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S-R Hunting Outlook 2021: Fires, drought pose challenges for Washington big game hunters, opportunity remains

UPDATED: 9:30 a.m.

Big game hunters in Eastern Washington faces a host of uncertainties this year, including the lingering impacts of a drought, forest fires and the outbreak of two wildlife diseases. Biologists with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife say there will still be opportunity to fill a tag.

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2021: Fires, drought pose challenges for Washington big game hunters, opportunity remains

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2021: Idaho big game hunters should have it good, but some disease concerns

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2021: Ten tips for safe firearm handling while hunting

Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

With many hunters heading outdoors with firearms, it is a good time to think about gun safety.

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Sept. 23

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Sept. 23

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Reader photo: Amazing squirrels

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 22, 2021

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Oregon to charge out-of-state RV campers 25% more

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 22, 2021

Oregon will charge campers from outside the state a 25% fee for RV sites in dozens of campgrounds because of increased demand for the spaces.

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Washington Department of Natural Resources lifts statewide burn ban

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 22, 2021

The Washington Department of Natural Resources lifted a statewide burn ban, Monday.

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2021: Bird hunters flush with anticipation

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

The trends make it easy to be pessimistic about upland bird hunting seasons in Eastern Washington. But a hunter with a bird dog has at least one compelling reason to go out. With some planning, foot work and luck – they’ll both be fulfilled, and perhaps pleasantly surprised.

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2021: Hard-to-predict waterfowl show promise

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 23, 2021

This waterfowl season is difficult to predict, as the USFWS Waterfowl Breeding Duck Population and Habitat Survey was canceled for the second time because of the COVID virus.

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Cold, rain and COVID-19 force cancellation of Spokatopia for second consecutive year

UPDATED: Sat., Sept. 18, 2021

One of Spokane's premiere outdoor festivals has been cancelled for the second straight year.

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Researchers at Washington State University find that elk hoof disease spreads in soil

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

Scientists at Washington State University’s Elk Hoof Disease Research team have discovered healthy elk can contract the debilitating ailment by contact with contaminated soil.

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Off the Grid: The autumnal invasion

Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

This time of year, my favorite household appliance is the shop vacuum. I like my shop vac to have the suction power of a black hole so I can aim it at offending critters, secure my ear protection, and watch whatever it is approaching the afterlife in breach, helpless and confused, before it makes a satisfying THWOOT sound into the eternal holding space that is my vacuum.

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White catfish catch shatters state, and maybe, world record

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 17, 2021

A white catfish caught in Connecticut last month has smashed a state record and could also be a world record for the species – though the evidence has been eaten.

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Outdoor clubs, guides consider whether to mandate vaccines in light of COVID-19 surge

Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

In late August, the Nepalese government ordered that all visitors entering the Everest region of Nepal must be vaccinated. While the mechanism by which the government will enforce that mandate is not clear, it raises a parallel question for U.S. outdoor guides and clubs as the COVID-19 delta variant surges.To mandate a vaccine, or not?

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To 70-year-old Idaho man, mountains are ‘something special.’ He’s climbed more than 3,000

Thu., Sept. 16, 2021

Just a few days after his 70th birthday, Jon Fredland hit another milestone. The Nampa man ascended his 3,000th mountain peak, an achievement that speaks to countless days spent in the outdoors.

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Sept. 16

Wed., Sept. 15, 2021

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Sept. 16

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Reader Photo: Flirty moose rebuffed

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 15, 2021

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U.S. tribes demand emergency protection for wolves

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 15, 2021

Dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration Tuesday to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves, saying states have become too aggressive in hunting the animal.

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State land managers to reopen 2.3 million acres of Eastern Washington lands Thursday

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 15, 2021

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When it rains, it pours, when you are traveling with me

Mon., Sept. 13, 2021

Rain.A downpour so long that it didn’t stop during the entire four-hour drive to the trailhead.Rain so heavy that oncoming headlights blindingly reflected off the highway.A deluge so intense that it sounded as if the drops would soon pierce the car’s metal roof.Rain so drenching that a red fox appeared ashamed that its usually fluffy coat had been flattened.

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