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Out & About
March 29, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTFISH
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Ticks ready to feast
March 29, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 Ticks are becoming active in areas around Spokane. Check yourself and your pet after being out. Ticks usually probe around a potential host for a few hours before choosing a …
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Bears dogged in King County
March 29, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 Three Karelian bear dogs are being employed by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department this year to help deal with bear problems, primarily in eastern King County. The medium-size, Finnish …
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Cool Digs
March 29, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Sometimes the rain is pelting down, a brisk wind is blowing, the surf is pounding, it’s so chilly your fingers hurt and your lantern barely casts a dim light on …
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Officials look into gray wolf killing
March 28, 2009 in City, Outdoors on Page B3 SEATTLE – Washington state and federal wildlife officers are investigating the illegal killing of a protected gray wolf in Okanogan County in north-central Washington. The investigation began when a shipper …
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Thaw reveals big options
March 26, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Wind sucks. Or at least that was my perspective Monday as I fly-fished for trout on Sprague Lake. While Scott Haugen at Four Seasons Campground was clocking gusts up to …
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Expansive lands bill establishes trails, wilderness in Northwest
March 26, 2009 in City, Outdoors on Page A1 Recreational trails through the Northwest and a wilderness area in Idaho are part of a massive public lands bill that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday and awaits President Barack …
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N. Idaho elk season to be shorter
March 25, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s Fish and Game Commission adopted shorter seasons for elk hunting in the Panhandle this fall, to allow herds to recover from recent harsh winters. Biologists are concerned … 1
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Promoting cavities
March 22, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 House hunting is entering its seasonal boom in the Inland Northwest, and savvy birding enthusiasts are working to improve the market. As more of the region’s land is developed and …
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Solo’s saga detailed
March 22, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 With thousands of tundra swans flooding through the region on their spring migration, a birdwatching spotlight still shines on a single endangered trumpeter swan that’s become an icon at Turnbull …
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Cascades ski event is first class
March 22, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Neither wind nor blowing snow last weekend could stay 55 skiing “mail carriers” from their appointed rounds – from snow line on the west slope of the Oregon Cascades to …
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Out & About
March 22, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Two Coeur d’Alene-based adventure travel companies received top international rankings in National Geographic Adventure magazine’s January feature on “The Best Adventure Travel Companies on Earth.”
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Rufus Woods gets tagged trout
March 22, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 While not on the magnitude of the net-pen escapes from last year, the Colville Tribe is keeping the trout spigot open at Lake Rufus Woods. About 2,000 triploid rainbows averaging …
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Show becomes can’t-miss affair
March 21, 2009 in City, Outdoors on Page B1 The Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show has a way of hooking people – and we’re not just talking about the occasional snag in the seat of the pants at the …
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Sportsman’s will honor old cards
March 21, 2009 in Nation/World, Outdoors on Page A10 Sportsman’s Warehouse stores in Spokane Valley and Coeur d’Alene will honor gift cards customers obtained prior to the recent sale of the stores through March 31. A total of 15 …
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Mastering the bumps can put veteran skiers on top
March 20, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B5 Scooting downhill, skis in a wedge, I revisited the awkward embryonic stages of skiing with a group of instructors at Lookout Pass. To make us better skiers, Jack Geortner was …
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Fish Lake Trail work has deadline
March 20, 2009 on Page A5 Construction on a paved rail-trail bicycle route between Spokane and Cheney must begin by June under stipulations for recently appropriated federal stimulus funding. Plans for the second phase in developing …
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Hunting and fishing
March 20, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B8 Steelhead and salmon The lower Columbia below Bonneville Dam was good for chinook early last week in the Vancouver area. After a subsequent slowdown, it has picked up again this …
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Budget, authority changes would hurt sportsmen
March 19, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 A few leg bones here, a jaw bone there, some vertebrae and even an antler. My highly evolved English setter, Dickens, has sniffed out and retrieved an impressive assortment of …
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Seeds of change
March 15, 2009 in Business, Outdoors on Page E5 OMAHA, Neb. — People who feed birds have been getting their pockets pecked. Birdseed prices have been fluctuating for months, and the cost of a premium seed imported from India …
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Columbia spreads wealth
March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 State fisheries biologists say a huge Columbia River spring chinook run should deliver healthy returns of 18,500 salmon to the Wind, Little White Salmon and Klickitat rivers of the Columbia …
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Hoh my! First steelhead a trophy
March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Peter Harrison is one of those people who does things in a big way: His first steelhead appears to be a world record. The Port Townsend angler was fly-fishing in … 2
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Big Horn Show starts Thursday
March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 The live bears, hungry trout and leaping retrievers moving into the Spokane Fair and Expo Center this week will be just a fraction of the attractions at the Big Horn …
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Out & About
March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTCLASS Lanting to focus on nature photos
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Swan route
March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 The spring migration of tundra swans through the Inland Northwest is imminent, and tourism officials in Pend Oreille County planning a tour to share the spectacle of the swans’ annual …
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Turnbull trumpets return of senior swan
March 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 Solo is back. The elegant trumpeter swan is likely the elder seasonal wildlife resident at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, and one of the oldest documented anywhere among his endangered species.
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Mt. Spokane prepares for Werner event
March 13, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B2 Before Bode Miller raised the bar, Phil Mahre set the standard for the U.S. Ski Team. The precedent for them to follow was set more than 50 years ago by …
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Hunting and fishing
March 13, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B3 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River is kicking out a few cutthroat and some whitefish, particularly from Cataldo to just past Kingston. As with the Clark Fork, which has also …
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Moose on loose can be dangerous
March 12, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 It was a cheerless moment we eventually must expect here in the Near Nature, Near Perfect Spokane River valley. A moose was accidentally killed Tuesday afternoon as state wildlife officials …
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Out & About
March 8, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTFIELD
Win tickets to Fleetwood Mac!
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
