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• Lake trout impact elk calves

  May 19, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Fewer cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake could be part of the reason that elk herds migrating out of the park are declining. Two recently published studies conducted in Yellowstone National …

• Landers: Wolf repatriation continues to confound

  April 4, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Washington’s moose, elk and deer herds do not yet appear to be suffering heavy losses from the revival of gray wolves, so far, to the best of the Fish and … 12

• Former Idaho pol’s poaching conviction upheld

  March 29, 2013 in Idaho Colorful former Idaho gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell has lost his second appeal over a 2010 elk poaching charge, with the Idaho Court of Appeals ruling unanimously that two lower courts … 8

• Field Reports: Cool support needed for Idaho cutthroats

  March 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C13 FISHING – Warmer water temperatures recorded in North Idaho streams and rivers are creating unhealthy conditions for trout, especially the region’s westslope cutthroats, Idaho environmental officials say. A recent analysis …

• Landers: Prescribed burns becoming hot topic

  March 14, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 A growing number of land managers have a burning desire to improve forest health and wildlife habitat. The topic of prescribed fires is hotter than ever following last summer’s major …

• Landers: Prescribed burns becoming hot topic

  March 13, 2013 in Sports A growing number of land managers have a burning desire to improve forest health and wildlife habitat. The topic of prescribed fires is hotter than ever following last summer’s major …

• Landers: Spring has already sprung for wildlife

  February 28, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 The early hint of spring weathering into the region this week is a game-changer for outdoorsmen, but merely a confirmation of what’s already under way for wildlife. Skiers coming off …

• Landers: Spring has already sprung for wildlife

  February 27, 2013 in Sports The early hint of spring weathering into the region this week is a game-changer for outdoorsmen, but merely a confirmation of what’s already under way for wildlife. 3

• Yakima elk have love-hate history

  February 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 NACHES, Wash. – One hundred years. That’s how long the Yakima elk herd has been here – at least in its current incarnation, the one that grew from fewer than …

• Outdoorsmen see rise in elk hoof rot

  November 4, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Bill Sullivan’s hunting party has taken about 10 elk in the past decade in Western Washington. Nine of them suffered from hoof rot, he told Department of Fish and Wildlife …

• Spokane-area man runs storm shelter operations in New York City

  October 30, 2012 in City on Page A1 Red Cross relief efforts in New York are being organized by an Eastern Washington retiree pressed into service because of his nearly four decades of disaster management experience. Glenn Lockwood, … 1

• Landers: Idaho, Montana hurt from fewer nonresident hunters

  August 30, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Weather, wolves, politics and the economy are slamming a quadruple whammy on the budgets of fish and game agencies in Idaho and Montana. Nonresidents are no longer clamoring for the … 3

• Scientist’s family slams elk group for wolf stance

  July 22, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 MISSOULA – The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has removed all references to its Olaus Murie conservation award after the researcher’s family objected to the group’s policy on wolves. In a … 1

• Asotin Wildlife Area addition acquired

  April 22, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 ASOTIN CREEK, Wash. – Betty Koch didn’t want to move from rainy southeast Alaska to the hot and arid climate of southeastern Washington. But it was her late husband Frank …

• Field reports: Hundreds of bald eagles wintered in Oregon

  April 1, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 WILDLIFE – The Oregon Wildlife Commission took bald eagles off the state endangered species list recently, five years after the big birds were removed from the federal list. In 1963, …

• Idaho hunters: Wolves taking too many elk

  March 4, 2012 in City, Outdoors on Page B2 KELLOGG – Steve Blahunka used to bow hunt in Idaho’s St. Joe region, but he switched his hunting grounds after he and his buddies saw fewer and fewer elk. Wolves … 14

• Landers: Some hunters drawing bead on Wash. proposals

  January 12, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Two hunting- related rule proposals being considered by Washington Fish and Wildlife managers have sportsmen squawking like a flock of ravens swarming a carcass. As The Spokesman-Review reported last week, …

• Idaho forest land exchange boosts big game

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Hunters, hikers and wildlife should benefit from the Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ recent acquisition of Cabinet Mountains land just northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. And people who prefer a forest …

• Landers: Proposed changes will affect some Master Hunters

  January 5, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 The sweet deal some Master Hunters have for tagging elk outside of Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge would go sour under changes proposed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. … 2

• Outdoor Writing Contest Successful Hunt

  December 25, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 When fall finally arrived, I had been itching to go hunting for a month. Pa and I always set up a wall tent from an old 1930s logging camp. We …

• Treasured stories capture hunting partnership

  October 16, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 Soaked, bloody and five hours overdue, Dick Rivers slogged through the mud to the trailhead. His flashlight batteries were nearly spent, and the beam could no longer punch through the …

• Elk season hollow without hunting partner

  October 16, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 I hunted with Dick Rivers almost as many years as I’ve lived with my wife and hunted with my late father. Readers have learned, cringed and laughed as they followed … 4

• First Turnbull elk hunt a success

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K6 By most measures, last year’s first-ever elk hunting season on Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge was a success. Hunter success rates generally were high, not only for the 63 hunters who …

• Elk hunting on the rebound

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K6 Idaho elk hunting may have bottomed out in 2009, followed by better times for hunters that ought to continue this season. Elk harvest had declined for four years but went …

• Bison Range has youthful feel in spring

  June 5, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 When it comes to the four seasons at the National Bison Range at Moiese, Mont., different people have different favorites, Pat Jamieson says. Some prefer summer, even though it can …

• Some male critters feeling light-headed

  February 6, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 It’s the shedding season for the area’s deer, elk and moose. Even the biggest bucks and bulls have been getting rid of their head-gear and looking a lot like the …

• Mother killed in mobile home fire identified

  January 4, 2011 in City A young mother killed in a mobile home fire in Elk last weekend has been identified as 23-year-old Terrianne Marie Gilley. 1

• In brief: Woman, child found dead after home fire

  January 2, 2011 in City on Page B1 A woman and her 2-year-old child were found dead Saturday afternoon after a blaze burned the motor home where they lived in Elk. Firefighters responded to the fire at 13212 …

• Plenty of ways to support local area for holidays

  December 23, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N6 Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you are all enjoying gathering with friends and family. Let me reiterate a plea to consider shopping locally. Rural communities like ours need to be …

• Local shops, entertainers, minimize stress of holidays

  December 9, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page N6 I hope you are enjoying this Christmas season! Try to relax, enjoy the beautiful snowy scenery, don’t get too caught up in the commercialism and buying hype and remember to …

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