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Outdoors blog archive for April 2014

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014


Arrowleaf balsamroot brightens the Wenaha River Trail into the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness near Troy, Ore. (Paul Knowles)

Wenaha River trail in full bloom for hikers

BACKPACKING -- This has been a perfect week to backpack the Wenaha River trail into the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. Here's what Paul Knowles, Spokane County Parks planner, had to say after returning from a weekend trek into the area Went down to the Wenaha this weekend.…

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UI summer science camps let nature be teacher

NATURE -- The University of Idaho is offering summer science camps that allow youths grades 6 through 11 to go outdoors for hands-on discovery. Enrollment is open for students interested in spending a week The McCall Outdoor Science School on the shores of Payette Lake…

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014








Near Vantage, Wash., vast areas of the Columbia River reservoir behind Wanapum Dam are dewatered as repairs are worked out for a crack in the dam discovered in February 2014. (Tyler Tjomsland)

Trucks ready to haul salmon around Wanapum Dam

FISHING – As construction workers race against the biological clocks of salmon to make fish ladders at Wanapum Dam operational, state fishery managers say they are standing ready with an alternate plan to truck spring chinook up the Columbia River. Shortly after discovering a 65-foot-long…

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MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2014


Idaho Fish and Game Department fisheries researchers work with bull trout at Lake Pend Oreille. (Jesse Tinsley)

Biologist to speak on Idaho bull trout

COEUR d’ALENE SPORTSMEN’S BREAKFAST Tuesday, April 15 at 6: 30 a.m. Breakfast.. $7.50 includes tax and gratuity Lake City Senior Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr., Coeur d’Alene Tom Whalen, Senior Conservation Officer will give a presentation on the bull trout education and enforcement program. Stop…

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Skiers at Schweitzer Mountain Resort. (Bob Legasa)

'That's a wrap!' at most ski areas

WINTERSPORTS -- Bob Legasa caught a photo of this happy crowd of skiers getting in their last licks on the sunny slopes of Schweitzer Mountain Resort Sunday. Most of the region's ski areas shut down their lifts for the season on Sunday afternoon. The notable…

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SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014

A clump of buttercups are among the first flowers of the coming season. (Mike Prager)

Buttercup Hike Saturday at Dishman Hills 

NATURE – The 48th annual Buttercup Hike through the Dishman Hills Natural Area is set for Saturday, April 12, led by geologist and former Dishman Hills Conservancy president Michael Hamilton. Meet at 1 p.m. at Camp Caro, 625 S. Sargent Rd., in Spokane Valley. Pre-register…

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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014


Grays Harbor is just one of several bright spots for ocean salmon anglers this year. 
 (File / The Spokesman-Review)

Washington sets 2014 salmon fishing seasons

FISHING -- State and tribal co-managers have agreed on a package of salmon fisheries that meets conservation goals for wild salmon populations and provides fishing opportunities on healthy stocks, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department just announced. Washington’s 2014 salmon fishing seasons were finalized Wednesday…

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