SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane’s Thorpe Natural Area has been named a top priority for trust land transfer funding by the Washington Department of Natural Resources in the next state legislative session.
The move pushes the property further along after a long period of uncertainty tied to a proposed 1,000-unit housing development. That plan drew strong backlash from people in the Latah Valley community.
Residents raised concerns about more traffic and a lack of wildfire prevention in the area…