Almost the last place to look for a tick on your dog
DOGS -- Ticks have been known to go where the sun don't shine, but this is a first in my book. Check your dog -- thoroughly.
Outdoors blog archive for May 3, 2016
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016
Pacific NW Trail advisory group meeting this week
TRAILS --The citizen council that advises the Forest Service on the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail will meet Wednesday and Thursday, May 4-5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, Washington. The PNWT runs 1,200 miles from the…
More post-fires issues: landslides, washouts block forest roads
PUBLIC LANDS -- As the snow recedes in the mountains this spring, more and more carnage resulting from 2015 wildfires is showing up on national forests. Here's thelatest report from the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests in Central Washington: On April 27, there was a landslide just…
Weed warriors plan missions in Scotchman Peaks area
PUBLIC LANDS -- Volunteers are needed to inventory invasive weed species in the Lightning Creek area north of Clark Fork, Idaho, in a program organized by the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. With a grant from the National Forest Foundation, volunteers will be trained...
Fly fishing report, seminars on area trout streams at Silver Bow
FISHING -- The cutthroats are looking up and that means the dry fly fishing action is looking up, too, on area trout streams. Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley, which has scheduled seminars to help anglers tune in to the action, also posted this...
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