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• Lake trout impact elk calves

  May 19, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Fewer cutthroat trout in Yellowstone Lake could be part of the reason that elk herds migrating out of the park are declining. Two recently published studies conducted in Yellowstone National …

• Landers: WFWD needs public’s help

  May 16, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 “Wolves are the most challenging wildlife issue on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department’s plate this year, bar none,” says Nate Pamplin, assistant director. “And we don’t want to be … 1

• Landers: WFWD needs public’s help

  May 15, 2013 in Sports “Wolves are the most challenging wildlife issue on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department’s plate this year, bar none,” says Nate Pamplin, assistant director. “And we don’t want to be …

• Field reports: Michigan paves way for wolf hunting

  May 12, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 PREDATORS – Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that clears the way to schedule Michigan’s first gray wolf hunting season since the resurgent predator, reviled by some as a … 1

• Field Reports: Wolf levels high despite 2012 kills

  April 14, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 PREDATORS – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists confirmed Friday that the Northern Rockies gray wolf population has remained sustainable two years after wolves lost their endangered-species protections in most …

• Landers: Wolf repatriation continues to confound

  April 4, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Washington’s moose, elk and deer herds do not yet appear to be suffering heavy losses from the revival of gray wolves, so far, to the best of the Fish and … 12

• Idaho wolf population decreased by 11 percent in 2012

  April 3, 2013 in Outdoors on Page A1 Idaho’s gray wolf population fell by 11 percent in 2012, less than wildlife managers hoped for considering the state’s extended hunting and trapping seasons plus agency animal control efforts. At … 3

• Biologists search for answers to decline of moose

  March 24, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C14 They seem invincible, the largest species in the deer family, 6-feet tall at the shoulders with mature bulls averaging 1,000 pounds. Yet the moose subspecies found in the lower 48 … 3

• Moose declining in Idaho, spreading in Washington

  March 24, 2013 in Idaho, Outdoors, Region on Page C14 Moose in Washington appear to be bucking the decline that’s plaguing the animals across most of the lower 48 states, a Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologist says. Rich Harris, … 2

• Field Reports: Montana curbs increase of wolves

  March 24, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C13 PREDATORS – Montana wildlife officials say hunting and other measures have turned the tide on the growth of gray wolf populations increasing since the 1900s. At least 625 wolves inhabited …

• Out & About: Poacher offers $6K to ease conscience

  March 24, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C14 OUTREPENT – Saying he’s been burdened with guilt, a Montana man has mailed Washington wildlife officials $6,000 to compensate for deer he said he killed illegally – more than 40 … 1

• Field Reports: Cool support needed for Idaho cutthroats

  March 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C13 FISHING – Warmer water temperatures recorded in North Idaho streams and rivers are creating unhealthy conditions for trout, especially the region’s westslope cutthroats, Idaho environmental officials say. A recent analysis …

• Landers: Spring has already sprung for wildlife

  February 28, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 The early hint of spring weathering into the region this week is a game-changer for outdoorsmen, but merely a confirmation of what’s already under way for wildlife. Skiers coming off …

• Landers: Spring has already sprung for wildlife

  February 27, 2013 in Sports The early hint of spring weathering into the region this week is a game-changer for outdoorsmen, but merely a confirmation of what’s already under way for wildlife. 3

• Landers: Outdoors issues hot topic in Olympia

  January 31, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Issues from the great outdoors are trying to see the light of day in the 2013 Washington Legislature. Wolf reintroduction and the cash-poor state parks are issues likely to generate … 1

• Landers: Outdoors issues hot topic in Olympia

  January 30, 2013 in Sports Issues from the great outdoors are trying to see the light of day in the 2013 Washington Legislature. Wolf reintroduction and the cash-poor state parks are issues likely to generate … 1

• Wolf makes California his home

  January 3, 2013 in Nation/World, Outdoors on Page A1 Like many out-of-state visitors, the lone gray wolf that trotted across the border from Oregon has taken a liking to California. He went back and forth between the two states … 1

• Field reports: Kokanee fishing to reopen at Lake PO

  November 11, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C13 FISHING – For the first time since 1999, anglers will be allowed to harvest kokanee in Lake Pend Oreille starting in 2013 under fishing regulations adopted Thursday by the Idaho … 1

• Idaho wolf trapping to open, dog owners warned

  November 11, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C13 For the second year, wolves will join furbearers as targets during Idaho’s winter trapping season. Although trappers must take a course in safe techniques before they can purchase a wolf-trapping …

• 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

• Wolves alter field for hunts

  September 27, 2012 in Idaho, Outdoors on Page K9 While Idaho sportsmen will be hunting for wolves again this season, hunters in both Idaho and Washington will be hunting with wolves in the area. Either way, wolves have changed … 1

• State aims to kill elusive wolf pack

  September 22, 2012 in Outdoors, Region on Page A1 A wolf pack that acquired a taste for cattle in northern Stevens County this summer is being targeted for elimination, Washington officials announced Friday. “The Wedge Pack has turned to … 53

• Landers: Wolf issue as fiery as woods

  September 20, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Wildfires have smoked out the Inland Northwest hunters and recreationists in many significant areas this month. But before we assess some of the impacts, let’s visit the gray wolf front, … 2

• Field reports: Wolf pack confirmed; another being hunted

  September 9, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C15 WILDLIFE – The Colville Tribe confirmed Washington’s ninth wolf pack last week as it trapped and released a 104-pound gray wolf. The new pack has been called the Strawberries Pack. 2

• Groups write governor to protest killing wolves

  August 25, 2012 in Outdoors, Region on Page B1 Seven pro-wolf groups have asked Gov. Chris Gregoire and other state officials to end efforts to kill some of the wolves involved with cattle attacks in northern Stevens County. In … 5

• 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 …

• Official kills wolf associated with attacks on cattle

  August 8, 2012 in Outdoors Washington officials use authority to kill protected wolves after documenting one pack’s pattern of attacking livestock near Laurier. 4

• Agency considers wolf action

  August 7, 2012 in Outdoors on Page A6 A calf injured in a wolf attack in northern Stevens County – the fourth wounded or killed in one cattle herd in four weeks – has left the Washington Fish … 16

• Scientist’s family slams elk group for wolf stance

  July 22, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 MISSOULA – The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has removed all references to its Olaus Murie conservation award after the researcher’s family objected to the group’s policy on wolves. In a … 1

• Landers: Wolf issues come home to Washington

  July 19, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Washington is no longer on the sidelines watching Idaho and Montana cope with the explosive revival of a formerly extirpated predator. Gray wolves are commanding more attention from courtrooms to … 4

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