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Outdoors blog archive for Feb. 12, 2015

THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 2015

The Ruby Creek wolf was trapped, radio collared and released by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists in 2013 (Rich Landers)

Ruby Creek wolf caught, taken to Wolf Haven 15 

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A wolf that had become habituated to humans, and could cause problems if left in the wild, was captured Wednesday (Feb. 11) by state wildlife officials in northeast Washington and placed in a Western Washington wolf sanctuary. The adult female wolf, the...

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Thawing mountain roads too soft for wheels

PUBLIC LANDS -- It feels like spring, but the roads and trails don't know that. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office today warned mountain travelers to be wary of unplowed mountain roads after an unspecified number of travelers got trapped in snow softened by warm weather.…

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