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• Johnson gets to throw one

  May 19, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 Football/ baseball: Calvin Johnson has gone deep again – and this time he wasn’t looking over his shoulder for one of Matthew Stafford’s passes. The star wide receiver from the …

• Angler nets $66K from Pikeminnow Reward Program

  November 13, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 Talk about a down economy: Even the pikeminnow anglers are seeing their earnings decline. Nikolay N. Zaremskiy of Gresham, Ore., is the top earner for 2011 in the northern pikeminnow … 1

• Landers: Steelhead keep fishermen guessing

  November 10, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 Steelhead anglers are scratching their heads along the Snake River system. The fish run is slightly below average this year.

• Dams’ demise draws school of dignitaries, enthusiasts

  September 17, 2011 in City on Page B1 PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Unlike Eastern Washington, where talk of dam removal might be deemed fighting words, the removal of two dams on the Elwha River west of this port … 2

• Field reports: Group buys land for grizzly migration

  August 28, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 WILDLIFE – A conservation group bought 71 acres in the Yaak Mountains in northwestern Montana near Troy with the goal of improving migration corridors for grizzly bears and other wildlife …

• Steelhead entering Idaho

  July 24, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 Steelhead are making their way up the Snake River, a bit later than last year. A few anglers have started to fish for the sea-run trout in Idaho’s Clearwater River, …

• 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 …

• Landers: Last blast favors chukars

  January 20, 2011 in Sports on Page B1 The wind was blowing hard enough up the Snake River canyon on Monday morning to rock the pickup after I shut down the engine. The light drizzle splattered the windshield … 2

• Landers: Last blast favors chukars

  January 19, 2011 in Sports The wind was blowing hard enough up the Snake River canyon on Monday morning to rock the pickup after I shut down the engine. The light drizzle splattered the windshield …

• Landers: Sockeye comeback impressive

  December 30, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 Sockeye salmon lived large in 2010, posting record or near-record runs in rivers such as the Columbia and beyond. Seeing the fish get their legs back, at least temporarily, gives …

• WSU economist to study Columbia, Snake closures

  December 3, 2010 in City on Page A8 YAKIMA – Washington State University plans to study the impact of closing navigation locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers this winter. Ken Casavant, a professor of economics and director …

• 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 …

• Fish runs rebounding, but still threatened

  September 24, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho, Region A state fisheries biologist says Snake River salmon and steelhead runs have rebounded but haven’t yet reached numbers where they can be considered out of danger.

• Book Notes: Chinese massacre in 1887 focus of Nokes’ story

  September 19, 2010 in Features on Page D9 R. Gregory Nokes, a former reporter for the Associated Press and the Oregonian, will tell a fascinating story today at Auntie’s Bookstore. Nokes is the author of “Massacred for Gold: …

• State opens salmon fishing in Snake River

  September 10, 2010 in Outdoors Anglers can fish for chinook salmon in portions of the Snake River starting today and running through Oct. 31.

• Columbia, Snake locks will close for repairs

  September 8, 2010 in Business on Page A8 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will start shutting down all eight locks on the Columbia and Snake rivers in December for repair work, with the last scheduled to reopen …

• Salmon, steelhead booming upstream

  August 22, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C9 The big 2010 spring chinook run up the Columbia River is history. The record number of sockeye are still making a splash and the whopper run of steelhead is catching …

• Idaho sockeye running with big Columbia fish surge

  June 23, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials say the state could see higher numbers of endangered Snake River sockeye salmon returning this year.

• Suit seeks more water for salmon

  June 4, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A8 Conservation and fishermen’s groups are suing the Washington State Department of Ecology to allow more water over dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers to protect salmon and steelhead.

• Idaho likely to get huge share of springers

  February 14, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C12 Spring chinook salmon are poised for a repeat of 2001, the recent high-water mark for salmon fishing in Idaho. Fisheries managers in Idaho are predicting a return of 180,000 spring …

• Region sees record steelhead run

  December 27, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 The record run of steelhead that paraded up the Snake River delivered pleasure and profit from the mouth of the Columbia upstream 800 miles to the Salmon, Idaho, area. On …

• Steelhead releases could be cut back

  November 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C13 Is the bounty of hatchery steelhead moving up the Snake River too much of a good thing? Fishermen certainly don’t think so, and that’s why resentment is simmering on the …

• As rush subsides, steelheaders revel in the wake of a record run

    November 15, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 The Snake River’s record run of steelhead has been parading upstream and delivering pleasure and profit from the mouth of the Columbia upstream 800 miles to the Salmon, Idaho, area— …

• Rig for a record run

  October 25, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 Of all the steelhead fishing techniques, none is quite so simple as the cast-swing-step rhythm of fishing a fly. The fish-catching part isn’t always so easy, but the method is …

• Poachers caught fishing near hatchery

  October 25, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C13 Three Kennewick men caught fishing in closed waters have been charged in Franklin County District Court on several counts involving theft of salmon and steelhead from a state fish hatchery …

• Easy does it, steelheader says

  October 25, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 Steelhead fishing is best when it’s simple, says Orofino, Idaho-area fishing guide Kyle Jones. Like a growing number of anglers, Jones, who also works at Camp, Cabin and Home in …

• Shrimp bait color, scent are recipe for success

  October 25, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 A trail of pink and purple stains runs along the floor of the Water’s Edge Tackle Shop in Clarkston. The handle on the front door is stained, as are the …

• Kennewick men accused of illegal fishing on Snake

  October 13, 2009 in City Three Kennewick men are accused of stealing 22 fish, including three wild steelhead and two wild Chinook salmon, from a state fish hatchery collection site on the Snake River, officials … 2

• GAME ON!

  October 4, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C14 This is shaping up to be a hallmark year for steelheaders, with the return of sea-run trout at near-record levels. Through Tuesday, 127,413 steelhead were counted at Lower Granite Dam, …

• Salmon plan has breach provision

  September 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – In a case closely followed by environmental and business interests, a rewritten plan for restoring endangered and threatened wild salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers in …

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