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An app for a map: Wenatchee-based TREAD Maps brings real-time trail info to your phone

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Have you ever been on a trail and come up to a tree crossing the path, or a washed-out bridge, or an overflowing trash can in a municipal park, and thought, ‘I wish I had known about this before I started my hike?’ ”

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In brief: BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Eastern Washington

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Oct. 1

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Reader photo: Sweetly singing

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The Spokesman-Review’s high school outdoor writing contest is accepting submissions

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Field reports: Construction of Priest Lake Outlet Dam moving forward

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CaughtOvgard: Reflections during another Pacific Northwest fire season

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An app for a map: Wenatchee-based TREAD Maps brings real-time trail info to your phone

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Oregon man rides from Canada to Mexico for suicide awareness

Mon., Sept. 7, 2020

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Jeff Breckel appointed chair of Salmon Recovery Funding Board

Sat., Sept. 26, 2020

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Off the grid: The inevitable death of a mother

Mon., Sept. 21, 2020

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Field reports: Construction of Priest Lake Outlet Dam moving forward

Tue., Sept. 29, 2020

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Sept. 24

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An app for a map: Wenatchee-based TREAD Maps brings real-time trail info to your phone

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In brief: BLM Lifts Fire Restrictions in Eastern Washington

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

The Bureau of Land Management Spokane District has lifted the regulated fire closure on public lands administered by the BLM and the Bureau of Reclamation in Eastern Washington.

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Oct. 1

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

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Reader photo: Sweetly singing

Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Submit your own outdoors-related photographs for a chance to be published in our weekly print edition and browse our archive of past reader submissions online at spokesman.com/outdoors.

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Field reports: Construction of Priest Lake Outlet Dam moving forward

Tue., Sept. 29, 2020

The Idaho Water Resource Board has given Strider Construction, the contractor selected to enhance the Priest Lake Outlet Dam structure and replace the Thorofare breakwater at the north end of the lake, the green light to proceed with the Priest Lake Water Management project, officials said Monday.

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The Spokesman-Review’s high school outdoor writing contest is accepting submissions

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 30, 2020

Summer is ending, fall is on the doorstep and it’s time for area highs school students to rev their writing engines.

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Partnering to provide access and opportunity for all sportsmen

Mon., Sept. 28, 2020

Being in a wheelchair or using another assistive device can definitely be a deterrent, but it doesn’t have to mean the end of your hunting days.

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Hiking with dogs: Canine companions help female hiker escape everyday expectations

UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 27, 2020

The hustle and bustle of the everyday can gnaw at a person’s psyche.

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Jeff Breckel appointed chair of Salmon Recovery Funding Board

Sat., Sept. 26, 2020

OLYMPIA – The Salmon Recovery Funding Board, which awards approximately $80 million biennially to projects to improve salmon habitat, will see a change in leadership.

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Alan Liere: Wildlife artist creates vision to replace keepsakes lost to fire

Fri., Sept. 25, 2020

Artist Jim McGee was at his easel when I arrived, working to create a vision in oil paints on a piece of hardboard.

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Hiking the Selkirks: The meaningful inheritance of a route

Thu., Sept. 24, 2020

Every time I think I am about to embark on an epic new adventure into uncharted territory, my research lands me at the door of some local codger or outdoor enthusiast who says, “Great hike! I did that back in the spring of …” Typically, with equipment from their revolutionary ancestors or a pocket knife and some dried fruit.

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In brief: Northern pikeminnow reward program extended

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

This year’s Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Fishery, which for 30 years has paid anglers to catch qualifying northern pikeminnow in the Columbia River basin, has been extended through Oct. 11 at select registration stations. In addition, the program has increased incentives for anglers to help reduce the number of these predatory fish where threatened or endangered salmon or steelhead may be present.

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Sept. 24

Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

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Reader photo: Planning ahead

Wed., Sept. 23, 2020

Submit your own outdoors-related photographs for a chance to be published in our weekly print edition and browse our archive of past reader submissions online at spokesman.com/outdoors.

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Field reports: DNR reopens Eastern Washington recreation lands

Tue., Sept. 22, 2020

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources reopened all recreation lands east of the Cascades to recreation on Friday.

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Off the grid: The inevitable death of a mother

Mon., Sept. 21, 2020

There are entire manuals available on how to deal with the emotional fallout of the impending doom of our planet. Some might argue they were written for the snowflakes, but now I hope there are a few extra copies for me.

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Wildlife, habitat take devastating hit from wildfires across region

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 21, 2020

The immediate public concern as wildfires have ravaged portions of Eastern Washington this month is the human suffering, destruction of property and the pall of hazardous smoke. Behind the headlines is the silent anguish of wild creatures.

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Dave Nichols: Building hunting memories as satisfying as harvesting game

Thu., Sept. 17, 2020

Despite looking the part with my “Grizzly Adams” beard, I’m not much of an outdoorsman, if I’m being honest.

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2020: Idaho elk, whitetails thrive; mule deer bouncing back

Thu., Sept. 17, 2020

Deer and elk hunters should see plenty of game in Idaho during fall hunts as mild winters have helped mule deer herds hit hard in recent years to rebound, and elk herds continue to soar and harvests have come roaring back over the past six years.

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S-R Hunting Outlook 2020: Plentiful migratory birds en route; good local duck hatch

Thu., Sept. 17, 2020

Washington offers a wide variety of waterfowl hunting options, ranging from deep saltwater areas to dry land agricultural fields. The many types of habitat in the state support opportunities for waterfowl ranging from mallards, Canada geese and snow geese, to sea ducks and brant.

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