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Odds high despite shorter seasons
September 17, 2009 in Sports on Page K7 Deer and elk hunters can’t procrastinate this year in the Idaho Panhandle. Chances of filling a tag are still high, but they have a lot less time to do it.
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Care for meat a field priority
September 17, 2009 in Sports on Page K14 Keep it cool; keep it clean. These two basic rules for bringing premium game meat to the table are a challenge when hunters face hot weather, dirt and insects in …
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Heat bares ice at Mount Rainier
September 13, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C11 CLIMBING – An unusually early-summer snowmelt created hazards on the Muir Snowfield at Mount Rainier starting in August. Exposed bare glacier ice and crevasses have complicated travel on this route …
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Out & About
September 13, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12
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Ice melt sends walruses ashore
September 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Thousands of walruses are congregating on Alaska’s northwest coast, a sign that their Arctic sea ice environment has been altered by climate change. Chad Jay, a U.S. …
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Elusive cougar back in wild
September 7, 2009 in City on Page A6 SEATTLE – A cougar that apparently had lived in Seattle for more than two weeks and forced the city’s largest park to close was captured early Sunday and returned to …
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5-year-old hurt in cougar attack in NE Washington
September 3, 2009 in Outdoors, Region A 5-year-old boy from Rossland, British Columbia, was attacked by a cougar Wednesday while his family was hiking a trail in Stevens County.
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Despite warning, woman fed bears and was killed
August 12, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 DENVER – Donna Munson considered the black bears that swarmed across her land in southwestern Colorado to be her pets. She fed them dog food and scraps – poking the … 1
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Land swap protects wildlife, preserves public access
July 26, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation teamed with The Nature Conservancy and several state and federal agencies recently to secure 2,675-acres in the first phase of a three-year project to protect …
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Father uses chain saw to fight off mountain lion
July 17, 2009 in City on Page A10 BILLINGS – Wielding his chain saw as a weapon, a Colorado man says he fought off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping with his wife …
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Rich Landers: Volunteers critical for public lands
July 9, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 I took my eye off Olympia to chase the tail end of the salmon fly hatches in Idaho and Montana intermittently during the past two weeks, and returned to the …
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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 …
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Cameras track rebounding species
July 5, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Washington’s wild areas are becoming more diverse and interesting as several furbearing species – wolverine, fisher and sea otter – slowly recover some of their former range. Here are three …
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Marmot causes restaurant ruckus in Prosser
June 24, 2009 in Region Diners at a restaurant in Prosser were startled Monday when a marmot wandered through the front door and settled into a corner.
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Field reports
June 21, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 WILDLIFE – A female grizzly bear that attacked a lone hiker near West Yellowstone recently was probably protecting her cub and a chunk of meat she had buried near the …
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Man attacked by grizzly bear says survival instincts kicked in
June 11, 2009 in City on Page A7 KALISPELL, Mont. – It happened in a flash, and Thomas Nerison did not have the bear spray he almost always carries on his runs in Glacier National Park. The 60-year-old …
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Elk farmer shoots grizzly in N. Idaho
June 11, 2009 in City on Page A7 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service is investigating the shooting of a grizzly bear near Rose Lake, Idaho. The 300-pound male grizzly was shot dead late Sunday by the operator …
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There’s nothing wily about feeding coyotes
June 4, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Despite the aura of Washington State University, a few people in Pullman have managed to remain ignorant about wildlife. We’re talking about people with soft hearts and brains of mush. 1
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Wolf-hunting goes to court in two states
June 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 BILLINGS, Mont. – A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the …
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Lawsuits over wolves filed in two courts
June 2, 2009 in Idaho, Region BILLINGS — A pair of federal judges will decide which states in the Northern Rockies have enough gray wolves to allow public hunting, as the bitter debate over the region’s …
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Wildlife officials tracking sick bighorn
June 1, 2009 in City on Page A10 RIGGINS, Idaho – The hunt is on for a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ram believed to be sick with pneumonia. It’s a race wildlife officials say could mean life and …
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It’s a noxious task, but someone’s got to control weeds
May 28, 2009 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 It’s not good enough that most outdoors aficionados don’t care for noxious weeds. We need to hate them.
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Creston Valley Wildlife Area
May 1, 2009 in Awayfinder destinations, Green Local News The Creston Valley Wildlife Area has a big secret that most visitors miss. It’s definitely a popular area, and Rand McNally editors for the famous North American road atlas have …
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Hanging on in the Selkirks
April 26, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 Despite setbacks caused by vehicle collisions, the endangered Selkirk Mountains caribou herd is at least holding an even population. Aerial surveys completed this month as the animals begin heading north …
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Out & About
April 19, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTCRY
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In the end, animals sometimes will meet theirs because of us
April 16, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B1 Animals would die even if this were a perfect world. Maybe it’s different on some other planet, but not on this one. Wild creatures die by design, if not by …
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Grizzly bear group to study mortalities
April 10, 2009 in City on Page A8 BOZEMAN – A significant rise in the number of grizzly bear deaths last year will be a principal topic when bear managers from around the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem gather next …
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Live webcams focus on live action of eagles rearing their eaglets
April 8, 2009 in Outdoors Internet surfers around the world are flocking to the Hancock Wildlife Foundation Web site to watch live video of a pair of bald eagles rearing their young in a nest … 7
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BACK HOME
April 5, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C10 Considering what sage grouse have suffered in the past 200 years, the most recent ordeal was a joyride. The indignity lasted only about 26 hours.
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Translocating sage grouse wild, sleepless trip for volunteers
April 5, 2009 in Outdoors on Page C9 Volunteering to translocate sage grouse is no vacation. “I’d forgotten what a hangover felt like, but now I remember,” said Richard Rivers, one of six Spokane chapter members of the …
Celtic Woman is coming to Spokane
