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Outdoors blog archive for Feb. 2011

FRIDAY, FEB. 25, 2011

THURSDAY, FEB. 24, 2011





WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23, 2011


TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 2011




Wolves are hunting elk on the open canyon slopes of northeastern Oregon. (Courtesy photo)

Oregon wolves out in the open 

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Blue Mountains elk winter in the low open canyon slopes of Oregon, and the recent-arrival gray wolves figured that out fast. These wolves made themselves at home on the open slopes in northeastern Oregon near Pendleton, where they've been feeding on elk,…

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Montana surveying right-wing boundaries

OUTDOOR POLITICS -- Two Associated Press news stories this week out of the Montana Legislature give sportsmen reason to pause and wonder if these are the healthiest approaches to the issues. Republicans enthused by Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s recent tough talk on wolves are getting…

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More swans sighted, but big freeze coming

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Another report on tundra swans in the region, this one coming from Warren Current in the Colville area: "Yesterday afternoon I saw seven tundra swans along the shoreline of Lake Roosevelt just south of Colville Flats (Highway 25). Other species in the…

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MONDAY, FEB. 21, 2011


Elk study begins in western Montana

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Forty-four cow elk in western Montana's Ravalli County have been equipped with GPS collars as part of an elk population study expected to last through 2013. Biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the University of Montana attached the collars earlier…

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SUNDAY, FEB. 20, 2011


SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 2011

Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum raises his arm in determination Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011, as his fish are weighed and he moves from 11th place to fourth place after the second day of the three-day Bassmaster Classic in New Orleans. (Gary Tramontina / B.A.S.S.)

Palaniuk was in a fog with top Bassmaster

PRO FISHING -- Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum told the Bassmaster Classic weigh-in crowd in New Orleans tonight that he was fishing this morning in thick a fog and could hear other anglers casting nearby, but he couldn’t see who was around him. Suddenly he realized…

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FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 2011


Fish and Wildlife Commission takes stand on merger bill

OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission issued a statement today voicing its opposition to a provision of bill being considered in the Washington Legislature that would reduce the commission’s authority. During a conference call, commissioners unanimously approved a statement objecting to the provision…

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