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Off the Grid: Being in nature has no prerequisites

Off the Grid: Being in nature has no prerequisites

There are times when I wonder if I even belong in the outdoors. My thighs rub together, my shorts are always riding up, sometimes I walk the hills, I’m scared of wooden mountain bike features, I ate corn salsa and a melted chocolate bar for breakfast, and I’m carrying the collective calories of three weeks of Italian gluten-free pasta.

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News >  Nation/World

Feds release plans for $2.6B in climate and fisheries spending

UPDATED: Wed., June 7, 2023

Washington state and Native American tribes in the Pacific Northwest are positioned to score some of $2.6 billion for climate and fisheries programs the Biden administration unveiled on Tuesday. But how much of the money could eventually end up in this corner of the country isn’t yet clear.
Sports >  Outdoors

Alan Liere’s hunt-fish report for June 8

UPDATED: Wed., June 7, 2023

A disappointing night of still fishing on Loon Lake this week that saw zero kokanee bites for three anglers, pretty much convinced me that while the kokanee in Loon are large, there are darn few of them.

Sports >  Outdoors

Reader photo: Great gray owl on the prowl

UPDATED: Wed., June 7, 2023

Buck Domitrovich took this photo of great gray owl leaving its perch for the evening hunt on Friday in southwest Montana. The owls hunt from a low perch and glide silently down onto their prey.
Sports >  Outdoors

Off the Grid: Being in nature has no prerequisites

UPDATED: Wed., June 7, 2023

There are times when I wonder if I even belong in the outdoors. My thighs rub together, my shorts are always riding up, sometimes I walk the hills, I’m scared of wooden mountain bike features, I ate corn salsa and a melted chocolate bar for breakfast, and I’m carrying the collective calories of three weeks of Italian gluten-free pasta.
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Mount Rainier search continues for acclaimed Spokane climber Dawes Eddy

UPDATED: Tue., June 6, 2023

A search continued Monday for longtime Spokane mountain climber Dawes Eddy, 80, who was reported missing Thursday during another solo climb to Mount Rainier's summit. He'd left May 30 to ascend the Ingraham Direct route, and Eddy said he planned to return the next day. Eddy, an experienced climber, reported ahead of his departure to park rangers that this trip marked his 50th ascent of Mount Rainier. "Starting on Thursday, June 1, the park initiated a search using both ground and aerial resources," said Terry Wildy, a Mount Rainier National Park ranger, on Monday. Wildy said the search is ongoing and that weather conditions are favorable.
Sports >  Outdoors

Idaho ski areas offer summer adventures

Eleven Idaho ski areas offer summertime mountain biking. Of those, eight are providing lift-served all season and several others are introducing new trails this season, according to Ski Idaho.
Sports >  Outdoors

Alan Liere’s hunt-fish report for June 1

UPDATED: Wed., May 31, 2023

Busy boat ramps can be stressful enough already, so new boaters should practice backing boat trailers at home before attempting to launch at the lake. Veteran boaters should also remember that everyone had a first season launching a boat, and there are a lot of new boaters out there.
Sports >  Outdoors

Off the Grid: Steep is a state of mind

UPDATED: Wed., May 31, 2023

The cure for carsickness, it appears, can be found in the panacea of sheer terror of one plummeting over a narrow cliff-edge road (run off by a tourist bus or a horde of Vespas, no doubt) and completing a series of vehicular somersaults from one precarious switchback over another and another, leading to a silent moment of mid-air suspension before crashing into the Mediterranean sea.