Eighty volunteers planted native trees at Spokane's Waikiki Springs
The Inland Northwest Land Conservancy and wildlife crews are restoring 10 acres of floodplain on the Little Spokane River. Volunteers from age 6 to 80, including refugee teens, came to plant.
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Eighty volunteers planted native trees at Waikiki Springs in Spokane, where the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy and fish and wildlife crews are bringing back 10 acres of floodplain along the Little Spokane River. The planters ranged from age 6 to 80 and included refugee teens.
The trees are in the ground. Restoring the floodplain is the larger job those plantings are part of, not a claim that the 10 acres are finished.
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