Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• BLM to hand over former railroad property to CdA

  May 10, 2013 in City on Page A10 The BLM owns it, but it’s not exactly wild land. Freight trains long plowed through it, but the tracks are gone now.

• San Juan Islands high on everyone’s list, including Obama’s

    April 7, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Washington’s San Juan Islands are among the hottest items in the world of recreational travel this year. In recent months, standouts among the 28 islands and some 400 more rocks … 1

• 2012: Drought has big impact on wildlife, outdoor recreation

  December 30, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Drought had direct and indirect impacts on wildlife and outdoor recreation in 2012. The most obvious issues were the flames that forced rafters off the Salmon River and hikers, campers …

• Out & About: Permits in transition at Mount Spokane

  November 18, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTPAY – A Discover Pass is still needed for parking a vehicle in most areas of Mount Spokane State Park, but the requirement soon will transition to a Sno-Park permit. …

• BLM wild horse citizen panel faces conflicts

  April 29, 2012 in Nation/World This is not Boyd Spratling’s first rodeo. The new chairman of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board has seen a lot in his 35 … 2

• Judge: County can’t move boulders blocking road

  April 16, 2012 in Idaho BOISE — A judge prohibited a central Idaho county from dispatching a front-end loader to clear boulders that block a remote mountain road, temporarily defusing a local-versus-federal flare-up in which … 3

• Out & About: Chapman Lake may not reopen

  April 1, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTCRY – Chapman Lake, a popular trout, kokanee and spiny ray fishing lake south of Cheney, may not reopen for public access this season. The family-operated Chapman Lake Resort did …

• Escure Ranch closes after vandals cause $5,000 in damage

  March 27, 2012 in City on Page A6 A popular U.S. Bureau of Land Management recreation area about 20 miles south of Sprague, Wash., has been closed as the agency repairs about $5,000 in damage caused by vandals. … 1

• Out & About: More highlights in 2011 outdoors

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTFIELD – Notable additions to last week’s 2011: The Year Outdoors:

• Eagle count at lake swells

  December 17, 2011 in City, Outdoors on Page B1 Bald eagles are mobbing Lake Coeur d’Alene in record numbers this week. The annual eagle congregation to feast on spawning kokanee in Wolf Lodge Bay swelled to 259 on Friday, …

• Landers: Bald eagles, kokanee show up in big numbers

  December 1, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 Bald eagles and kokanee in North Idaho are bucking the worldwide trend of deficits and declines. Kokanee, those delicious land-locked sockeyes, are spawning in numbers higher than we’ve seen in …

• Parks offer fee-free days

  November 6, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 National parks will be waiving entrance fees for three days to celebrate Veterans Day weekend, Friday through next Sunday. Fee-free days have been offered the past two years as a …

• BLM explores land use proposals

  July 24, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Grazing, energy development, motor vehicle access, shooting areas and wildlife protections are among the issues being confronted by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a resource management planning effort. …

• Lowland waterfalls great spring hike destinations

  May 29, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 With water, water everywhere this spring, lowland waterfalls are dazzling attractions for hikers. Following are examples of good Inland Northwest early-season dayhikes that lead to uplifting falls.

• Wolverine sightings curb Silver Valley snowcat skiing operation

  April 10, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Evidence of wolverine activity on the Rochat Divide and St. Joe Mountains south of Cataldo, Idaho, has jeopardized the permit issued to Peak Adventures, a Silver Valley snowcat skiing company … 4

• Out & About

  December 12, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 20th annual Eagle Watch set at Lake Coeur d’Alene OUTFIELD – At least seven dozen bald eagles were congregated in the Wolf Lodge Bay area of Lake Coeur d’Alene this …

• Idaho wildland agencies need volunteers

  May 3, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations, Green Local News Will Cline says “I have a problem with just sitting in the living room,” and that explains, to some extent, why the 81-year old Coeur d’Alene resident has been a …

• BLM a force on the land after 22-year era of acquisition

    February 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Basically, the era started in 1987 with 156 acres purchased at the Lakeview Ranch near Pacific Lake north of Odessa. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management – once the runt …

• BLM restoring wetlands

    February 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 Waterfowl are riding the coattails of the federal land consolidation program in Eastern Washington. Now that it holds large blocks of choice habitat in the channeled scablands region, the U.S. … 5