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Outdoors blog archive for Jan. 1, 2014

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2014



THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014





Still on the move: This Tuesday photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Game shows OR-7, the Oregon wolf that has trekked across two states looking for a mate, on a sagebrush hillside in Modoc County, Calif. A California Department of Fish and Game biologist spotted the wolf and took this photo while out visiting ranchers in the area. (Associated Press)

California to consider listing wolf endangered

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A state board is considering endangered species status for the gray wolf endangered species status, giving it a chance at returning to California in significant numbers after a decades-long hiatus. Just one wolf from Oregon has been tracked in recent years crossing…

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2014




Towell Falls on Rock Creek in the Escure Ranch south of Sprague, Wash., managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. (Mary Aegerter)

BLM opens Escure Ranch road to Towell Falls

PUBLIC LANDS -- The gate has been opened temporarily at Escure Ranch to allow motor vehicles to drive the road less than three miles into Towell Falls, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Spokane office has announced. The 14,000-acre BLM Rock Creek Recreation Area site…

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Mica Bay Boater Park closed for tree removal

​ BOATING -- The Mica Bay Boater Park on Lake Coeur d'Alene has been closed temporarily until hazardous trees can be removed, according to the Bureau of Land Management Coeur d’Alene Field Office. Closure of the popular lake access site will continue while operators work…

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Arrowleaf balsamroot brightens the Wenaha River Trail into the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness near Troy, Ore. (Paul Knowles)

Wenaha River trail in full bloom for hikers

BACKPACKING -- This has been a perfect week to backpack the Wenaha River trail into the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness. Here's what Paul Knowles, Spokane County Parks planner, had to say after returning from a weekend trek into the area Went down to the Wenaha this weekend.…

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UI summer science camps let nature be teacher

NATURE -- The University of Idaho is offering summer science camps that allow youths grades 6 through 11 to go outdoors for hands-on discovery. Enrollment is open for students interested in spending a week The McCall Outdoor Science School on the shores of Payette Lake…

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TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2014








Near Vantage, Wash., vast areas of the Columbia River reservoir behind Wanapum Dam are dewatered as repairs are worked out for a crack in the dam discovered in February 2014. (Tyler Tjomsland)

Trucks ready to haul salmon around Wanapum Dam

FISHING – As construction workers race against the biological clocks of salmon to make fish ladders at Wanapum Dam operational, state fishery managers say they are standing ready with an alternate plan to truck spring chinook up the Columbia River. Shortly after discovering a 65-foot-long…

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