Chip in to help water plants at Barker Bridge river access

RIVERS — Paddlers are being asked to devote a few minutes to help thirsty plants when they visit the improved Barker Road bridge access to the north side of the Spokane River.

The new landscaping at the access to help prevent erosion and improve the aesthetics of the site has no watering system.

The Spokane Canoe and Kayak Club, which worked with the City of Spokane Valley to fund the project, has left five-gallon buckets tucked under the bridge beams.

“This can be a fun family event, or just a spontaneous, random act of kindness if you are driving through the Valley,” the club says in its summer newsletter.

The bridge includes a pedestrian walkway and a parking lane, so you visitors can park vehicles on the bridge, or they can use the Centennial Trail parking lot on the south side.

“The little plants will love you and you will feel sooooo good afterwards,” the club says.