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Outdoors: What you need to know for the 4th
July 2, 2009 on Page B1 Conditions are ripe for heading outdoors during the holiday weekend, but be warned: Out-of-staters must have their boats inspected as they enter Idaho this year; low-clearance vehicles won’t get up …
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Colville Tribes pay to keep N.E. Washington hatchery open
July 1, 2009 The Colville Confederated Tribes will pay $108,000 to keep a state hatchery in northeast Washington open for the next 12 months.
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Idaho lists boat inspection sites
July 1, 2009 The Idaho Department of Agriculture has posted the location of four boat inspection sites in North Idaho for vessels coming into the state.
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Salmo-Priest access restored
July 1, 2009 The main access to Salmon-Priest Wilderness trailheads was clearned for vehicle traffic last week as Colville National Forest crews cleared a major rock slide.
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Glacier National Park Fund seeks $3.5 million
June 29, 2009
GREAT FALLS — The Glacier National Park Fund has set a $3.5 million fundraising goal for upgrades and restoration as the park nears its centennial.
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Ferry Trail
June 28, 2009 on Page C10
Somewhere in a land not so far away, an abandoned railroad could become the best rail trail in Washington. Or maybe the worst.
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Field Reports
June 28, 2009 on Page C9 FISHING – A banner season is expected for Washington salmon anglers, and the fish are already cruising the state’s saltwaters. A strong return of more than 1.2 million hatchery coho …
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Ups and downs for loons, geese, swan
June 28, 2009 on Page C10
Washington waterfowl have been keeping an unusually high profile in the news this month. Among the top recent stories:
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Out & About
June 28, 2009 on Page C10 Roosevelt campers seek high ground OUTSMART – Savvy campers will pitch their camps high on the shores of Lake Roosevelt over the Fourth of July holiday.
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‘Fawn-napping’ victims filling clinic
June 26, 2009 Wildlife rehabilitator Marilyn Omlor works with youngsters needlessly separated from their mothers. They’re victims of a crime, she said: fawn-napping.
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Morning golfers face disgruntled geese, volunteers
June 24, 2009 The first golfers at Qualchan Golf Course this morning had to play through a disgruntled gaggle of Canada geese and a swarm of volunteers helping a research study.
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Elderly swan a dad again after 22 years
June 23, 2009 on Page A1 The drought is over for a geriatric but persistent trumpeter swan who has sired the first cygnets to be born at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge since 1987. Four grayish-white puffballs …
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Elderly swan a dad again after 22 years
June 22, 2009 The drought is over for a geriatric but persistent trumpeter swan which has sired the first cygnets since 1987 at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. The four grayish-white puffballs hatched near …
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Two Spokane 60-somethings find re-entry slow after Everest conquests
June 21, 2009 on Page C10
Re-entry from the top of the world can be an ordeal in itself. Kay LeClaire could barely drive her car when she arrived in Spokane on June 2 from an …
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Yocum Lake loon family missing
June 21, 2009 on Page B3
A family of common loons has disappeared from Yocum Lake in Pend Oreille County, prompting an investigation and a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone involved. …
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Series highlights camping with kids
June 21, 2009 on Page C9
A big prize is waiting for families who explore camping and hiking with the kids this summer. The tents, sleeping bags and trip to Glacier National Park, complete with fuel …
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Field reports
June 21, 2009 on Page C9 WILDLIFE – A female grizzly bear that attacked a lone hiker near West Yellowstone recently was probably protecting her cub and a chunk of meat she had buried near the …
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Out & About
June 21, 2009 on Page C10 Gone fishing: Man in hot water
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Reward offered in possible loon poaching case
June 20, 2009 A family of common loons has disappeared from Yocum Lake in Pend Oreille County, prompting an investigation and a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone involved.
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6 ways to savor the river
June 14, 2009 on Page C10 This may be the best summer to get into the flow of the Spokane River. Clubs, groups, businesses and agencies are joining as stewards of the river’s health as well …
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Bike offers no-sweat commuting
June 14, 2009 on Page C9 Flip up the kickstand, swing a leg over the frame, check your handlebar-mounted computer display, and go. The OHM XU700, an electric-assist bicycle, is rolling, and you’re in for a …
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Field Reports
June 14, 2009 on Page C9 STATE PARKS —The road to the summit of Mount Spokane opened for vehicle traffic this weekend. The park road currently is open daily, but once road construction starts, probably after …
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Trails get TLC from local helpers
June 14, 2009 on Page C10
Laurie Fleming was wearing her new personalized hard hat with pride last Saturday on the Iller Creek Trail. “This is what you get on your fifth work party,” she said, …
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Out & About
June 14, 2009 on Page C10 OUTFIELD – A game camera monitored by Washington state wildlife biologists recently caught an image of what appears to be a lactating female wolf in the middle of Pend Oreille …
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Stretch of Spokane River still closed
June 12, 2009 The Spokane River between the Harvard and Barker bridges was not reopened to floaters on Friday afternoon.
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Survivors still trying to make sense of whitewater tragedy
June 11, 2009 on Page B1 Tony Oertling was trying to launch his kayak in Marble Creek when Steve Jeffries delivered a raunchy punch line that buckled the professor’s knees. “That’s a good one,” Oertling said, …
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Hiker’s dozen
June 7, 2009 on Page C10
A boat isn’t the only toy useful for enjoying Lake Pend Oreille. A pair of hiking shoes will keep a lake visitor busy for days. Sandpoint residents and lake lovers …
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Day-hiking Lake Pend Oreille
June 7, 2009 on Page C9 Here are detailed driving directions to the Hiker’s Dozen trails around Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho’s largest lake.
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Angler reels in hero status
June 7, 2009 on Page C9 PORTLAND – Don Elder of Gresham didn’t expect to catch anything on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend when he waded through the crowd at Oxbow Regional Park and into …
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Idaho petitions for more salmon
June 7, 2009 on Page C9 The Idaho Fish and Game Commission is planning to write letters to its counterparts in Oregon and Washington to complain about the way those states manage spring chinook fisheries in …
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