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Outdoors blog archive for May 2015

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015



WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015


Western rattlesnake. (Jaimie Johnson)

Rattlesnake strike easier to handle in slo-mo

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- "They are pretty misunderstood creatures – honestly they will do almost anything to not bite someone." That's the up-close observation of Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson, who's been spending some quality time with rattlesnakes lately. He and his wife, Lisa, have been...

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Carson Blakesley of Post Falls caught one of the few really big rainbows swimming with the more average-sized trout in the net pens set up at Clear Lake for the annual Kids Fish-In on May 1. Colby Price, in the background, caught a big one, too. Both boys are 5 years old. RICH LANDERS richl@spokesman.com
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Emphasize fun while fishing with kids

FISHING -- Fishing is a time-tested, generations-approved way to have quality time with kids. But keep it cool. Going fishing is a way to get away from the pressure kids feel in mainstream sports and school. Idaho Fish and Game staffers have assembled some kid-fishing...

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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015

Hillary Landers shares the top of Scotchman Peak with mountain goats above Clark Fork, Idaho. (Rich Landers)

Scotchman Peaks group plans hikes, trail work 

PUBLIC LANDS -- The Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are launching another ambitious season of guided hikes, outings, trail work -- along with gentle advocacy for securing wilderness designation for a little piece of heaven northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. The group's newsletter, Peak...

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Rattlesnake (Jaime Johnson / Zenfolio.com)

Rattlesnake aversion clinic offered for dogs

HUNTING DOGS -- A rattlesnake aversion clinic for dogs is being offered June 26 in Lewiston by California-based Natural Solutions. The clinic is being promoted by Lewiston-area resident Shelly DeAtley, who lost her dog to a rattlesnake bite two years ago. "This is the second...

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MONDAY, MAY 18, 2015



FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2015


THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015


Grizzly bear roaming through Usk 

WILDLIFE -- Here's the latest news on a lowland grizzly in Pend Oreille County, from Northwest Sportsman magazine: Wildlife managers are keeping tabs on a grizzly that’s wandering in Pend Oreille County’s lowlands and so far isn’t causing any problems. Observed in recent weeks near...

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015






Pheasant hunting in South Dakota has become a huge economic boost thanks to habitat generated by CRP, officials say. (PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUTH DAKOTA TOURISM / The Spokesman-Review)

Hunters, wildlife finding fewer acres of CRP

HABITAT -- Higher prices for farm products in recent years resulted in acreage coming out of the federal Conservation Reserve Program and going under the plow. CRP acreage has produced a tremendous amount of habitat for upland birds, deer and other wildlife since its inception....

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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2015

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