Color Scheme

Subscribe now

Free programs offered by local outdoor groups

Sandy Nieweg rides through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Brecksville, Ohio. The Adventure Cycling Association recently released maps of the last segments of its Underground Railroad Route, which is meant to give riders a route that is representative of the routes escaping slaves took to claim their freedom. (Associated Press photos / The Spokesman-Review)
By Rich Landers richl@spokesman.com(509) 459-5508
Sandy Nieweg rides through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Brecksville, Ohio. The Adventure Cycling Association recently released maps of the last segments of its Underground Railroad Route, which is meant to give riders a route that is representative of the routes escaping slaves took to claim their freedom. (Associated Press photos / The Spokesman-Review)
Sandy Nieweg rides through the Cuyahoga Valley National Park near Brecksville, Ohio. The Adventure Cycling Association recently released maps of the last segments of its Underground Railroad Route, which is meant to give riders a route that is representative of the routes escaping slaves took to claim their freedom. (Associated Press photos / The Spokesman-Review)

Inland Northwest outdoors groups are sponsoring a wide range for free programs this week. Among them:

  • Bicycling the TransAmerica Trail , second of two programs, this one featuring the journey from Pueblo, Colo., to Florence, Oreg.,  by garry Kehr, 6:30 p.m., Monday, at Riverview Retirement Center, for Spokane Bicycle Club .

See map and directions to Riverview Retirement Center auditorium,

  • Clark Fork Delta Restoration , by Susan Drumheller of the Idaho Conservation League, 7 p.m., Tuesday nov. 12 at Lutheran Church of the Master, 4800 N. Ramsey Road in Coeur d’Alene, for Coeur d’Alene Audubon .
  • Annual Fly Auction fundraiser, 7 p.m., at St. Francis School, 1104 W. Heroy, for Spokane Fly Fishers .
  • Hanford and the Columbia River , by Theresa Labriola of the Columbia Riverkeeper, 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, at Riverview Retirement Center, for Spokane Audubon .

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog