Welcome to Palisades!
Purpose:
Our primary goal is stewardship of the entire Rimrock/Palisades/Indian Canyon area, including all public lands within the approximate boundaries of Sunset Hwy on the South, Riverside State Park on the North and East, and Airway Heights on the West.
This will include trail planning and maintenance, park advocacy with regard to City Parks issues, involvement with the various agencies assisting in fire management, periodic cleanup activities, and a helpful, watchdog approach to all park users -- i.e. friendly toward non-trashers, non-poachers, non-dealers.
In addition, to assist other user groups in working toward accomplishment of their goals within other areas to enhance muscle-powered use, whether by help with marketing/grant writing/funding or physical help with trail work and building projects.
Finally, to spread the teachings of the "Leave No Trace" Outdoor Ethics program, both within our own area and by reaching out to other user groups to help work toward having clean, sustainable public lands everywhere.
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2009-09-08 - A Look at 2009 Web Numbers
Our annual visitors in 2009 went down about 1500 per month, likely in large part because we made the decision last year to transfer hosting of the Conservation Futures website to Spokane County. Having said that, 43,000 visits remains a VERY respectable number!
Since I have moved from the neighborhood, I no longer follow it as closely as I once did, but it remains a part of my conversations when the discussion turns to successful neighborhood groups and natural park management.
Just last week I had the good fortune to enjoy a lengthy conversation with a service tech from Comcast who is a walking rare tree encyclopedia. He was very familiar with the Spokane Arboretum, but was unaware of Palisades Park just around the corner :)
 Of course, we visited www.palisadesnw.com together and he said he would be coming up to have a look at that scraggly tree just south of the old Baker place on the now-closed park road.
I have always thought it was just a weathered snag left from an old lightning strike, but after looking at several other images of bristle cone pines ... I'm thinking it might be one of these!
[Wikipedia says this:The bristlecone pines are a small group of pine trees (Family Pinaceae, genus Pinus, subsection Balfourianae) that are thought to reach an age far greater than that of any other single living organism known, up to nearly 5,000 years.]
And if not ... what the heck! ... its a beautiful place to stand and smell nature ... always worth the visit.
This past year volunteers posted 17 news articles, 9 project news articles and 26 calendar items. As a comparison, these numbers were 11 news articles, 20 project news articles and 41 calendar items in 2008. As always, content drives visits.
Keep up the good work!
| 2009 Palisades Web Statistics | | Month | # of Visitors | | Aug 2009 | 4190 | | Jul 2009 | 3916 | | Jun 2009 | 3320 | | May 2009 | 4670 | | Apr 2009 | 4818 | | Mar 2009 | 4319 | | Feb 2009 | 2983 | | Jan 2009 | 3272 | | Dec 2008 | 3351 | | Nov 2008 | 3718 | | Oct 2008 | 3500 | | Sep 2008 | 3128 | | 2009 | 43268 |
 | | 2008 | 56462 | | 2007 | 62524 | | 2005 | 20025 | | 2003 | 4907 |
Ann Martinson
Senior Programmer with Nichebox Internet Solutions, Ann works hard and plays hard, enjoying life and appreciating its daily blessings.
ann@nichebox.com
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