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Click here for Upcoming Water Events Help restore one of the wonders of the West: Spokane Falls: free the falls ! Send a letter to Washington Department of Ecology: ask the state to restore free-flowing water to Spokane Falls. Tell Ecology the waterfalls need more than the State’s meager proposal of 300 cfs (see picture) Send your message (deadline is May 15) to: 1) Marcie Mangold / Washington Department of Ecology 2) send a copy to Governor Christine Gregoire Visit our 401 Certification website hosted by CELP, Sierra Club, and Center for Justice. Be sure to attend our Citizens Workshop on April 30 (Wednesday) from 6-9 p.m. in Spokane at the Community Building lobby - 35 W. Main. You’ll learn more about both Washington’s and Idaho’s proposed 401 certifications -- and how you can help protect and restore the Spokane River and Spokane Falls. Upcoming_Events.htmlmailto:dman461@ecy.wa.gov?subject=Spokane%20Falls:%20%20Free%20the%20Falls%20!http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/http://www.waterplanet.ws/spokaneriver401cert/river/protection.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3
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Mickey Gendler A cyclist’s uphill battle to get his life back ~ Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004334045_attorney08m.htmlhttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004334045_attorney08m.htmlhttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004334045_attorney08m.htmlshapeimage_7_link_0shapeimage_7_link_1shapeimage_7_link_2

These Falls, which have fallen further,

which sit dry and quiet as a graveyard now -

These Falls are that place where ghosts of salmon jump,

where ghosts of women mourn their children

who will never find their way back home. ...


~ Sherman Alexie,

excerpt from “The Place Where Ghosts of Salmon Jump”

Spokane Falls - the State’s proposal: 300 cfs trickling through the north channel.  This waterfalls - one of the wonders of the West - are dewatered during summer months to run a century-old power plant owned by Avista Corporation.  The pittance of power generated is equivalent to 2-3 windmills.  CELP, Sierra Club, and Center for Justice are asking Department of Ecology to restore a free flowing falls.  Citizens need to take action.

CELP honors Mickey Gendler with the Ralph W. Johnson Water Hero Award On March 1 CELP presented Mickey Gendler with the Ralph W. Johnson Water Hero Award for 2008. Mickey, of the law firm Gendler & Mann LLP, has served Washington’s conservation community for 25-plus years. For more on contributions of Mickey Gendler, click here. http://www.celp.org/water/celpjohnson/rwj.htmlhttp://www.celp.org/mickey_gendler/award/home.htmlshapeimage_10_link_0shapeimage_10_link_1

Mickey with Nan Johnson at his side is receiving a walking stick (carved by Dave Kliegman) from Rachael Paschal Osborn, CELP’s director.


Click here for more images of CELP’s 2008 Auction and Water Hero Award.