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• Landers: Contest gives anglers incentive to hit the water

  May 17, 2012 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Anglers have extra incentive to go fishing at a few choice waters this season. Several contests have the potential to pad wallets along with boosting egos.

• Judge tosses lawsuit over Camp Easton plan

  May 3, 2012 in City on Page A5 A Kootenai County judge on Wednesday ruled against legal challenges by area Boy Scouts and their supporters seeking to halt the proposed sale of Camp Easton to a North Idaho …

• Judge tosses lawsuit opposing Camp Easton sale

  May 2, 2012 in News, Idaho, Region A Kootenai County judge on Wednesday ruled against legal challenges by area Boy Scouts and their supporters to halt the proposed sale of Camp Easton to a North Idaho development … 4

• Out & About: Timelybriefs on fishing, hunting, nature

  April 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 CdA ranks 9th in U.S. for bass OUTSTANDING – Bass fishing at Lake Coeur d’Alene is getting national attention this week as the North Idaho lake was listed No. 9 …

• Lake Coeur d’Alene reaches flood stage

  April 28, 2012 in News The Coeur d’Alene River and Lake Coeur d’Alene are at flood stage, resulting in a no wake zone. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is asking the boating public to be …

• Five rivers at flood stage in region

  April 28, 2012 in City on Page B1 Emergency management officials in North Idaho on Friday said the rush of water from mountain rain and snowmelt was stopping short of serious flooding. Levees and sandbags were holding at …

• Services set for Marine

  February 28, 2012 in City on Page A5 A U.S. Marine killed last week during a midair helicopter collision grew up primarily in the Spokane area and loved spending summer afternoons on Lake Coeur d’Alene, his uncle said … 2

• Survey shows support for selling Boy Scouts camp

  January 20, 2012 in Business on Page A5 A majority of people answering a Boy Scouts survey on the future of Camp Easton say they think selling it to build a new camp is a good idea. Earlier … 4

• 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:

• Out & About: Eagle Watch Week starts at Lake CdA

  December 25, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTSEE – There’s never been a better year to take in the annual Eagle Watch Week activities at Lake Coeur d’Alene. Bald eagles have been gathering in record numbers in …

• Eagle count at lake swells

  December 17, 2011 in Outdoors, City 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 …

• Eagle numbers down sharply on Lake Cd’A

  November 23, 2011 in Outdoors The annual gathering of bald eagles that feast on spawning kokanee at Lake Coeur d’Alene is getting off to a slow start.

• Fall drawdown of Lake Coeur d’Alene begins

  September 6, 2011 in City, Idaho Avista today begins its annual fall drawdown of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The lake will be lowered about one foot from full pool by the end of the month, then an … 3

• Scouts board waits for developer’s offer

  August 25, 2011 in Business, City, Idaho on Page A5 The Spokane office of the Boy Scouts of America is awaiting a formal offer from a North Idaho developer before considering whether to sell Camp Easton, a 380-acre camp it …

• Boy Scouts await formal offer on Camp Easton

  August 24, 2011 in City, Idaho The Spokane office of the Boy Scouts of America is awaiting a formal offer from a North Idaho developer before considering whether to sell Camp Easton, a 380-acre camp it … 1

• Then & Now: Lake CdA has long been airport to motorized birds

  August 22, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Although Coeur d’Alene’s Weeks Field was among Idaho’s first airports, seaplanes have long been common on Lake Coeur d’Alene. They have been used for commercial purposes such as scouting timber …

• Vintage hydroplanes race in CdA

  August 21, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 On the water, the vintage hydroplanes move forward fast, but their existence is steeped in the past. Inland Northwest residents caught a glimpse of history in Coeur d’Alene this weekend … 2

• Trees threat to flood insurance

  July 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A8 Flood insurance premiums for Coeur d’Alene’s Fort Ground neighborhood could rise astronomically if the city doesn’t cut down the trees growing on the dike road levee, the city’s engineer warned …

• Girl Scouts’ Camp Four Echoes gets new director

  June 23, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S4 The Girl Scouts recently hired Jayn Courchaine as the seasonal camp director at Camp Four Echoes on Lake Coeur d’Alene. According to a press release from the Girl Scouts, Courchaine …

• Recent rains worsen region’s flooding

  May 27, 2011 in City on Page A12 An inch and a half of rain and up to seven inches of snow fell over the past couple of days in some parts of the Inland Northwest, exacerbating current …

• CdA, homeowners reach Sanders Beach settlement

  April 21, 2011 in City on Page A1 No docks will be built on Sanders Beach. That’s part of the resolution of six lawsuits dating back to 1998 between the city of Coeur d’Alene and the owners of … 2

• In brief: Seminars, events for anglers

  April 14, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page K9 Catch up on 2011 fishing activities scheduled in the Inland Northwest in this collection of brief items, from fly fishing gear swaps and walleye tournaments to kid fishing events.

• Kokanee are back at CDA

  April 14, 2011 in Sports on Page K10 Take it from the record number of bald eagles that gathered to feast on spawning salmon this winter: Kokanee have made a comeback at Lake Coeur d’Alene. The turn-around has …

• Public murky about Lake CdA quality

  April 8, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 When it comes to water quality in Lake Coeur d’Alene, local residents are pretty savvy. They think the lake is cleaner now than it was 40 years ago. That’s generally …

• Flooding spiked lead levels in Lake Coeur d’Alene

  March 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 An estimated 352,000 pounds of lead washed into Lake Coeur d’Alene on Jan. 18 after flooding related to a rain-on-snow event. That’s the weight equivalent of 70 Dodge Ram 1500 … 13

• Bank sues developer Chesrown over loans for Lake CdA development

  February 12, 2011 in City on Page A8 Mountain West Bank has filed a $12 million breach of contract lawsuit against Marshall Chesrown, whose luxury home and golf course projects in the region have been foiled by economic … 1

• Eagles set lofty record at Lake CdA

  December 24, 2010 in Outdoors, City on Page A5 The winter gathering of bald eagles at Lake Coeur d’Alene soared to record numbers this week. “I can hardly believe it myself, but the total today was 254, well over …

• 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 …

• Bounty draws eagles

  December 11, 2010 in Idaho on Page B1 It’s 7 a.m., and six bald eagles are circling over Wolf Lodge Bay. In the weak winter light, the snowy landscape has the starkness of a black-and-white photograph. The eagles …

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