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• Field reports: Colville withdraws OHV travel plan

  February 26, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 PUBLIC LANDS – Colville National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West has withdrawn the South End Motor Vehicle Project enacted in November after years of planning to guide off-highway vehicle use. …

• State has plans for your next elk hunt

  January 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 The luxury of targeting “any elk” during general hunting seasons in portions of northeastern Washington would end under a proposed plan to boost numbers of elk in Okanogan, Ferry and …

• 7-month-old dog rescued by forestry trainees

  January 26, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page A1 Nothing prepares adventurers for the anxiety of looking for a lost dog, especially in the backcountry as the sun sinks below the horizon and the coyotes yip in the distance. … 6

• Plan gives OHV riders legal access to more routes

  November 27, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 Off-highway vehicle riders have more routes for legally riding their ATVs and motorcycles on the Colville National Forest, according to a plan approved this month. Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West … 1

• Kokanee migration begins on Colville National Forest

  November 11, 2011 in News Thousands of kokanee salmon are running up Harvey Creek, a tributary of Sullivan Lake on the Colville National Forest. 2

• Permits available for Christmas trees

  November 3, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Here’s a sign of Christmas creep – the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is advertising Christmas tree permits for sale. The $5 permits went on sale the day after Halloween, although some …

• Fall road closures seek to protect grizzlies near Sullivan Lake

  August 21, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Gypsy Peak, the highest mountain in Eastern Washington, is a little lonelier than usual this week. The annual late-summer closure has begun on two roads leading to prime recreation areas …

• Landers: Colville National Forest meeting made irrelevant

  August 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B1 Rudeness has been stifling the Colville National Forest meetings set to inform the public about proposed revisions to the forest’s management plans. The meeting at Colville two weeks ago was, … 9

• 90-acre blaze reported on Colville Forest

  August 10, 2011 Fire crews battled steep terrain, gusty winds and heavy timber in a blaze that burnt 90 acres as of Wednesday evening on Rogers Mountain, five miles west of Aladdin, Wash., …

• Wide-open wilderness

  July 31, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 There’s something for everyone – trail users, ranchers, loggers, hunters, ORVers and wilderness advocates – to like and dislike in the early proposals for managing the Colville and Okanogan-Wenatchee national …

• Log structure moved, renovated to preserve CCC project’s history

  July 30, 2011 in City on Page A1 The work was back-breaking; the pay, modest. Living conditions were primitive – barracks in the Colville National Forest. But in the 1930s, many young men considered themselves lucky to have …

• Forest’s wild areas may get protection

  July 7, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 To protect the rugged character of the Colville National Forest’s special places, more of them should be federally designated wilderness areas, forest officials say. The Colville’s managers proposed adding 101,000 …

• 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.

• Out & About: Fishing reports coming Thursday

  April 10, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Fishing 2011, The Spokesman-Review’s annual update on fishing prospects, rules and opportunities throughout the Inland Northwest, will be inserted in the Thursday paper.

• Poll shows support for wilderness in Colville National Forest

  April 6, 2011 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A7 Voters are willing to support new wilderness designations on the Colville National Forest, a recent poll suggests, when they’re packaged with stepped-up timber harvests in other areas of the forest … 3

• Lack of sawmills an issue for forests

  March 25, 2011 in Idaho on Page A10 Bark beetles have ravaged hundreds of thousands of acres of Colorado’s forests, yet that state has only one large sawmill left to bid on federal timber sales. That’s a problem … 2

• Forest has ‘too many trees’

  March 5, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Can cutting trees help save a forest? In northeastern Washington, a broad coalition of loggers, environmental groups, government officials and others think so. They’ve put together a forest restoration grant … 5

• Field reports: OHV travel plan stalled on Colville National Forest

  February 13, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 PUBLIC LANDS – A plan to open more roads at the south end of the Colville National Forest to off-road vehicles is months behind its original schedule as forest staff …

• Forest planning rule uses collaboration to cut lawsuits

  February 11, 2011 in Idaho on Page A8 New planning rules proposed for national forests will help keep ecosystems healthy and biologically diverse while reducing legal gridlock through better collaboration with the public, U.S. Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack …

• Autumn takes hold in the region

  October 13, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Western larches are the showy paradox of Inland Northwest forests. Each fall, the trees outshine other conifers with a short-lived burst of gold-hued beauty. At Sherman Pass in the Colville …

• Colorful larch needled by blight

  October 10, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 A brown-out is steeling the autumn show of western larch trees in some areas of the Inland Northwest, including Mount Spokane. By early summer, it was clear the new feathery …

• For Rainbow Family, forest gathering is foretaste of 2011 festival

  September 5, 2010 in City on Page A1 COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST – A U.S. Forest Service ranger sat cross-legged on the dusty ground, holding a wildflower as a symbol of his right to speak to the circle of … 25

• Colville National Forest campgrounds add bear-proof boxes

  August 11, 2010 in Outdoors, City on Page A6 The Colville National Forest has installed 11 bear-proof food storage containers at campgrounds in the Sullivan Lake area.

• Fire lookout restoration stays true to history

    August 3, 2010 in City on Page A5 High above the purple lupine and fire scars of the past stands a crudely made square cabin, weathered beyond its glory days. To reach it, travelers head into the mountains …

• Historic fire lookout restored in Colville National Forest

    August 2, 2010 in City High above the purple lupine and fire scars of the past stands a crudely made square cabin, weathered beyond its glory days. 1

• Proposal for Colville National Forest a collaborative effort

  July 29, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page A1 A proposal to designate 215,000 acres of new wilderness areas in the Colville National Forest is drawing support from a broad coalition of forest users. The plan would expand the … 6

• Public invited to view dig site

  June 4, 2010 in City on Page A8 An archeological “open house” is being hosted by Pend Oreille Public Utility District, Kalispel Tribe and the Colville National Forest. Visitors interested in seeing the site should meet at the …

• Loon’s death leaves Ferry County lakeside quiet

  May 20, 2010 in Outdoors on Page A1 The shooting of a nesting female loon in Ferry County around May 9 is the latest tragedy pegging northeastern Washington as a foul place for rare fowl. Washington Department of … 2

• Group dynamics

  May 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 Getting to know the great outdoors around the Inland Northwest has never been easier. A summer series of free or inexpensive guided hikes and river trips is kicking off this …

• Film details alliance at Colville National Forest

  April 21, 2010 in Features, City on Page A6 A new documentary about collaboration on the Colville National Forest will be shown tonight at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St., in Spokane.

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