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Outdoors blog archive for Feb. 2011

FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 2011


Dworshak flows into Clearwater River to be reduced

FISHING -- Water discharge from Dworshak Dam near Orofino, Idaho, will temporarily decrease starting Saturday, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations officials announced this afternoon. Discharge flow through the powerhouse will be decreased from approximately 11,000 cubic feet per second to 6,200 cfs on Saturday…

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Fly fishers Taylor Kirkpatrick and Hardwick Caldwell shun helicopters and guides and to reach brown trout waters in the outback of New Zealand's South Island in "The Waters of Greenstone," one of the featured films in the  2011 Fly Fishing Film Tour. (Courtesy photo)

Let's get it straight about fishing

OUTDOOR WISDOM -- After attending last night's Fly Fishing Film Tour at the Bing -- a thoroughly entertaining evening of film that overshadowed the unpolished ramblings of the tour hosts -- I left knowing one thing for sure: The most common misconception about fishing is…

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Tuesday is furlough day for state employees

STATE GOVERNMENT -- Plan ahead today if you need something from a Washington Fish and Wildlife Department office -- or most other state government offices. Monday is the Presidents Day holiday and Tuesday is another furlough day for most Washington state employees. This will be…

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THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 2011





WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 2011



Mt. Spokane ski area expansion clears hurdle

STATE PARKS -- The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission today OKed environmental considerations in the conceptual expansion proposals for expanding Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park. According to a press release just posted, the commission "issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance under the State…

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Cattlemen sue feds over region's wolves

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A Washington state cattle group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to review federal protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. Attorneys for the Washington Cattlemen’s Association say the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S.…

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TUESDAY, FEB. 15, 2011


Wolf de-listing bill on fast-track in DC

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Congressman Mike Simpson fast-tracked wolf delisting legislation Monday by tacking language onto a federal budget bill that would strip Endangered Species Act protection from wolves. An Associated Press story origining from Eric Barker of the Lewiston Tribune says Simpson’s measure would reinstate…

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Bill would restore hound hunting for cougars 

OLYMPIA -- Fifteen years after Washington voters banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use hounds to track the cats, according to an Associated Press story. The proposed bill, sponsored by Rep. Brian Blake, D-Aberdeen,…

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