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• Field reports: Area fishing events geared to kids

  May 1, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 FISHING –A trailer full of fishing gear for kids to borrow and use at a nearby trout pond will debut this week in North Idaho. Idaho Fish and Game’s “Take …

• Lead tackle restricted at 13 northern Washington lakes

  April 14, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page K11 Starting this season, certain lead fishing tackle will not be allowed for fishing at 13 northern Washington lakes to help protect nesting loons. The Eastern Washington lakes are:

• Out & About in 2010

  January 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 A few months after the poorly-attended late-winter Great Western Sportfishing Show closed at the Spokane Convention Center, promoters announced they would not be returning to Spokane, ending a three-year run. …

• 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

• Rich Landers: Volunteers critical for public lands

  July 9, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 I took my eye off Olympia to chase the tail end of the salmon fly hatches in Idaho and Montana intermittently during the past two weeks, and returned to the …

• Ups and downs for loons, geese, swan

  June 28, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Washington waterfowl have been keeping an unusually high profile in the news this month. Among the top recent stories:

• Yocum Lake loon family missing

  June 21, 2009 in Outdoors, City on Page B3 A family of common loons has disappeared from Yocum Lake in Pend Oreille County, prompting an investigation and a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone involved. …