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Outdoors blog archive for May 2013

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THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013

With haze from burning wildfires in the background, California condor 94 takes off near deserted Highway 1 in Big Sur, Calif. Associated Press
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Court dismisses case on lead ammunition

SHOOTING -- The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today dismissed a lawsuit brought by environmental groups seeking to force the Environmental Protection Agency to ban ammunition containing lead components. The National Shooting Sports Foundation filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in…

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013


Boaters anchor downstream of Ice Harbor Dam. Snake River anglers caught more than 2,300 spring chinook in 2012.

Snake River springer fishing may close soon

FISHING -- Anglers harvested 21 chinook in Washington's Snake River fishery area at Clarkston last week. That leaves about 30 fish in the allocation for the Snake River. Washington Fish and Wildlife officials are considering whether to continue the Clarkston fishery through this next weekend…

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WDFW to present Tucannon River steelhead options

FISHING -- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fish managers will present information and take public input on proposed Tucannon River steelhead management changes at a May 29 meeting starting at 6:30 p.m. at Dayton Elementary School (Park Street and 2nd Street) in Dayton. New…

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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

A 104-pound female gray wolf wakes up from a tranquilizer after being trapped and fitted with a GPS collar on the Colville Indian Reservation on Sept. 2, 2012. It was the third wolf trapped and released by the tribal wildlife program in three months. (Colville Confederated Tribes)

Inslee signs wolf management bill 

PREDATORS -- Gov. Jay Inslee today signed legislation that will provide state wildlife managers more resources to prevent wolf-livestock conflict and expand criteria for compensation to livestock owners for wolf-related losses. Senate Bill 5193, requested by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and…

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FILE - In this August 2012 file photo provided by Wolves of the Rockies, the Lamar Canyon wolf pack moves on a hillside in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. As the progeny of wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone and central Idaho in 1995 and 1996 spread across the West, an accidental experiment has developed. A temporary court order has made Oregon a wolf-safe zone, where wildlife agents are barred from killing wolves that attack livestock. Over the past year, the numbers of wolves has risen to 46 in Oregon, but livestock attacks have remained static. In neighboring Idaho, the number livestock attacks rose dramatically as the numbers of wolves killed by hunters and wildlife agents also increased. (Wolves Of The Rockies)

Feds delay decision on wolf de-listing 

PREDATORS -- Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states. In a court filing Monday in Billings, Mont., government attorneys say "a recent unexpected delay" is indefinitely holding up action on the…

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