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Gonzaga team outlines heat-and-smoke resilience work, highlights grant that paid for electric mowers
Summary
Gonzaga Climate Institute staff told the Spokane Parks Foundation that a state grant funded replacement of diesel mowers and blowers with electric equipment and that the institute's outreach tools (a Spokane cooling-resources map and resilience plan) are helping target cooling and clean-air resources to vulnerable residents.
Dante Jester, climate resilience program manager at the Gonzaga Climate Institute, told the Spokane Parks Foundation on April 9 that the institute has been working with Spokane Parks to reduce heat- and smoke-related risks and to connect residents to cooling and clean-air resources. "We saw over 150 lives lost in Washington during that time, 19 of which were in Spokane County," Jester said of the 2021 Northwest heat dome, framing the urgency behind the work.
Jester said a Washington State Department of Ecology grant, funded through the Climate Commitment Act, supported a partnership with the City of Spokane Parks to replace diesel-powered…
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