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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for March 25

UPDATED: Wed., March 24, 2021

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Rainbow trout removal project proposed on wilderness stream that flows into Yellowstone

Mon., April 5, 2021

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With outdoor use higher than ever, the question has to be asked: Who pays?

UPDATED: Sun., March 21, 2021

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Pieps avalanche beacon recalled

UPDATED: Tue., March 9, 2021

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Toppled trees provide primo bark beetle habitat, prompting temporary Mineral Ridge recreation area closure

UPDATED: Thu., April 8, 2021

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Off the Grid: When your husband decides to move in

Fri., April 2, 2021

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Spokane Audubon’s March 10 online meeting will feature Texas hawk watch

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 28, 2021

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for March 25

UPDATED: Wed., March 24, 2021

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Conditions are perfect for spring turkey hunts in Washington, Idaho

Sun., April 11, 2021

With spring turkey season just days away in Washington and Idaho, bird numbers are healthy, and the crafty critters are well distributed throughout vast areas of the two states.

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Northrup Canyon hiking, near Grand Coulee Dam, a spectacular lesson in history, ecology and geology

Sun., April 11, 2021

Spring, and all its showers, is here. Which means it's the perfect time to hike in Washington's shrub lands - a unique ecosystem west of Spokane that, despite its seemingly drab appearance, features a smorgasbord of life: wildflowers, golden eagles, mule deer, burrowing owls, too many grasses to count and, of course, shrubs.

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Wildlife crossing project on Highway 97 may receive $18 million from legislature

Sun., April 11, 2021

A wildlife crossing project in the Okanogan Valley may get $18 million in state money.

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Officials: Yellowstone-area grizzly bear deaths up from 2019

UPDATED: Sat., April 10, 2021

A Montana state report made public this week showed that grizzly bear deaths in parts of Yellowstone National Park increased last year and were higher than the 10-year average, wildlife officials said.

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After debuting new logo, Schweitzer faces harsh online criticism

UPDATED: Sat., April 10, 2021

Schweitzer Mountain Resort rebranded Wednesday, debuting a new logo and a simplified name.Not everyone was pleased.

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Yellowstone bison migration minimal; hunter kills down, trapping paused

Fri., April 9, 2021

Fewer bison migrated out of Yellowstone National Park this winter, reducing the hunter harvest to almost 170 animals, according to numbers compiled by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.

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Toppled trees provide primo bark beetle habitat, prompting temporary Mineral Ridge recreation area closure

UPDATED: Thu., April 8, 2021

As the trail switch backed and gained elevation the damage from January’s windstorm became visible.“This is where it starts to pick up,” said Debbie Paul a Bureau of Land Management Forester in Coeur d’Alene.Paul was hiking the Mineral Ridge trail, a popular 3.3-mile trail near Coeur d’Alene, in late February. A massive January windstorm toppled hundreds of trees in the 206-acre recreation area. Wind gusts as high as 61 mph splintered and ripped trees from the ground, mostly Douglas and Grand firs. Now, these trees are scattered like matchsticks across the hillside.

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for April 8

UPDATED: Wed., April 7, 2021

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for April 8

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Reader photo: Spring mallards

UPDATED: Wed., April 7, 2021

Web extra: 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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Inslee appoints director of recreation and conservation office

UPDATED: Wed., April 7, 2021

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Wednesday the appointment of Megan Duffy as the new director of the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office, the largest state agency grantor of funding for outdoor recreation and habitat conservation efforts in Washington.

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Volunteer campground hosts needed for Lower Salmon River

UPDATED: Wed., April 7, 2021

The Idaho Bureau of Land Management’s Cottonwood Field Office is in search of a volunteer campground host for its popular Hammer Creek Campground and Recreation Site.

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Condé Nast Traveler names Washington’s Palouse Falls one of ‘eight waterfalls in the U.S. worth traveling for’

UPDATED: Thu., April 8, 2021

The magazine Condé Nast Traveler named Washington's Palouse Falls one of "eight waterfalls in the U.S. worth traveling for," in a Monday story.

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Rainbow trout removal project proposed on wilderness stream that flows into Yellowstone

Mon., April 5, 2021

In an attempt to protect Yellowstone cutthroat trout in one of their native strongholds, three agencies are joining forces in a proposal to remove rainbow trout from Buffalo Creek in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness.

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Q-and-A with the Kootenai Environmental Alliance’s new executive director

Sun., April 4, 2021

Idaho's longest lasting environmental advocacy organization has a new executive director.

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After perilous climbing fall, Idaho outdoorsman has lessons to share on pride, safety

Sat., April 3, 2021

For weeks after his accident, Michael Lanza woke up each morning replaying the fall.

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Idaho Fish and Game Commission cancels two meetings, postpones agenda until May 6

UPDATED: Fri., April 2, 2021

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has canceled telephone conference calls scheduled for April 1 Thursday and April 15. The April 1 Thursday’s call was to discuss pending legislation, but the Idaho Legislature will be out of session at that time.

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Spokane Audubon meeting features Yellowstone, Grand Teton wildlife photography

UPDATED: Fri., April 2, 2021

Wildlife photography in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, presented by photographer Ralph Kerr of Couer d’Alene, is the program at the Spokane Audubon Society’s April 14 on-line meeting.

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Off the Grid: When your husband decides to move in

Fri., April 2, 2021

My husband got a job in town. The same town I live in. For the entirety of our friendship, courtship, and marriage, our relationship has been based on 48-hour-intervals and social media engagements. Needless to say, I’m panicking.

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Grizzly guru tries to defuse human conflicts with bears

Thu., April 1, 2021

In 1988, the renowned grizzly bear biologist Tim Manley was working as a research assistant on the South Fork Flathead River, trying to devise a reliable method for counting grizzlies in the dense and mountainous terrain of the Northern Continental Divide. More than a decade had passed since the species was federally protected in 1975, and a critical piece of the recovery puzzle remained missing: What is an accurate baseline population for grizzlies?

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In what is hailed as a conservation success story, bald eagle numbers have soared

UPDATED: Sat., April 3, 2021

The number of bald eagles — a species that once came dangerously close to extinction — in the United States has more than quadrupled over the last dozen years despite massive declines in overall bird populations, government scientists announced Tuesday.

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