Field Trip
Registration for the 2018 field trips is now open! Field trips are booked on a first come, first serve basis. You must register for fieldtrips in advance.
To sign up for a field trip, please email Julie Jurkowski (Julie.Jurkowski@nau.edu).
FIELD TRIPS: MONDAY, AUGUST 13
Bunker Hill Superfund Site: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
The Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex Site in North Idaho was listed on the National Priorities List as a Superfund Site in 1983. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has been actively involved
in the technical and leadership level in both EPA’s remedial process and Natural Resource Damage Assessment as the site lies within the heart of the Tribe’s aboriginal homeland. This tour will
be hosted by the Tribe and EPA Region 10 and participants will be able to see historic former mine and mill sites, mine waste repositories, active remediation of mine sites, an acid mine drainage
water treatment facility, and downstream wetlands that have been remediated by EPA and restored by the Coeur d’Alene Basin Natural Resource Trustees. Please wear close toed shoes, and bring water,
camera, bagged lunch or money to eat at the legendary Snakepit in Enaville, ID.
Colville Confederated Tribes’ Recycling Center: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
The Colville Confederated Tribes established a recycling center in 2008 which has continued to grow and evolve, becoming an exceptional resource for the Tribes (diverting significant amounts of
recyclables from the waste stream, providing good employment for Tribal members, generating revenues through proactive market research, and protecting Mother Earth). This field trip will give
attendees the opportunity to tour an extremely successful recycling operation, learn about equipment and staffing needs, and have a chance to talk with Tribal recycling specialists about how they
can develop or expand their own recycling operations. Please wear close toed shoes, and bring water, camera, bagged lunch or money to eat at the Tribe’s casino restaurant.
Composting Demonstration and Home Composting Demo Site Tour: 8:30 am to 10:30 pm
The City of Spokane offers the Master Composter Certification for community members. This successful Master Composter and Recycler Program has been in effect since 1988. Volunteer Master Composters and
Recyclers play an active role in Spokane County’s Regional Solid Waste System by teaching citizens how to reduce waste through recycling and home composting. On this tour you will learn about the program
through a presentation, hear from the community master composters, and tour the green zone, the home composting demonstration area. You may even be asked to turn a compost pile! Please make sure to bring
comfortable walking attire, a hat, sunscreen, and plenty of water.
Tour of the Spokane Tribe’s Water and Habitat Projects: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Employees of the Tribe’s Water and Fish Program are developing a special field trip highlighting their work to protect Tribal waters – and all that rely on this vital source of life. Four different stops
will allow attendees to visit the Tribe’s creek restoration projects, fish hatchery, oxygen monitoring activities in lakes, evaluations of tributaries to the Spokane and Columbia Rivers, and native vegetation work.
Please make sure to bring comfortable walking attire, a hat, sunscreen, and plenty of water.
FILED TRIPS: TUESDAY, AUGUST 14
Spokane River Brownfields Walking Tour: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
The City of Spokane was selected for multiple brownfields redevelopment grants along the Spokane River. Much of this redevelopment focuses on cleaning contaminated soils and developing residential housing,
expanding campus facilities, and renovating community parks along the river. This walking tour will take you along the Spokane River to visit the Kendall Yards business and residential district, the university
district, and the riverfront park brownfields redevelopment. After crossing the river a presentation on Spokane’s brownfields program, local Tribal involvement, and brownfields funding sources will be given.
This fieldtrip will take place on Tuesday morning from 8:00am-12:00pm. Please make sure to bring comfortable walking attire, a hat, sunscreen, and plenty of water (~2 miles of walking). Accommodations are available;
please let us know in advance.
City of Spokane Waste-to-Energy Facility and Material Recovery Facility (MRF): 8:30 am to 11:30 pm
Tour Spokane’s Materials and Recycling Technology Center (SMaRT Center) and Spokane’s Waste to Energy Facility on Tuesday 8:30- 11:30. The SMaRT Center can process 100,000 tons of recyclables per year and is
the centerpiece of a regional strategy aimed at dramatically reducing waste and boosting recycling in the area. The 62,000-square-foot, "single stream" facility allows residents and businesses to recycle a broader
assortment of materials, resulting in dramatically higher recycling and diversion rates. The City of Spokane’s Waste to Energy (WTE) Facility is part of the community's overall comprehensive solid waste system that
encourages recycling and waste reduction—along with the recovery of energy. The facility processes up to 800 tons of municipal solid waste per day generating enough electricity for 13,000 homes. The process reduces
the solid waste by 90 percent by volume and 70 percent by weight. On this tour participants will learn the environmental reasons Spokane County turned to WTE to process its trash 27 years ago and how it has remained
the principal means of disposal since. All visitors are required to wear close toed shoes and should dress for the weather. Hard hats and safety glass will be provided. Expect some moderate walking and standing on hard surfaces.
Inland Empire Paper Company: 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
Visit Inland Empire Paper Company to see how a modern papermaking process utilizes all waste materials such as residual wood chips from area sawmills and recycled old newspapers from community collections and other
wastepaper suppliers to produce the highest quality groundwood paper available. Field trip participants will be guided through the entire system starting with the warehouse that houses recycled materials in raw form,
describing how they get the materials, what contaminants are present, and the research and development processes they have used to discover new technologies for tertiary treatment of the effluent. The tour will also
include a viewing of the effluent system and the chip yard followed by a tour of the paper machine where pulp is made into sheets, dried and cut into printer size rolls. Field trip participants must wear long pants
and closed toed shoes (no sandals or flip flops).
Platinum ($2,000)
provides logo displayed prominently at the event and printed program; verbal recognition of sponsorship during plenary session; complimentary half-page full-color and half-page black and white advertisements in conference program; one (1) complimentary exhibitor space; and four (4) complimentary 2018 TLEF registrations
**Exclusively available to Platinum Sponsors: complimentary full-color single ad space (5”x7” inches vertical) displayed on each table in open and closing plenary session meeting room and conference registration area.
Gold ($1,000)
provides logo displayed prominently at the event and on printed program; verbal recognition of sponsorship during plenary session; complimentary 3”x 5.25” full-color advertisement in conference program; one (1) complimentary exhibitor space; and three (3) complimentary 2018 TLEF registrations.
Silver ($500)
provides logo displayed prominently at the event and on printed program; verbal recognition of sponsorship during plenary session; complimentary half-page black & white advertisement in conference program; one (1) complimentary exhibitor space; and two (2) complimentary 2018 TLEF registrations.