Local Attractions

The local organizing committee invites you to come on a voyage to discover the latest outdoor recreation in the Inland Northwest.

For information on the Lewis and Clark expedition in Idaho follow the link: www.lewisandclarkidaho.org

Activities available in and around Moscow Idaho during the Second International Biofumigation Symposium 2006 Conference

In and near Moscow Idaho:

For an expanded list of events and opportunities during the Second International Biofumigation Symposium conference, please link to the Moscow Idaho Chamber of Commerce web site. click here.

The Student Recreation Center (SRC): The SRC will be open and available for Second International Biofumigation Symposium 2006 attendees. It has over 10000 square feet with free weight training and plate loaded area and cardio exercise. The SRC features an indoor running track, locker rooms with saunas, state-of-the-art Cardio cinema entertainment systems, two multi-purpose fitness rooms, basketball courts and a multi-activity court. There is also a 55 foot climbing center. There is a $5 administrative fee and tax to enter the center one time or a $45 (with tax) 10 entry punch pass. It will be open 11:00-21:00 during the week days, 9:00-21:00 on weekends.

The University of Idaho Golf Course: The golf course is just above the Kibbie Dome on the University of Idaho campus. The University of Idaho golf course is a very challenging par 72. It was originally designed by Francis L. James, and constructed in 1933 as a nine hole golf course. In 1968, the course was redesigned by Bob Bolduck and nine additional holes were added. For information about the UI golf course please visit http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/golf/ on the events in and around Moscow.

Moscow Farmers' Market: The City of Moscow invites you to attend our 28th Annual Moscow Farmers' Market held Saturday, May 21st from 8:00 to Noon downtown in Moscow Friendship Square. The Market features in-season plants and produce, arts and crafts and a variety of food items. Local musicians are featured in-concert from 9:30 11:00 The Market is considered one of the best in the Northwest U.S. and is the place to be on Saturday morning in Moscow (if not at the conference of course) ! For information on additional arts and cultural events in the community, contact the Moscow Arts Commission, 883-7036 or link on to www.moscowarts.org.

The Palouse Discovery Science Center: Has set up special events for all Second International Biofumigation Symposium 2006 attendees, especially for the accompanying members and children. Please click here for detailed information. ???

Appaloosa Museum and Heritage Center, 2720 W. Pullman Road, Moscow (208) 882-5578 ext. 279 At the Appaloosa Museum, visitors learn about the history of Idaho¹s state horse, the Appaloosa, which is as colorful as its coat pattern. Exhibits explore the evolution of the breed, its importance to Native American cultures, its role in the lives of cowboys, rodeos and circuses, and the history of the Appaloosa Horse Club. Our Kid¹s Area invites ³little buckaroos² to hop on a saddle, do hands-on activities and enjoy learning about the world of the Appaloosa. Open Mon-Fri 10::00-17:00 and Sat 10:00-16:00. Donations appreciated. http://www.appaloosamuseum.org/

Places of Worship:

There are many places of worship in the Moscow area. For a complete list, consult the Moscow Chamber web site at www.moscowchamber.com. The following have submitted material for this website: You are invited to worship and share a meal TODAY with the friendly members of First Presbyterian Church, 405 South Van Buren Street, in Moscow (3rd oldest Presbyterian Church in Idaho). Our services are at 8:30 a.m. (informal) or 11:00 a.m. (traditional). People of all faiths or no church affiliation are welcome. Additionally, you’re invited to a FREE barbeque and potluck picnic lunch at the same address,12 noon – 2:00 p.m. You may also tour the interior of our beautiful church, hear the stories behind the lovely stained glass windows and enjoy our musicians’ “jam session.” All welcome.

Activities outside of Moscow Idaho (within three hours drive).

The Coeur d'Alene Resort: Looking for a beautiful place to spend some time before and after the Second International Biofumigation Symposium Conference? Consider the Coeur d¹Alene Resort, a beautiful resort located about an hour and a half from Moscow Idaho. At The Coeur d'Alene Resort they have mastered the art of relaxation. With luxurious accommodations, rejuvenating spa treatments, sumptuous cuisine, and breathtaking holiday displays,this four-star resort continues to be the destination of choice for discerning travelers worldwide. Interested attendees may view their website at www.cdaresort.com and can book pre and/or post stays online. You can also contact them directly at 800-684-0513. Email address is dburnett@cdaresort.com or fax #208-664-7220. For those interested in Gambling and Golfing, consider the Coeur d"Alene Casino at www.cdacasino.com. The Coeur D¹Alene Casino offers many other amenities, including: Circling Raven Golf Club, Off Track Betting, the Coyote Rewards VIP Club, Coat Check, the High Mountain Steakhouse and Deli, Check Cashing & Cashier's Cage, High Stakes Bingo, a Smoke Shop and a Gift Shop.

Salmon River Experience (www.salmonriverexperience.com)

A raft trip with the Salmon River Experience (SRE) combining rapids (Class II-IV), sandy beaches, and beautiful scenery. Float 20 miles on the "Riggins Stretch" of the Salmon River. The Salmon is the largest free flowing river in the continental United States. It is the second deepest river gorge, even deeper than the Grand Canyon of Colorado. It is also the longest river to begin and end in the same state, approximately 400 miles. Meet at 9:30 (Pacific Time) one mile south of the little town called Lucile. Lucile is 9 miles north of Riggins, Idaho, on Highway 95. The actual place we will meet is a gravel turn-off area on Highway 95 where there is a small sign that says "Lucile Recreation Site." Plan on a 3 hour drive from Moscow. If 10 people sign up special group transportation will be arranged. Price includes licensed guides, rafting equipment, shuttle, and deli lunch. Second International Biofumigation Symposium attendees has a special $68.00 price (includes tax) per guest for a one day trip, please make sure and mention Second International Biofumigation Symposium2005. You can register directly with SRE at www.salmonriverexperience.com. Advance reservations required. (Sorry, no refunds allowed within 4 weeks of launch date.).

Wild River Tour

Hells Canyon Jet Boat Trips & Lodging (www.killgoreadventures.com)

6 hour Jet Boat Tour through all the Wild River Section and Wilderness area of Hells Canyon

65 mile round trip…See the deepest most rugged part, run the biggest rapids in North Americas Deepest gorge. Stops include the Historical Museum, Bernard Creek Cabin & Indian Pictographs, Hells Canyon Dam and Visitor Center. Wildlife sightings include Big Horn Sheep, Bear, Elk, Deer and Bald Eagles. Lodging is available on the Salmon River. Pricing is $140.00 per person including taxes, lunch, snacks and beverages. Maximum of 40 persons per day. When booking please mention Second International Biofumigation Symposium Conference. Directions: Plan on a three hour drive to the Marina from Moscow. If 10 or more people sign up – group transportation can be arranged. Departure time is 10:00 am pdt. or to accommodate your group. Reservations required.

Jet Boat Fishing Trips -

Killgore Adventures LLC (www.killgoreadventures.com)

Jet Boat fishing for Salmon, Sturgeon, Trout or Bass in the Salmon River or Snake River in Hells Canyon. We provide all the fishing gear. Pricing is $175.00 per person including taxes, lunch, snacks and beverages. Minimum of 6 persons, with reservations required. When booking, please mention Second International Biofumigation Symposium Conference. Fishing license required; $10.50 to $28.50 depending on species.

Directions: Plan on a three hour drive to the Marina. Lodging on the Salmon River is available. Transportation from Moscow can be arranged if desired.

Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge

Journey three hours south from Moscow to visit Riggins, Idaho’s Whitewater Capital! Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge welcomes you with special rates this May. The spectacular setting is above the famous Salmon “River of No Return” at its confluence with the Little Salmon River. Enjoy a custom designed, comfortable lodge with large timber structures, peeled logs, and two-story lobby with a river rock fireplace and beautiful views.

Best Western Salmon Rapids Lodge features a large indoor pool, outdoor spa, deluxe continental breakfast, cookies at bedtime, and outstanding amenities in each guestroom.

Riggins is surrounded by Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, and the Frank Church Wilderness Area. Whitewater rafting, hiking, fishing, and jet boating are some of the areas recreational opportunities!

Our friendly staff looks forward to welcoming you. Call toll free 877-957-2743 and let us know you are with the Second International Biofumigation Symposium Conference. For photos and information visit us on the web at www.bestwestern.com/salmonrapidslodge.

THINGS TO DO WITHIN 100 MILES OF MOSCOW

Interesting natural and cultural features and activities that are completely within or have portions or segments within a 100 mile circle of Moscow ID, a 31,416 square mile area that extends from Newport WA to near Thompson Falls, MT (102 mi.) to Elk City, ID (98mi.) to Enterprise, OR (97mi.) to near Pasco, WA (106 mi.) and Othello, WA (102 mi.), having a population of about 888,000 people or 28 per square mile. Those beyond the 100 miles are noted with their mileage.

Activities/Events/Sightseeing: Numerous festivals, mine tours, cruises on the St. Joe and Columbia/Snake Rivers; 3.1 mile gondola ride on the world’s longest single stage gondola at Silver Mountain or on the steepest gondola ride in North America at Mt. Howard, OR (107 mi.); Tribal Casinos at Airway Heights, WA, and Kamiah, Lewiston and Worley, ID; 4th of July fireworks on Coeur d’Alene Lake and Royal Fireworks Festival and Concert in Spokane; Renaissance Faire, Moscow; National Lentil Festival in Pullman; walk the world’s longest floating boardwalk (3/4 mi.) at the Coeur d’Alene Resort; seaplane rides; greyhound racing; huckleberry and morel mushroom picking; horseback riding; parasailing; Oasis Bordello Museum in Wallace; 8,771' Taft Tunnel Bike Trail; largest laser light show in the world on the Grand Coulee Dam (124 mi.); IMAX Theater with a 5 story screen, Spokane; the world’s largest Radio Flyer Wagon (12' high, 27' long) Spokane; Lilac Bloomsday Run, Spokane (had been the largest timed road race in the world); pro baseball, hockey and soccer teams; panning for gold, and garnet and fossil digging; 6 ghost towns.

Breweries and Wineries: The breweries - 2 in Coeur d’Alene, 1 in Lewiston; the wineries - 40 near Walla Walla, 7 near Spokane, 1 in Moscow.

Cities (over 20K estimated for 2003): Spokane (205,100), Coeur d’Alene (36,700), Lewiston 32,900), Walla Walla (31,100), Opportunity (26,300) now in Spokane Valley (Pop. , Pullman (25,900), Moscow (22,600).

Cultural: 4 Universities, 6 Colleges, 5 Community Colleges; the most wired university in the West (UI); four symphony orchestras, a chorale, a dance ensemble, two major national entertainment centers (Pullman, Spokane); Appaloosa Horse Club, Moscow; Lionel Hampton Jazzfest, Moscow (major week long fest); four Performing Arts Theaters; St. Gertrude’s Benedictine Monastery, Cottonwood; Farragut submarine base on Pend Oreille Lake; Hanford DOE Atomic Energy site (110 mi).; Cataldo Mission, oldest building (1853) in Idaho; the ocean ports of Lewiston (farthest inland at 465 mi. in western US)and Wilma; the world’s first environmental World’s Fair in 1974, Spokane, the biggest city between Seattle and Minneapolis; St. Boniface, oldest Catholic Church in WA; many museums, B&Bs; movies made in area: Breakheart Pass (Lewiston, 1976), Heaven’s Gate (Wallace, 1979), Talent for the Game (Genesee, 1991), Dante’s Peak (Wallace, l996); Lewis and Clark Highway (US 12) is the shortest route from the Midwest to the Pacific and the longest highway within a National Forest in the US; Appaloosa horse first bred in the Kamiah Valley.

Fisheries/Wildlife: Fish include chinook, coho and kokanee salmon, sturgeon, small- and largemouth bass and world class steelhead and trout (5 species) fishing; 5 fish hatcheries - the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery is the largest steelhead producing hatchery in the world; some big catches: 39 lb Kamloops trout, 19 lb Rainbow trout, 30 lb steelhead, 32 lb Dolly Varden, 45-54 lb Chinook salmon, 31 lb Channel Catfish, 38 lb Northern Pike, 8 lb smallmouth bass, 38 lb Tiger Muskellunge, up to 10 foot Sturgeon; wildlife include deer, elk, black bear, mountain goat, bighorn sheep, moose (one took a tour of Moscow June 14 - the police never did catch it), two established wolf packs, turkey, grouse, pheasant, quail, chukar partridge, bald and golden eagles, coyote, cougar, lynx, bobcat, rattlesnakes in lower elevations less than 1500'; 3 National Wildlife Refuges; 11 State Wildlife Management Areas; Wolf Discovery Center, Winchester.

Forestry: 9 National Forests; five species of trees holding the National Tree record; the largest tree in North America east of the Cascade/Sierra Nevada mountains - a Western red cedar, 18' diameter, 177' tall, probably over 3000 years old ; UI has the best operational forest research nursery in the world; 3MM acre1910 forest fire just east of Moscow; last river log drive in US on Clearwater River, 1968.

Geologic: Scablands (caused by a glacial floods about 19,000 years ago, the largest of which gushed 500 cubic miles of water from the breakup of an ice dam 100 miles north of Moscow on Lake Missoula, flowing initially at 9½ cubic miles per hour (10 times more than all the combined rivers in the world - the largest flood in the world, covering 100,000 sq. mi.); Hells Canyon (at 8,000' the deepest canyon in the USA); the Continental Divide; 3 major sand dune areas; Blue, Selkirk, Bitterroot, Cabinet, Clearwater and Coeur d’Alene mountain ranges; a mountain called the Matterhorn (113 miles); Lewiston @ 738' to Tri-cities area WA @ 340' ASL is a banana belt where you can play golf year round; world-class Miocene (14.3 million years old where the climate was equivalent to Florida) trapped carbon fossil beds representing leaf vegetation, so well preserved that DNA can be extracted, near Clarkia, ID; the Columbia Plateau is the largest layer of basalt in the world, one of only two in the US, few others in the world; hot springs; highest elevation 7930', lowest 340'.

Lakes and Reservoirs: The lakes - Pend Oreille (148 sq. mi., 16th in size in US and 4th deepest @ 1200'), Coeur d’Alene (50 sq. mi.) and at least 34 other lakes of 100 acres or more. The Reservoirs - Dworshak, held back by the highest straight axis concrete gravity dam in US and largest concrete dam ever built by the Corps of Engineers, 3rd highest dam in the US; Hells Canyon; Roosevelt Lake; Lower Granite; Little Goose; Lower Monumental; Ice Harbor; and 124 miles to Grand Coulee Dam backing up Lake Roosevelt, largest in capacity in US and 6th in world.

Parks/Wilderness: 24 state parks, 1st state park in the NW - Heyburn (1908); Wilderness areas of Selway Bitterroot, Gospel Hump, Eagle Cap and Frank Church River-of-No-Return (largest contiguous wilderness in the continental US), Hell’s Canyon, Wenaha-Tucannon, Juniper Dunes Wilderness; Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, Coulee Dam National Recreation Area; 6 National Natural Landmarks, including Hobo Cedar Grove, likely the finest western red cedar grove in the US; Whitman Mission National Historic Site, Walla Walla; 90-100 miles of the Lewis and Clark Trail; Nez Perce National Historic Park - Trail of Tears; Clearwater/Snake National Recreation Trail; White Pine Scenic drive is an old growth western white pine stand having recently had a 400 year old tree, 6' diameter and 188' tall; numerous historical sites; petroglyphs and pictographs in Hells Canyon NRA.

Recreation: Alpine ski areas of Lookout Pass, Silver Mountain, Bald Mtn., Cottonwood Butte, Snowhaven, Bluewood, Mt. Spokane, and Schweitzer (112 miles); Silverwood Theme Park with above and below ground roller coaster; Coeur d’Alene Resort (Conde´ Nast Magazine named it the best in the world by readers 10 years ago); 40 golf courses, including the first (1991) and only movable floating green at the Coeur d’Alene Resort; white water rivers: Lochsa, lower Salmon, Snake (Hells Canyon segment), Selway, Grand Ronde and upper St. Joe; University of Idaho domed stadium for football, basketball, track and tennis (1st in the West, 1975); many guest ranches, cross country skiing areas, float trips, rodeos, hot springs.

Rivers: Columbia (7th largest & 12th longest), Snake (24th largest & 13th longest) Wild and Scenic and it flows north); Salmon (Wild and Scenic, longest free flowing, un-dammed river in the lower 48 all within one state and it also flows north); Clearwater (Wild and Scenic); St. Joe, the world’s highest navigable stream (Wild and Scenic); Grand Ronde (Wild and Scenic); Lochsa (Wild and Scenic); Selway (Wild and Scenic).

Waterfalls: Elk River Falls (300'); Palouse Falls (200'); Spokane Falls with three distinct cataracts (Spokane is the only city in the US with a major waterfall downtown).

Weather: Snowfall of over 128", highest snowfall east of the Cascades and Sierras with a record over 70" of water in snow; temperatures extremes of 50 degrees below and 118 above; some of the most beautiful blue skies in summer and fall and fantastic sunsets year around.