TRAILS -- More trails and roads have been temporary closed because of firefighting activity in the Hall Mountain area of the Colville National Forest near Sullivan Lake. Colville National Forest officials announced today that the Noisy Creek Fire is burning three miles east of Sullivan…
FISHING -- Anglers are a victim of their own success at Lake Roosevelt where the reservoir's first sturgeon fishing season will be closed after opening two months ago, a state fisheries manager said today. The closure, which hasn't yet been officially announced, is being set...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A wolf pack in northeastern Washington recently associated with a fourth confirmed attack on livestock since September -- despite the presence of range riders -- has triggered a protocol that authorizes lethal removal, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today....
FIRE SEASON -- Fire restrictions continue to tightened up throughout the region as land managers seek to prevent wildfires in hot and drying conditions. Potlatch Corporation has announced that effective Monday, July 24 that no campfires or open burning will be allowed on its property...
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