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Outdoors skills workshop set for women

Fishing skills are taught at the Washington Outdoor Women workshops. (courtesy)
Fishing skills are taught at the Washington Outdoor Women workshops. (courtesy)

SKILLS – The Washington Outdoor Women annual fall workshop, for adult women and girls age 9-12, will feature activities such as fishing, hunting and outdoor-skills clinics near North Bend Sept. 12-14.

Volunteer instructors will guide the sessions at Camp Waskowitz, including four biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, who will teach outdoor skills ranging from wildlife identification and freshwater fishing to map and compass reading.

WOW is a non-profit program dedicated to teaching women and girls outdoor skills and natural resource stewardship. The organization is an educational outreach program of the Washington Wildlife Federation.

Info: (425) 455-1986, washingtonoutdoorwomen.org



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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