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Outdoors blog archive for March 29, 2011

TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2011


Idaho sets fall big-game hunting seasons

HUNTING -- In response to changes in elk populations, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted today to approve big game hunting seasons that reduce or eliminate antlerless elk tags in some areas, according to a new release just issued by the state Fish and…

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Idaho sets spring chinook fishing seasons

FISHING -- Idaho anglers will be able to start fishing for chinook salmon on April 23, according to seasons set today by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. Chinook will open in the Clearwater River, Snake River, Little Salmon and part of the lower Salmon…

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Upper Palouse Falls, just a short way above the main falls in Palouse Falls State Park. These falls virtually dry up by summer. (Karen Heaps)

Upper Palouse Falls worth a hike 

HIKING -- This is prime time to visit Palouse Falls State Park, where the water is rushing and the landscape is starting to get green. But don't be content to view the falls just from the parking lot overlook. Steve and Karen Heaps of Spokane…

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A gray wolf, photographed by an automatic field camera, came to feed on an Angus bull carcass above the South Hills recently.  (Courtesy photo)

Cougar, wolf briefly share windfall feast

PREDATORS -- An Angus bull that died last month from injuries after fighting with another bull near Missoula attracted the who's who of non-hibernating predators into the unblinking lens of a motion-activated camera. A lone gray wolf spent just 18 minutes feeding on the carcass…

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Conservation groups lost political capital in wolf issue

CONSERVATION -- The environmental movement is facing serious challenges in the current political and economic climate. Considering bills in state legislatures and in Congress, some conservationists believe they've lost considerable political capitol in their tough stance to prolonging endangered species status for the gray wolf…

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Oregon finds abusers of wildlife tax benefit

CONSERVATION -- An Oregon tax incentive to preserve wildlife habitat has been grossly abused by some property owners forcing the state to put the brakes on new sign ups until oversight is beefed up. In one case, a homeowner received tax deductions for "wildlife habitat"…

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The Steele Turkey Farm on Moran Prairie.  (The Spokesman-Review)

Wild turkey pre-running Bloomsday course

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I'm a little late getting into the office today, distracted by a wild turkey crossing in front of the S-R building and heading west on Riverside Ave., across Monroe Street -- traffic kindly giving it the right of way in a Spokane-friendly…

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