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• Photo: Somewhere over the rainbows

  April 18, 2013 in City on Page A5 Stocking up: Jade Helm, of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, stocks 5,000 catchable-size rainbow trout in the West Medical Lake on Wednesday, to spice the action for anglers …

• Officers seize 242 trout, arrest suspected poachers

  April 12, 2013 in Outdoors on Page A5 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers arrested four suspected poachers in the early morning hours Saturday with 242 cutthroat trout caught in an illegal nighttime netting operation at a … 40

• Landers: Hunter training changes draw ire

  February 7, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 At least 44 of Washington’s 860 certified hunter education instructors have dropped out of the program this year, some of them protesting new restrictions on their personal freedom in the … 2

• Repeat of wolf kill unlikely

  November 14, 2012 in City on Page A5 Killing seven members of a wolf pack that repeatedly attacked a Northeast Washington rancher’s cattle cost about $76,500, according to preliminary state figures. The amount includes all hunts targeting the … 35

• Officials finish culling cattle-preying Wedge Pack

  September 28, 2012 in Outdoors on Page A8 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say a helicopter gunner killed the alpha male of a cattle-preying wolf pack Thursday, concluding the mission to eliminate the Wedge Pack in … 12

• Landers: Geezer hunting seasons get real old in a hurry

  September 6, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 I’ve always looked up to senior hunters, even before I began aging precariously close to their ranks. But tell me: At what age does a sportsman deserve a special Geezer …

• Stevens County ranch reports new wolf attacks

  August 17, 2012 in Outdoors on Page A6 State wildlife officers responded Thursday to the latest in a monthlong series of wolf attacks on cattle in northern Stevens County. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering …

• South Hill seizure nets pot, alligator, piranhas

  August 15, 2012 in City on Page A1 Piranhas offered for trade on Craigslist led state fish and game agents to seize several of the exotic, human-eating fish from an apartment on Spokane’s lower South Hill. The rare … 17

• Piranhas, alligator seized from South Hill apartment

  August 14, 2012 in City, News Piranhas offered for trade on Craigslist led state fish and game agents to seize several of the exotic, human-eating fish from an apartment on Spokane’s lower South Hill. 8

• Retiree: Technology boosts Fish and Wildlife police

  August 5, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 After 37 years of putting the screws to poachers, Washington Fish and Wildlife police regional supervisor Mike Whorton, 59, was humble to the end. “As captain, my greatest risk in …

• Wolf attack surprised even officials

  July 15, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B1 NINE MILE FALLS – Two brothers were starting their morning chores when they noticed that their sheep had escaped from the pen. The flock was scattered across a field, where … 10

• Rancher may shoot wolf that killed calf

  July 14, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 A wolf recently killed a calf in Stevens County, and the rancher has permission to shoot the animal if it attacks the Diamond M Ranch’s herd again, state officials said. … 1

• Wolf kills one sheep, injures two others in Spokane County

  June 30, 2012 in City on Page A1 A wolf killed one sheep and injured two others on a small Nine Mile Falls ranch earlier this month, the state’s wildlife agency said Friday, marking the first wolf attack … 99

• Wolf kills one sheep, injures two others in Spokane County

  June 29, 2012 in City Biologists believe a wolf killed one sheep and injured two others on a small Nine Mile Falls ranch earlier this month, marking the first wolf attack on livestock in Spokane … 15

• Wildlife officials implore public to resist ‘rescuing’ wild babies

  June 20, 2012 in Outdoors on Page A5 Baby snatchers are at it again, state wildlife officials said Tuesday. Despite annual spring pleas by fish and wildlife agencies throughout the Inland Northwest, the public has a weak spot …

• Four wolves in two packs captured, radio collared

  June 10, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 State biologists recently caught two adult male wolves in the Smackout Pack in northeastern Washington, ending a drought of attempts to collar wolves with GPS transmitters to monitor Washington’s expanding … 4

• Landers: Memorial weekend activities abounded

  May 31, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 If there’s a bright side to coming back to work after a holiday weekend, it’s hearing about all the outdoor adventures enterprising people survived in this great place we call …

• Field reports: Pike netting continues on Pend Oreille River

  May 27, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 FISHING – More than 5,200 northern pike have been gillnetted out of the Pend Oreille River downstream from Newport this spring. But anglers may still hook fish from the 10-15 … 1

• Pend Oreille River pike thinning continues

  May 6, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 The official crackdown on invasive northern pike in the Pend Oreille River behind Box Canyon is in its last stages for this season. A late-April survey indicated gillnets deployed by … 1

• Photos incriminate hunter in bear baiting case

  April 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 A Pierce County man built a picture-perfect case – against himself and others – to help prosecutors file charges on more than 40 counts involving baiting and killing black bears …

• Landers: Opening day of fishing still special

  April 26, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Opening day of fishing season isn’t what it used to be. The crowds have declined – a blessing in many ways – partly because most of the region’s waters have … 1

• Kids can’t miss at Clear Lake fishing event

  April 12, 2012 in Sports on Page K9 Here’s the best bargain around for a full-meal fishing deal: A fishing rod, t-shirt and a sure shot at catching a trout – $10 bucks.

• Northern pike forecast: few and far between

  February 12, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 The hammer is about to come down on northern pike that have invaded the Pend Oreille River. Non-native pike will never be eradicated from the river’s Box Canyon Reservoir, Washington … 2

• Field reports: Changes in fishing regulations for 2012-14

  February 12, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 FISHING – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission approved fishing regulations for the 2012-2014 fishing seasons during its meeting last weekend in Olympia. Changes the panel made include:

• State has plans for your next elk hunt

  January 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 The luxury of targeting “any elk” during general hunting seasons in portions of northeastern Washington would end under a proposed plan to boost numbers of elk in Okanogan, Ferry and …

• Washington bighorn sheep herds trapped to help others

  January 29, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 Bighorn sheep herds in north central Washington are getting new bloodlines. Bighorns near Yakima are being trapped this winter and relocated to boost other herds.

• State biologist dreads Hollywood portrayal of wolves

  January 27, 2012 in Idaho, Outdoors on Page A1 Wolves are coming to the big screen today in “The Grey,” a man-versus-beast thriller starring Liam Neeson. When their plane crashes in Alaska’s frozen wilderness, a bunch of oil-field roughnecks … 18

• Increasing multi-season tags would bring in the bucks

  January 22, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 OLYMPIA – Washington may boost significantly the number of multiple-season hunting permits issued annually for deer and elk. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide in February whether to …

• State offers training on wolf kills

  January 10, 2012 in Idaho, Outdoors on Page A5 Washington state wildlife officials said they’re willing to train Stevens County sheriff’s deputies on how to identify livestock that has been killed by wolves. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife … 1

• Landers: Proposed changes will affect some Master Hunters

  January 5, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 The sweet deal some Master Hunters have for tagging elk outside of Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge would go sour under changes proposed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. … 2

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