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• Landers: WFWD needs public’s help

  May 15, 2013 in Sports “Wolves are the most challenging wildlife issue on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department’s plate this year, bar none,” says Nate Pamplin, assistant director. “And we don’t want to be …

• Show follows warriors fly fishing toward recovery

    May 12, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 A couple of disabled military veterans met their match on Crab Creek recently with Hilary Hutcheson, a bundle of positive fly-fishing energy who stands 5-foot-2 in wading boots. The host … 5

• Landers: Cats are birds’ worst enemy

  May 8, 2013 in Sports It’s unfortunate that birds don’t scream when they die; the din might catch our attention. The killing fields are all around us, from the glass windows in the city to … 4

• Local Trail Angel: Mark Pinch

  April 28, 2013 in Outdoors A choice natural area preserve for hikers was preserved with the help of a man who makes his living securing choice areas for development. 4

• Landers: Region a hotbed for rental fishing boats

  April 24, 2013 in Sports The Spokane region is a hotbed for rental fishing boats, relatively speaking. Anglers heading out Satuday for the opening of Washington’s lowland lake trout fishing season can choose from two …

• Landers: River access should be natural part of project

  April 17, 2013 in Sports The Spokane River shouldn’t have to speak up for itself. Like a hero who saves the day before 500,000 onlookers, the river ought to naturally have our attention and appreciation. 3

• Landers: Efforts underway to remove northern pike

  April 10, 2013 in Sports Gillnets have removed about 4,000 northern pike from the Box Canyon Reservoir portion of the Pend Oreille River in the second season of efforts to suppress the non-native species and … 2

• Randy Mann: Start planning outdoor activities

  April 4, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V4 On Feb. 15, a “surprise” meteor streaked across the sky over Russia’s Ural Mountains. As the fireball exploded, it created a sonic boom and injured more than 1,000 people. Hundreds …

• 2013 Northwest Bicycling Events: Expanded list

  March 28, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports The Spokesman-Review’s list of top 2013 bicycling tours and races in Washington, North Idaho, western Montana, northeastern Oregon and southeastern British Columbia.

• Landers: Redbands in upstream battle

  March 27, 2013 in Sports The Spokane River, and some of its native inhabitants, were in the spotlight Tuesday and Wednesday as a wide range of scientists, policy makers and industry leaders convened for the …

• Landers: EWU student destined to be cast a fisherman

  March 21, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 A skateboard wipe-out injury as a sixth-grader was the lucky break that steered Nick Barr on the course to become a fisherman. “Nobody in my family fished or hunted or …

• Landers: EWU student destined to be cast a fisherman

  March 20, 2013 in Sports A skateboard wipe-out injury as a sixth-grader was the lucky break that steered Nick Barr on the course to become a fisherman. “Nobody in my family fished or hunted or …

• 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 …

• Montana man kills Sportsman Channel host, then self

  March 9, 2013 in Sports on Page C7 HELENA – A northwestern Montana man shot and killed the host of the Sportsman Channel show “A Rifleman’s Journal” in an apparent jealous rage while the TV personality was visiting …

• 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

• First U.S. team to top Mount Everest reunites

  February 23, 2013 in City, Outdoors on Page B6 BERKELEY, Calif. – It might be hard to conceive now, in an era of extreme sports and ultra-light equipment, but there was a time when Americans who set out to … 3

• Landers: Record bids help all bighorn hunters

  February 20, 2013 in Sports A Utah hunter has raised the value of big-game hunting with a record bid of $480,000 for a special Montana bighorn sheep permit.

• Study finds hummingbirds migrate earlier

  February 18, 2013 in Nation/World, Outdoors on Page A2 CHARLESTON, S.C. – Ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating to North America weeks earlier than in decades past, and research indicates that higher temperatures in their winter habitat may be the reason. … 3

• Out & About: Obama gun frenzy pays conservation dividend

  February 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Obama gun flap boosts habitat OUTTAX – State fish and wildlife agencies across the country are direct beneficiaries of the unprecedented spike in firearms sales spurred by President Obama’s 2008 …

• Gear Junkie: It’s the sleeping bag of the future

  February 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 Time for bed. It’s below-zero outside, and you’re camping out under the stars. A to-be-released sleeping bag from Nemo Equipment is made for snoozing through some of the coldest nights …

• Wolves in Washington nearly double in year

  February 17, 2013 in City, Outdoors, Region on Page B10 The number of gray wolves in Washington nearly doubled in the past year, according to a new survey released Friday by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. The survey … 4

• Three Montana rivers serve up tasty mix: fly-fishing, beer drinking

  February 17, 2013 in Features, Outdoors, Travel on Page D8 Fly-fishing and beer go together like apple pie and ice cream or peanut butter and jelly. Western Montana offers outstanding fly-fishing streams as well as a surprising number of microbrewing …

• Landers: Hunting is serious business

  February 13, 2013 in Sports Hunting is the ultimate form of tough love. Sportsmen donate to habitat conservation and snap photos of fawns with the same fascination they focused on the first steps of their … 5

• Obama’s Interior pick is REI boss

  February 7, 2013 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s choice for Interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast from the Seattle area who likes to bike, ski and climb mountains. As president and chief … 1

• Landers: Outdoors issues hot topic in Olympia

  January 30, 2013 in Sports Issues from the great outdoors are trying to see the light of day in the 2013 Washington Legislature. Wolf reintroduction and the cash-poor state parks are issues likely to generate … 1

• Idaho sees drop-off in out-of-state hunters

  January 29, 2013 in Idaho, Outdoors A drop-off in revenue from out-of-state residents coming to Idaho to hunt and fish is crimping funding at Idaho’s Department of Fish and Game. 59

• Landers: Feeding birds a delight when done properly

  January 23, 2013 in Sports “It’s the best Christmas present we could have given her,” my wife, Meredith, said after finishing a phone call with her mother. 5

• Plan ahead or be left behind on adventures

  January 20, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Procrastinators lose in the quest to bunk in a Forest Service cabin along the St. Joe River, float a prized Idaho wilderness river or backpack through certain prized wilderness areas. … 4

• Landers: Tough decisions loom for wolves

  January 17, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 How Washington will handle the gray wolves that are moving into the state and expanding at a rapid rate is a work in progress. But while the methods are debatable, … 13

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