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• Pollution rules delayed after Boeing balks

  April 23, 2013 in City on Page A1 Entering her final year in office, former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire found herself in a difficult spot. Indian tribes, powerful supporters of the governor, wanted stricter water pollution rules. 19

• Photo: Somewhere over the rainbows

  April 18, 2013 in City on Page A5 Stocking up: Jade Helm, of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, stocks 5,000 catchable-size rainbow trout in the West Medical Lake on Wednesday, to spice the action for anglers …

• Japanese fish found alive in debris from 2011 tsunami

  April 6, 2013 in Region LONG BEACH, Wash. — What a long, strange trip it’s been for a small striped fish native to Japan that apparently hitched a cross-Pacific ride in a small boat believed … 15

• Water pollution limits stalled

  March 30, 2013 in City on Page B1 The Washington state Department of Ecology has known since the 1990s that its water-pollution limits mean some Washingtonians regularly consume dangerous amounts of toxic chemicals in fish from local waterways. … 3

• Boundary Dam relicensing will boost recreation

  March 24, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C14 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week approved a new 42-year license for Boundary Dam on the Pend Oreille River north of Metaline Falls. Built in 1967, Boundary is the …

• Landers: Vocational education opportunity at Colville hatchery

  January 3, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Stevens County commissioners and a vocational teacher say getting into a cutthroat business could spawn a rainbow of opportunity for area students. On Jan. 11, the Washington Fish and Wildlife … 2

• Lake trout yields boarder’s lost finger

  September 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 When Haans Galassi of Colbert got a call from the Bonner County sheriff Tuesday morning, he had a feeling he knew what it was about. “The sheriff called me and … 8

• South Hill seizure nets pot, alligator, piranhas

  August 15, 2012 in City on Page A1 Piranhas offered for trade on Craigslist led state fish and game agents to seize several of the exotic, human-eating fish from an apartment on Spokane’s lower South Hill. The rare … 17

• Piranhas, alligator seized from South Hill apartment

  August 14, 2012 in City, News Piranhas offered for trade on Craigslist led state fish and game agents to seize several of the exotic, human-eating fish from an apartment on Spokane’s lower South Hill. 8

• Washington issues advisories for toxins in fish

  July 27, 2012 in Health, Outdoors Specific types of fish from the Upper Columbia and Pend Oreille rivers contain toxic chemicals according to analysis of two recent studies that’s prompted a new fish consumption advisory this … 5

• Anglers embrace season as dozens of lakes open for fishing

  April 29, 2012 in City, Outdoors on Page B1 Night owls made the first casts at 12:01 a.m. Saturday to ring in the opening of Washington’s lowland fishing season. Docks at Fishtrap and other popular camping-fishing lakes were lined …

• Fishing for fakes

  September 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 SEATTLE – When a waiter at your favorite restaurant hands you the “fresh sheet” and you order dinner, do you know if you’re getting what you’re ordering? According to state … 2

• Fish, pasta combo makes snappy meal

  April 18, 2011 in Features on Page C7 Fresh trout topped with toasted almonds takes only minutes to make. Farm-raised trout is available in many markets, usually with the bones removed and sometimes without the head and tail.

• Wildfires can be a boon to fisheries

  August 15, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C9 Fishermen need not fear the impact of fire on their sport.

• Fish-Wildlife Commission chair still learning despite multiple degrees

  March 8, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 NASELLE, Wash. – Meet Miranda Wecker, environmental lawyer, spartina eradication expert, enthusiastic mountain biker and skier – and new chair of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission. Six weeks into …

• Eye on Olympia: Legislators propose studying selves

  February 12, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page W1 OLYMPIA – On the face of it, the bill reads like a parody. The Legislature is thinking about “creat(ing) a commission within the legislature to evaluate the legislature.”

• Festival draws crowds to park

  June 1, 2008 in City on Page B1 The last thing Lisa Summers expected to find Saturday at ArtFest was her daughters playing with smelly dead fish. “That’s just nasty,” Summers said, covering her mouth as 9-year-old Courtney …

• Lakebed will be ready just in time for spawning

  October 27, 2007 in Idaho on Page A1 BAYVIEW, Idaho – Just in the nick of time, Lake Pend Oreille’s kokanee salmon should again have a clean bed of gravel for fall egg-laying. The gravel beds and tens …

• Kokanee spawning bed plan in works

  August 2, 2007 in Idaho on Page B1 Silt smothering a kokanee salmon spawning bed on Lake Pend Oreille will be vacuumed in coming weeks in hopes of restoring the gravelly site before any egg-laden fish return this …

• Trout Travails Once-Abundant Cutthroat In Precarious Position As Watersheds Are Degraded

  June 8, 1997 on Page G1 Strong populations of native westslope cutthroat trout are found in only about 10 percent of their former range in Idaho. Photo by Rich Landers/The Spokesman-Review

• Biologists To Survey Snake River Sturgeon

  December 4, 1996 in Idaho on Page B3 Some sturgeon are swimming around in the Snake River in Hells Canyon with tiny radio transmitters. Idaho Power Co. biologists have started a long-term field survey of the sturgeon population …

• Watershed Group To Address Pollution

  December 4, 1996 in Idaho on Page B3 The panel charged with directing the cleanup of polluted streams in North Idaho and developing plans to save the bull trout formed its first watershed advisory group Tuesday after a …

• Batt: Give Reservoir Summer Off

  July 3, 1996 in Idaho on Page B5 Dworshak Reservoir deserves a break this summer, says Idaho Gov. Phil Batt, who is enlisting help from his counterparts across the Northwest. The reservoir has been hit hard in past …

• Screening Trout

  December 17, 1995 on Page G2 Fisheries conservation If you’d like to add another wildlife print to your room , but you’re out of wall space, put the picture on your computer screen. Clear Creek Productions …

• Coalition Wants Plan To Exclude Barging

  December 14, 1995 in Idaho on Page B3 A coalition of conservation and sportsmen groups called on the Northwest’s salmon survival managers on Wednesday to adopt a recovery strategy for next year that abandons barging for a combination …

• Senator Sees Way To Stop Drawdown Kempthorne Asks U.S. Official To Help Orofino Merchants

  August 17, 1995 in Idaho on Page B5 Two weeks after the Orofino Chamber of Commerce and its allies lost their bid in federal court to halt this summer’s drawdown of Dworshak Reservoir, help may be on the …

• Cutthroat Silently Slipping Out Of Sight

  July 16, 1995 on Page G1 The troubled bull trout may grab the headlines these days, but its smaller native cousin, the westslope cutthroat, may not be faring much better. Some worry the cutthroat may go …

• A Cutt Above The Rest

  July 16, 1995 on Page G1 1. Cutthroat evolved with a taste for insects, and a weakness for dry flies. Among trout they are particularly susceptible to fishing pressure and habitat changes. Photo by Rich Landers/The …

• Hearing Is Thursday On Saving Bull Trout

  June 25, 1995 in City on Page B3 The U.S. Forest Service will hold a public hearing Thursday in Spokane on the agency’s Inland Northwest Native Fish Strategy. The strategy is being written because of concern that bull …

• Walle Quickly Becoming A Most Cherished Game Fish

  June 21, 1995 in Sports on Page C3 This is the year of the walleye in Eastern Washington. The fish that only transplanted midwest fishermen could identify 40 years ago is now one of the top game fish …

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