Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Field reports: Colville withdraws OHV travel plan

  February 26, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C11 PUBLIC LANDS – Colville National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West has withdrawn the South End Motor Vehicle Project enacted in November after years of planning to guide off-highway vehicle use. …

• Out & About: Photos now verify two wolverines

  May 1, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 OUTCRITTERS – First there were tracks. Now there are photos.

• Researcher explains threats to wolverine in its remote range

  April 10, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Perhaps the only critter at top of the food chain that’s rarer and more set apart than a wolverine is the wolverine researcher. “Worldwide, maybe a dozen people are working … 11

• Wolverine sightings curb Silver Valley snowcat skiing operation

  April 10, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C10 Evidence of wolverine activity on the Rochat Divide and St. Joe Mountains south of Cataldo, Idaho, has jeopardized the permit issued to Peak Adventures, a Silver Valley snowcat skiing company … 4

• Field reports: Wolverines, wolves, trout

  February 20, 2011 in Outdoors on Page C11 WILDLIFE – Researchers studying wolverines in the North Cascades have new hopes pinned on their latest catch – Mattie. The young female may be pregnant, and if she is, she …

• Federal officials say wolverines need protection

  December 13, 2010 in Region The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the wolverine should be added to the list of endangered and threatened species. 3

• Peak Adventures gets OK for backcountry trips

  December 1, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A7 The owners of Peak Adventures say they’ve accepted a temporary federal permit to operate their backcountry ski business this winter in the St. Joe Mountains.

• BLM offers backcountry permit deal

  November 12, 2010 in Idaho on Page A5 U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials say they’re offering a one-time permit to allow a backcountry ski business to operate in the St. Joe Mountains this winter. Peak Adventures uses … 2

• Dispute centers on wolverines

  September 11, 2010 in Outdoors, Idaho on Page B2 Wolverine habitat could prevent a local company from operating a backcountry ski business in North Idaho’s St. Joe Mountains. Wolverines are elusive carnivores that look like small bears. They build …

• Feds consider adding wolverines to endangered list

  April 15, 2010 in Nation/World, Region Federal officials will try to determine how prevalent wolverines are across the West to decide whether they should be added to the endangered species list.

• Wolverine’s long journey tracked

  March 29, 2010 in City on Page A8 TWISP, Wash. – The latest capture in the North Cascades’ first wolverine study has embarked on a journey that is surprising even the wildlife biologists who are studying her. Trapped …

• 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 …

• Wolverines don’t warrant protection, wildlife service says

  March 11, 2008 in Idaho on Page B2 Wolverines do not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act, but the federal government will support conservation measures across their native range, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday. …