Saltese Flats

Spokane County is planning to develop/restore the Saltese Flats wetlands into a public area that will include a lake, trails, interpretive learning center and bird habitat. The project will be built in conjunction with the new Central Valley High School that will incorporate educational activities with the wetlands.

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Tue., April 3, 2018

Bud Morrison views where Spokane County is planning to restore the Saltese Flats wetlands into a public area that will include a lake, trails, interpretive learning center and bird habitat. The project will be built in conjunction with the new Central Valley School District high schoolthat will incorporate educational activities with the wetlands.

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Bud Morrison views plans for housing around his farmland near Barker Road and 32nd Avenue. Spokane County is planning to restore the Saltese Flats wetlands into a public area that will include a lake, trails, interpretive learning center and bird habitat. The project will be built in conjunction with the new Central Valley School District high school that will incorporate educational activities with the wetlands.

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Spokane County is planning to restore the Saltese Flats wetlands into a public area that will include a lake, trails, interpretive learning center and bird habitat. The project will be built in conjunction with the new Central Valley School District high school that will incorporate educational activities with the wetlands.

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Bud Morrison looks over a scrapbook of historical photos from the early 1900s in the living room of his log home that overlooks the Saltese Flats Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008. Morrison and his family have farmed the area since 1892 and he is concerned with Spokane County plans on environmental issues in the area.

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Cattle graze on pasture at Saltese Flats Tuesday October 14, 2008. The pasture was created when the lake and wetlands were drained years ago.

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Flooding on the Saltese Flats taken April 23, 2012. This is the area Spokane County wants to restore wetlands that were there before a lake was drained in the late 1800s.

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Saltese Flats, an area of lowlying land south of Greenacres, is use mainly for grazing and raising hay because during the spring and summer, much of it is a wetland, shown Feb. 27, 2018.

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Saltese Flats, an area of lowlying land south of Greenacres, is use mainly for grazing and raising hay because during the spring and summer, much of it is a wetland, shown Feb. 27, 2018.

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