We’re excited to announce an important new addition to the Spokane Riverkeeper team! Please join us in welcoming Anne Tenold as our new Development Manager.

For centuries, the Spokane River’s flow has been shaped by a predictable rhythm: snow falling in the mountains during the winter and melting in the spring to sustain the river through the dry summer months. But now, that rhythm is changing, and with it, the future of the river is being rewritten.

Sometimes even new infrastructure doesn’t work as planned, and that’s what happened recently with a stormwater treatment facility in Spokane. Built to keep untreated runoff out of the Spokane River, the system hit a snag during a big storm, causing some overflow and pollution concerns.