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• 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

• State parks’ pass is on ice for weekend, so you’re free to frolic

  January 15, 2012 in City on Page B1 Washington State Parks began charging for access last year after millions of dollars in budget cuts, but access is free this weekend. “I think it’s perfect,” said Amanda Haan, who …

• Interior Secretary Salazar visits Washington state

  April 27, 2011 in News, Nation/World ANACORTES, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Washington state Wednesday to discuss local efforts to preserve Bureau of Land Management lands in the San Juan Islands.

• GOP to fight ‘wild lands’ initiative

  March 2, 2011 in City on Page A6 WASHINGTON – Western Republican governors and members of Congress vowed Tuesday to fight an Obama administration “wild lands” initiative they say could prevent oil and gas drilling on millions of …

• Oregon sage grouse map to help steer development

    December 7, 2010 in Outdoors, Region A new map illustrating key sage grouse breeding habitat across the West is designed to help land managers make decisions about where to allow developments like wind power facilities or …

• Cutting your own tree? You should know a few things

  November 27, 2010 in Idaho on Page B3 For many families, Christmas isn’t complete without a freshly cut evergreen. Millions of trees are available at steep discounts compared to retail-lot prices, but there’s a catch: You have to …

• Owl Hoot event Saturday in CdA

  September 23, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Owls and the 1910 fires is the topic of the third annual Owl Hoot program Saturday in Coeur d’Alene. The event runs from 6 p.m. to 7:30 at the Bureau …

• BLM must release identities of those with grazing permits

  September 15, 2010 in City, Idaho, Region on Page A9 BOISE – The Bureau of Land Management must release the names and addresses of people with grazing permits on the nation’s public land, a federal judge has ruled. The decision, …

• Controlled burns planned in North Idaho

  September 8, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 Federal officials plan to set fires on up to 1,700 acres in North Idaho this fall as part of prescribed burning. The U.S. Forest Service has targeted 300 to 500 … 1

• Developer proposes swap for N. Idaho timberland

  June 22, 2010 in Idaho An Arizona developer is proposing a land swap that would trade about 8,000 acres of federal timberland in North Idaho for a ranch in the Boise Foothills. 2

• Vandals hit recreation site

  March 11, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of the individuals responsible for the theft of a door and picnic table from … 1

• Amy Goodman: Activist foils BLM auction

  December 25, 2008 in Opinion on Page B5 Tim DeChristopher is an economics student at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He had just finished his last final exam before winter break. One of the exam … 1

• Wild mustangs learn new tricks

  May 19, 2008 in City on Page A5 In a little more than two months, Jaime Thomas took a wild mustang and turned it into a calm trusting horse that she can ride like any other. She’s competing …