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Outdoors blog archive for Feb. 16, 2011

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 16, 2011



Mt. Spokane ski area expansion clears hurdle

STATE PARKS -- The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission today OKed environmental considerations in the conceptual expansion proposals for expanding Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park. According to a press release just posted, the commission "issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance under the State…

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Cattlemen sue feds over region's wolves

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A Washington state cattle group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to review federal protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. Attorneys for the Washington Cattlemen’s Association say the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S.…

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