By Kat Hall
Per usual, the summer has flown by! One of the season’s many benefits is that the size of TLC’s staff swells with the addition of our amazing summer interns; and this year was no exception.
From the ED | October 2021
I've always enjoyed paying attention to how seasonal changes from week to week can evoke different moods and sensations. In spring, each week inspires new plants to bloom, and pent-up energy is released in great bursts. Fall is a time for winding down, and the rolling fog clinging to valley floors serves as a spooky reminder of winter's slower pace ahead. But then I remember the beaver, and how fall is when beavers work the hardest to build a food cache for the coming winter. Squirrels too collect the unwanted fruit from our trees with alacrity. The Katnai National Park in Alaska even has a Fat Bear Week at the start of each fall to humorously track the gluttonous behavior of its resident bears this time of year. So maybe fall isn't so sleepy after all.
The Benefits of Urban Trees and SpoCanopy
Increasing our Urban Canopy, One Tree at a Time
TLC staff, the City of Spokane, and volunteers planted twenty-five new street trees in the West Central neighborhood on Friday, April 23rd as part of SpoCanopy's goals for increased tree canopy cover. The trees were planted with city arborist assistance, at no charge to residents. Thank you to Avista and Townshend Winery for sponsoring this project!
Restoration of Mill Creek
By Amanda Parrish
After decades of working with the Forest Service on forest management policy and wilderness designation through forest collaboratives, in 2017 The Lands Council partnered with the Forest Service on our first large-scale stream habitat restoration project on the West Branch of LeClerc Creek.
