08/17/2026
If you’ve driven across Barker Road Bridge in the last few days, you may have seen this view.
As water levels continue to drop in this stretch of the Spokane River, understanding the relationship between the river and our aquifer become especially helpful. Studying the causes of last summer’s upriver droughts, John Porcello helped shed light on the complexities involved at our H2O Breakfast earlier this year. View his presentation athttps://spokaneriver.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Porcello-H2O-Bkfst-2026-03-31-3.pdf and get to know the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer Atlas at https://www.spokaneaquifer.org/the-aquifer/the-aquifer-atlas/