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• Field reports: Washington takes action on new hunting rules

  April 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C9 HUNTING – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will take action on proposed changes in hunting rules for the 2012-14 seasons at a public meeting Friday and Saturday in Olympia. …

• Idaho continues debate on allowing guided hunting for waterfowl, turkeys

  February 5, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Idaho officials have wrestled for years with proposals that would allow guided hunting for waterfowl and turkeys. In 1988, the interested parties – including the Idaho Department of Fish and …

• Waterfowling’s   big flap: electronic decoys

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and flaps its wings like a duck, conventional wisdom dictates that it is, in fact, a duck. But not always. 3

• Guide makes case for electronic decoys

  January 8, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 If electronic waterfowl decoys are legal in 47 states, why not Washington? Virtually all waterfowl hunters and managers agree that adding motion to decoys improves their effectiveness in luring ducks …

• Tips for safe canoe hunts

  December 11, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C12 The canoe is a time tested, inexpensive and efficient way to hunt waterfowl on certain waters, ranging from the Clark Fork River in Montana and Idaho to the Winchester and … 1

• Landers: Results of outdoors surveys revealed

  December 8, 2011 in Sports, Outdoors on Page B1 While an aerial survey has just detailed where northern ducks are congregating in the Columbia Basin, wildlife managers in Olympia are using a different type of survey to help guide … 4

• Safety on water

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K8 Guns and cold temperatures, water and dogs, boats and darkness – they all contribute to making waterfowling rife with hazards. The biggest safety issue for waterfowl hunters is “way too … 1

• Focus on kids

  September 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page K2 A lot of “educating” can be done during the special youth upland bird and waterfowl seasons in Idaho and Washington. Since only youths under the age of 16 can shoot … 1

• Weather could cause nesting delays

  July 31, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C9 A resident of Silver Lake emailed a concern this month that he’d seen no nesting red-necked grebes around the lake. He wondered if motor boat traffic was foiling the waterfowl’s … 2

• Wetland project a boon for birds along Coeur d’Alene River

  September 30, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 Tundra swans that stop to feed in Mike Schlepp’s wetlands won’t end up with gullets full of lead. Since 2007, the federal government has worked to transform 400 acres of …

• Good hatch boosts prospects in Washington

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K4 Washington waterfowl hunters can look up to prospects for good hunting this fall. Don Kraege, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department waterfowl manager, said ducks appeared to have pulled off a …

• Landmark youth hunts approach

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K4 Potential duck and goose hunters under the age of 16 have the chance of a lifetime in the Idaho Panhandle this month, while a few selected Washington youths will make …

• Panhandle waterfowl wonderland for hunters

  September 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page K5 While the Panhandle has stood out as Idaho’s hot spot for goose hunting, other waterfowl trends are similarly encouraging, said Jim Hayden, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional wildlife manager. …

• Chasing birdies

  May 23, 2010 in Outdoors on Page C10 Manito Golf & Country Club has a special agent on staff to keep its greens and fairways goose dropping-free. He works for room and board, all the pine cones he … 1

• Federal budget allots $1.5 million to expand Turnbull refuge

    December 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 The Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge will receive $1.5 million to purchase nearly 500 additional acres of Eastern Washington’s Channeled Scablands. The federal appropriation will help preserve one of the world’s …

• Itchy trigger fingers need to take pause

  September 24, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Hunters have a responsibility to positively identify their target before they pull the trigger. That doesn’t just mean knowing the target is an animal and not a human, or that …

• Waterfowl staging

  September 17, 2009 in Sports on Page K13 Duck numbers appear to be up for the Pacific Flyway region and while Canada goose numbers appear to be down slightly, the big birds should provide plenty of good hunting …

• Turnball manager retires after 18 years on job

  July 5, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 At a fraction of their salaries and with no stock options or bonuses, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge manager near Cheney has done what many high-powered CEOs have …

• Ups and downs for loons, geese, swan

  June 28, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Washington waterfowl have been keeping an unusually high profile in the news this month. Among the top recent stories: