Casting to heal: Trout TV follows warriors fly fishing toward recovery

Field Reports: Michigan paves way for wolf hunting … Fly fishing gear swap … Butterfly program, field trip … Lake CdA boat passes  — Bike trial saboteur jailed … Chinook jacks on record pace

Spring prime time for bicycling Yellowstone Park

Out & About: Spring training for bird dogs … Floods, flowers, feathers at Turnbull .. Bike to Work Week … Farragut adventure races … Little Goose dam closing to traffic

Weekly Hunting & Fishing Report

Landers: Cats take staggering toll on birds

Critter cams provide peak into lives of bears

Swan deaths: annual spring disgrace continues along CdA River

BICYCLING — Bicyclists are in that brief once-a-year window of opportunity when the North Cascades Highway west of Winthrop is all theirs — save fore a few snow plows and Washington Department of Transportation vehicles plowing the pass.

• Click here to follow the work to clear the road up and over Washington and Rainy passes.

And if you miss this opportunity, there's always the premier chance to ride behind the plows on the Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park starting in late April and sometimes running into June.

BICYCLING — RAW — the popular Ride Around Washington organized by the Cascade Bicycle Club — is focusing its 2012 on the region from Chewelah south through Spokane and around the Palouse. 

The seven-day, 400-mile supported bike tour isn't until Aug. 4-10, but it's already 92 percent SOLD OUT.

Download the 2012 RAW Ride Guide for a detailed description.

• The guide is a masterpiece of organization, with checklists worth reading for any bicycle tours.

Online-only registration for RAW opened on January 10, 2012.  It was 92 percent sold out on March 27. 

Cyclists may join the Cascade Bicycle Club when registering for the event or in advance by visiting the membership page.

 ADVENTURING — Spokane Mountaineer Connie Connelly is set to share highlights of recent far-flung outdoor trips in a free slide show program tonight.

Follow Connelly biking the rice paddies of Southern China and hiking, kayaking, snorkeling and biking Turkey.

The program starts 7 p.m. at the Mountain Gear Corporate Headquarters, 6011 E. Mansfield (go north on Fancher Road from Trent and turn right just before the tracks).