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• Floaters, hikers, more need to think ahead for summer permits

  January 30, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C14 It’s the season to think ahead to summer adventures that require a special permit or reservations. Campers seeking a stay at popular national park or national forest cabins, lookouts and …

• States raise concerns about sturgeon

  November 7, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C11 Legal-size sturgeon in the lower Columbia River appear to be at their lowest number since the early 1990s and sport-fishing success its poorest in 20 years. Upstream in Idaho, fish …

• Anglers lose crowds, find bountiful runs on Salmon River

    October 24, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C14 When the season comes to tap the annual steelhead runs, Riggins, Idaho, might be upstaged by Lewiston, but it’s not necessarily outperformed. The big run of steelhead that boomed earlier … 1

• Jetboaters race the rapids

  April 12, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 On rivers throughout the West, Mike Egbers of Mount Vernon and former Mount Vernon High School classmate Eric Hamburg of Shasta Lake, Calif., have been making waves on the U.S. …

• Steelheading prime in Idaho’s upper Salmon

  April 5, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 Steelhead fishing is winding down in most parts of Idaho, but around Stanley, it’s just getting started. The Upper Salmon River attracts some of the longest-running steelhead in the United …