's ecosystem including water quality, wetlands, priority habitat and wildlife, and dwindling native vegetation. To encourage the development of area parks and natural areas. To educate public officials of the concerns of the Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley, and be pro-active when major issues are at the forefront.    Welcome to the Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley Home Newsletters Trails FAQs Resources About Us Join 2018 Fairwood District Farmers Market Join the fun on Opening Night of the Fairwood Farmers Market on May 22 from 3-7pm! We are located at 319 W. Hastings Rd Spokane, WA 99218. We have many new and returning vendors selling fresh local produce, delicious sweets and treats, and various handmade crafts. There will be live music provided by Dirk Schwarz. Located in the parking lot at 319 W Hastings Road Tuesdays 3:00pm - 7:00pm Fairwood Farmers Market Mission: To establish a vibrant North Spokane farmers’ market where neighbors can regularly connect with local growers, artisan food producers, and crafters in a festive environment. Fairwood Farmers Market Vision: To revitalize and complete the Fairwood District in North Spokane, with new shops, mixed use development, a sustainable farmers’ market, and bicycle friendly trails – making it a connected, pedestrian friendly community. Redevelopment will involve multiple stakeholders and should capitalize on Fairwood’s proximity to the Little Spokane River, Mead Schools, the historic Bozarth Mansion, the Kalispel Golf and Country Club, and the new Children of the Sun trail along the North Spokane Corridor. FLSRV is a strong supporter of this Market because their Vision includes caring for The Little Spokane River that lies in close proximity to the Fairwood Neighborhood. News :: Annual FLRSV Meeting :: Membership :: Water Quality by Lindell Haggin :: What’s Happening on the Middle of The Little Spokane River? by Daniel Collins :: 2018 Fairwood District Farmers Market :: Valley Cleanup 2018 by Michael Kennedy :: What We Accomplished Together in 2017 We are honored that you support the Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley. Your donations, membership, sweat equity and enthusiasm have brought us a long way over the last two decades. :: Membership :: School Bond Vote :: In Memoriam - Harold Balazs :: New Board Position :: Valley Cleanup 2018 by Michael Kennedy :: School Time :: Walking to School is a Smart Choice Spokesman-Review article. September 1, 2017 Reprinted by permission. :: Seeing Red Over Dog Poop? Oregon Town Paints it Orange Spokesman-Review article. October 13, 2015 Reprinted by permission. Originally published July 28, 2011 The Bellingham Herald :: Local, Family-Owned Landmarks: Pounder’s and Pattison’s by Tina Wynecoop :: 2018 Annual Meeting Friday, February 23, 2018 :: Mark Case New Board Member :: A River Captured: The Columbia River Treaty and Catastrophic Change by Eileen Pearkes Reviewed by Jack Nisbet :: Living Water: Salmon's Presence by Tina Wynecoop :: Earth Day Clean-Up of Our Valley 2017 by Michael Kennedy :: Thanks Be to the Decorator! :: October Board Meeting by Harla Jean Biever :: Sign Up for Amazon Smile :: Colbert Road Trail by Mark Case :: In Memoriam - Daniel Eugene Forsyth :: Annual Meeting 2017 :: Valley Cleanup 2017 :: Land Along the Little Spokane River Report from Fairwood Community Leaders :: Membership :: Threads of Red Tina Wynecoop :: New Bench Kirk Neuman :: FRIENDS OF THE LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER VALLEY IS CELEBRATING OVER 20 YEARS WITH A LOOK BACK AT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. :: Registration for Tour and Field Trip :: 2017 ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER/AUCTION Friday, February 24, 2017 -- Wandermere Golf Club :: FRIENDS OF THE LITTLE SPOKANE RIVER VALLEY IS CELEBRATING OVER 20 YEARS WITH A LOOK BACK AT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS :: ANNUAL SPRING CLEAN-UP: A CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY Saturday, April 22, 2017 :: Valley Cleanup Report - 2016 by Michael Kennedy :: Membership :: Conservation Future Nomination Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife :: Annual Meeting - 2016 :: Valley Cleanup 2016 by Michael Kennedy :: List of resources re: Salmon/Upper Columbia River Basin: :: Warning to Pet Owners By Erin Kennedy, DVM :: 2015 Fairwood District Farmers Market Hosted by Allen Family Properties :: Valley Cleanup By Michael Kennedy :: 2015 Annual Meeting :: Proposed New Housing Development By Jennifer Mudge :: Pine River Park Neighborhood Entrance Will Be Getting a New Look :: Rehab Cleanup Signs -- Volunteers Needed By Michael Kennedy :: Jack Nisbet Saltese Uplands Field Trip Coming May 2, 2015 Mark Your Calendar! :: Wildlife Highway By Jack and Ro Bury :: Pioneer of Our Valley By Dana Davis Kelly :: Where a Wind Blew . . . By Harla Jean Biever New Hope Resource Center Board Member :: Membership Renewal :: Drama on the Little Spokane By Lindell Haggin :: Remembering :: Board Member Michael Kennedy :: What Was In Grandpa’s Trunk By Harla Jean Heiser Biever :: Annual Meeting :: Valley Cleanup 2014 By Michael Kennedy :: 2014 Annual Meeting and Dinner/Auction Saturday, February 22, 2014 :: Serving Our Communities by Harla Jean Biever, President Board New Hope Resource Center :: Augy Augustine In Memoriam :: Our New bridge by Martha Schaefer :: Is Your Last Rose Of Summer Going To The Deer? :: Looking Back by Tina Wynecoop :: Trails To The Library(s) by Tina Wynecoop :: Valley Cleanup 2013 by Michael Kennedy :: Apex Industries make Herons for New Bridge :: Mark Your Calendar - Jack Nisbet Walking Tour Saturday, May 10, 2014 :: Membership :: Annual Spring Cleanup Saturday, April 27th -- 9:30 am :: In Memoriam :: Annual Meeting by Martha Schaefer, Vice President :: Thank You 2013 Donors For Auction Items! We Did Great! :: PET Project Spreads Mobility by Cindy Hval Article Courtesy of Spokesman-Review :: Mac Presents -- David Douglas Historic Tours -- With Jack Nisbet :: Come See The Butterflies! :: Memorial Bricks by Harla J. Biever :: Work Day At Camp Dart-Lo :: Postmarks by Tina Wynecoop :: A Look Back at FLSRV History by Martha Schafer, Board Vice-President :: Mark Your Calendar For Our 2013 Annual Meeting :: We're Adopting! by Tina Wynecoop :: Bravo for the Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour by Tina Wynecoop :: FLSRV Board-Authorized Letter Regarding The New Bridge by Lance Pounder, President :: Little Spokane River Bridge No. 3602 Replacement Project Update for Fall of 2012 :: Cottonwood Trees in North Spokane County by W.G. Magnuson :: Delay Pruning To Help Wildlife Now by Michael Kennedy :: Spokane Fish Hatchery by Kirk Newmann :: Second Annual Hike With Jack Nisbet by Tina Wynecoop :: Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour :: Pine River Park Update by Lance Pounder :: Oldest Barn in Spokane County? by W.G. Magnuson, Jr. :: Spring is for the Birds (and Birders)! by Lindell Haggin :: Roundabouts by Jack Bury :: Valley Cleanup by Michael Kennedy :: 2012 Annual Meeting by Tina Wynecoop, Auction Chairman :: Thank You! FLSRV 2012 Auction Donors :: A Little History by Harla Jean Biever :: Water Quality by Tina Wynecoop :: Walking Tour May 12, 2012 Roberta Ellis, FLSRV Member :: State Needs Volunteers to Score Recreation, Conservation Grant Applications :: THANK YOU! DONORS TO 2012 FLSRV SILENT AUCTION :: WTA Work Parties 2012 :: 2012 Annual Meeting and Dinner/Auction by Tina Wynecoop :: Little Spokane Bridge is Being Replaced by Marla Schaeffer :: Walking Tour Review by Tina Wynecoop :: Keeping Pine River Park Open by Lance Pounder :: 86,400 Seconds by Tina Wynecoop :: Valley Cleanup by Michael Kennedy :: Better Dead Than Alive? Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife :: The Way It Was: History Along Our Organization’s Namesake by Tina Wynecoop :: The Smell of Home by Carole Mack From: Diggings.org :: 2011 Annual Meeting and Dinner/Auction Saturday, March 5, 2011 :: What is Conservation Futures by Martha Schaefer :: FLSRV Nominates Scholz Property for Conservation Futures Purchase Letter sent to Spokane Conservation Futures from Lance Pounder, on behalf of FLSRV :: A River Flows Through It by Bart Haggin :: Pine River Park Help Keep it Open by Lance Pounder :: County Bridge Upgrades by Harla Jean Biever :: Spring Cleanup Date Announced Saturday, April 16 Starting at 9:00am. :: Little Spokane Artists Plan Studio Tour by Hulda Bridgeman :: Team from 3 Counties Presents Gardening Workshop Saturday, January 29th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. :: 3rd Annual Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour by Hulda Bridgeman :: Keeping Pine River Park Open by Lance Pounder :: New Board Members Elected by Kirk Neumann :: Annual Meeting Held by Tina Wynecoop :: Pine River County Park by Doug Chase :: General Service Modifications for 2010 Park Season by Doug Chase :: Mt. Spokane, The Little Spokane River, Rock Cairn Vision Quest Sites and a Poem by Tina Wynecoop :: Membership by Harla Jean Biever :: Cleanup Day Report by Lance Pounder :: An Amazing CBC (Christmas Bird Count) Adventure Story by Jeanne Dammarell :: 2nd Annual Little Spokane River Artist Studio Tour by Hulda Bridgeman :: 2009 Annual Meeting and Dinner/Auction by Tina Wynecoop :: US Highway 2 to the Wandermere Vicinity North Spokane Corridor: Wall Architectural Treatment Trails :: Proposed Little Spokane Drive Trail from Midway to Colbert Rd by Mark Case, Trails Chairman :: Trail System Section Completions by Mark Case :: Middle of Little Spokane River by Daniel Collins :: Yearly Walking Tour With Jack Nisbet :: ANNUAL SPRING HIKE WITH JACK NISBET Saturday, May 6, 2017 :: Antoine Peak Hike 2016 by Tina Wynecoop :: Be Coyote-Wise Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife :: Unique Trail Users By Tina Wynecoop :: Wolverine Walkabout = Wolverine Wanderlust By Tina Wynecoop :: Saltese Upland Hike By Tina Wynecoop :: New Benches for the Haynes Estate Trails Area By Kirk Neumann :: Pineriver Park Neighborhood Entrance Will Be Getting a New Look :: Trail Signs :: Trail Update By Lance Pounder :: Beavers on the Little Spokane River By Ro Bury :: SPRING FIELD TRIP with Jack Nisbet, Author/Historian Five Mile Prairie and the Little Spokane River MAY 10, 2014 :: We’re ‘Friends’ with WSDOT and The Children of the Sun pedestrian pathway. :: Links to Printable 2013 Trails Maps :: Devil's Gap Walking Tour with Jack Nisbet Saturday, May 11, 2013 :: Trails Update :: County's Wandermere Road Project by Tina Wynecoop :: Trails Overview :: Trails Update by Lance Pounder :: Vandervert Trail by Tina Wynecoop :: North Spokane Corridor by Michael Kennedy :: Trees and Trails by Jim Ellis :: Finishing Touches on the Bridge by Lindell Haggin :: Trails by Martha Schaefer :: Art Work Drawings for Retaining Walls at Wandermere and Garden Avenue :: Haynes Estate Conservation Area Planting :: New Pedestrian-Bike Trail Needs Your Help To Find A Name :: 08 Trails Update :: Trails FAQs Geology / History :: Jack Nisbet's and FLSRV's Sixth Annual Walking Tour: Lower Hangman/Latah Creek April 29, 2018 by Tina Wynecoop :: "Don't tell my wife about this!" by Tina Wynecoop :: Wandermere By Dan Webster ... Courtesy of Spokesman Review :: Inland Northwest Geology Birds :: Bird Watching :: Birds Falling From The Sky by Tina and Judge Wynecoop :: Nesting Ospreys :: Dabblers, Divers, Murderers and Travelers: Birds of the INW Through March 15, 2009 Museum of Arts and Culture Favorite Views :: Some Beautiful Views Contributed By Members Goals :: Friends of Little Spokane River Valley Goals As Agreed to by the Board of Directors September 8, 1998 Favorite Books :: Readings about our Little Spokane River Valley Newsletters :: May 2018 Newsletter Download as PDF :: January 2018 Newsletter :: October 2017 Newsletter :: Spring 2017 Newsletter :: October 2016 Newsletter :: January 2016 Newsletter :: Spring 2015 Newsletter :: November 2014 Newsletter as PDF :: June 2014 Newsletter PDF :: December 2013 Newsletter :: April 2013 Newsletter :: November 2012 Newsletter :: June 2012 Newsletter :: November 2011 Newsletter :: January 2011 Newsletter :: June 2010 Newsletter :: September 2009 - Fall Newsletter :: January 2009 - Winter Newsletter Home Newsletters Trails FAQs Resources About Us Join © 2009 - 2018 Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley admin| stats| email