WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The big start the annual bald eagle gathering got at Lake Coeur d'Alene last week -- reported in this detailed blog post -- took a big leap in the past seven days, according to the weekly count conducted today by Carrie Hugo,…
FISHING -- A proposed plan to restructure salmon and sturgeon fisheries on the lower Columbia River is available for review on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s website. The recommendations, posted today, were developed by a work group of representatives from Washington and Oregon…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A bird that migrated all the way south from the arctic helped Kootenai County birders break a record on Monday. Coeur d'Alene Audubon Society members working on the annjual Big Year challenge for Kootenai County spotted a snowy owl -- the 208th…
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