RIVERS -- Local historian, naturalist and author Jack Nisbet will present a program, “Reshaping a River: Lake Spokane,” for the Lake Spokane Association this week.

The program, open to the public, will start at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at Suncrest Middle School auditorium.

Following this presentation, local experts will be available to discuss Lake Spokane projects such as Stevens Shoreline Master Plan, Avista Nine Mile Dam Projects, Aquatic weed abatement and aquatic herbicides, boat-in camping, parks, sheriff patrols, Spokane River Keeper and more.

Nisbet will focus on the century between the building of Spokane House in 1810 and the construction of the Little Falls, Long Lake, and Nine Mile Falls dams, when the lower Spokane River underwent drastic changes while somehow retaining much of its basic character.

This slide presentation will use stories, fur trade journals, maps, and period artwork.