These Falls, which have fallen further,

which sit dry and quiet as a graveyard now -

These Falls are that place where ghosts of salmon jump,

where ghosts of women mourn their children

who will never find their way back home. ...

~ Sherman Alexie,

excerpt from “The Place Where Ghosts of Salmon Jump”

Interpretive sign on the South Bank of Lower Spokane Falls, just steps from City Hall.  The City should advocate for restoring the waterfalls. Spokane is unique in the United States as a major city that enjoys spectacular waterfalls within its downtown area.

Historic Spokane Falls with new summertime flows.    On May 1, 2009 -- almost 35 years to the day when Spokane welcomed the world to Expo ’74 at Spokane Falls -- Sierra Club, CELP, and Avista reached a settlement that restores water to Spokane Falls all year long.  In this historic settlement, Sierra Club and CELP were represented by the University of Washington Berman Environmental Law Clinic.   After nearly a century, the waterfalls will flow with water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week -- and never go dry.  Avista, Sierra Club & CELP will work together during the next several years to repair damage in restoring Spokane Falls.