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Waste Directory Spring Campaign – Please provide feedback to Tonilee Hanson no later than c.o.b on March 14th, 2018

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Task Force,
As requested by the Task Force, Tonilee Hanson provided some information on the messaging that is part of the Spring Campaign. Tonilee and Andy Dunau will attend the March 28, 2018 Task Force meeting to provide further information and answer questions. The 2018 radio scripts are not yet written. Tonilee has asked that Task Force members review the previous messaging that was used for “Got Waste Wednesday” Spokane Waste Directory-2017 PCB & Stormwater scripts from the 2017 spring and fall campaing and provide feedback, comments, ideas, for the spring campaign regarding the inclusion of PCBs in their messaging.
Tonilee and Andy are open to editing for the best possible PCB  messages, and will move forward with the media campaign focusing on different waste types if the Task Force has concerns about the PCB messages.
Please provide feedback directly to Tonlilee Hanson at tonilee@spokaneriver.net by c.o.b on March 14th, 2018 to allow them time to incorporate those comments prior to their spring campaign, if the Task Force chooses to assist in funding of the campaign.
Thank You.

Spokane River Forum: H2O Breakfast September 18th, 2015

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Spokane River Forum: H2O Breakfast

Friday Sept. 18, 2015 • 7:30am to 10am
The Spokane Convention Center

Join us in welcoming Chad Pregracke,
CNN hero award winner, as the keynote speaker
at this fall’s H2O Breakfast.

What began as a youthful, one-man crusade to cleanup garbage from the Mississippi River ignited more than 87,000 volunteers collecting over 8.4 million pounds of garbage from our nation’s waterways. Chad Pregracke brings us his story of how one person and one idea can make an incredible difference.

Chad’s narrative has great applicability for us. And we’ll use it as a launching point to discuss community success stories in cleaning, greening and protecting the Spokane River. The vitality of our river is once again driving an economic, cultural and environmental future that defines our city and region for future generations.

Discussing our renewed focus on the Spokane River will be:

  • David Condon, Mayor of Spokane
  • Scott Morris, CEO of Avista
  • Kevin Twohig, CEO of Spokane Public Facilities District
  • Cheryl Kilday, President and CEO of Visit Spokane

Their perspectives and audience Q&A will explore the role of the Spokane River in our future.

Join us for a morning that will leave you inspired and ready to do your part in protecting and celebrating our region’s waterways. Click here for more info and registration.

 

Spokane River Water Quality Public Opinion Surveys: Kootenai, Spokane, Lincoln, & Stevens Counties

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The Spokane River Forum recently commissioned Robinson Research to conduct a Spokane River Water Quality public opinion telephone surveys in Kootenai, Spokane, Lincoln and Stevens Counties. Two reports on these surveys are now available. One report provides results for Spokane, Lincoln, and Stevens Counties in Washington; the other for Kootenai County in Idaho. The Kootenai County report also compares similarities and differences with WA respondents.

Andy Dunau of the Spokane River Forum emphasizes that “There are, of course, many ways to analyze and correlate data.”  Andy would like the Task Force to know that if there are particular items they are interested in or would like more detail on, let him know and they will see if it can be mined from the survey data.

Adriane Borgias and Marlene Feist were at a meeting where they discussed the survey results. Marlene has a PowerPoint presentation from Robinson Research and she is willing to edit for Toxics Task Force presentation.

Task Force members are asked to let Chris Page (Ruckelshaus Center, c.page@wsu.edu) know if they think it would be valuable to have a presentation on this topic at an upcoming Task Force meeting.