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Venison is the most eco-friendly food on the planet – if you hunt the deer yourself

Mon., Oct. 11, 2021

Fishing

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Oct. 7

Wed., Oct. 6, 2021

Hiking

After a stifling summer, fall brings crisp air, sharp colors

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 7, 2021

Wintersports

Washington Sno-Park fees set to increase this winter

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 6, 2021

Conservation

High schoolers tracked Idaho wolf pack for years, and feds killed eight of the pups, conservationists say

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 2021

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Off the grid: Good dogs versus the wildlife

Fri., Oct. 1, 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 Oct. 7

Wed., Oct. 6, 2021

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Off the Grid: A garden that grows more than vegetables

Sat., Oct. 16, 2021

Autumn. The leaves are turning hues of gold and red. The sound of the wind rustling through them has a subtle crispness to it, different from the soft and lush rush of the summer breeze.

News > Pacific NW

Why did thousands of Chinook salmon die this month in the Nooksack River’s South Fork?

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

BELLINGHAM – The South Fork of the Nooksack River has become a graveyard for one of the region’s key species: Thousands of chinook salmon have died due to high temperatures and low water flows since last month, according to a Lummi Nation news release on Friday.

Sports > Outdoors

Yellowstone crews scale back search for Utah conservationist

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

The National Park Service has scaled back the search for Kim Crumbo, a conservationist from Utah who disappeared along with his brother during a Yellowstone backcountry trip in September.

Sports > Outdoors

Idaho reaches deal to reimburse hunters who kill wolves

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 15, 2021

Idaho officials will make available up to $200,000 to be divided into payments for hunters and trappers who kill wolves in the state through next summer.

Sports > Outdoors

One hunter’s decadeslong quest for bighorn in the rugged canyons of the Salmon River

Thu., Oct. 14, 2021

Rich Carignan scrambled up a craggy ridge in Idaho’s steep Salmon River country.

Sports > Outdoors

Public comment on Washington’s spring bear hunting seasons coming to a close

Thu., Oct. 14, 2021

The public comment period on Washington's spring bear hunting season regulations will close Oct. 21.

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Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Oct. 14

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 2021

Alan Liere’s fishing-hunting report for Oct. 14

Sports > Outdoors

Reader photo: High-altitude colors

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 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.

Sports > Outdoors

FWP undergoing restructuring with new Parks and Recreation division

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 2021

The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks has begun a significant restructuring including the hiring of new upper management that will oversee a gamut of responsibilities from statewide site maintenance to recreation management.

News > Idaho

The Northwest Lights: Aurora borealis makes rare appearance in Eastern Washington, North Idaho sky

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 2021

The natural fireworks display normally visible only on the northernmost and southernmost extremes of our planet made a stop in Eastern Washington and North Idaho on Monday night.

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High schoolers tracked Idaho wolf pack for years, and feds killed eight of the pups, conservationists say

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 2021

Students at Timberline High School in Boise, Idaho, have been studying a group of wolves - known as the Timberline wolf pack - in a nearby national forest since 2003. But sometime in the spring, biologists who track the pack noticed its den was empty, which was unusual, said wolf conservationist Suzanne Asha Stone.

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Venison is the most eco-friendly food on the planet – if you hunt the deer yourself

Mon., Oct. 11, 2021

I spent the past eight months writing a book about the good things that happen when you put down your phone, roll up your sleeves and go outside to find something to eat, so I naturally also gave some thought to the environmental implications of those foods.

Sports > Outdoors

Deadly wildlife disease continues to ravage deer populations in Idaho, Washington although cold weather will likely slow spread

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 10, 2021

Since the outbreak of two deadly drought-related wildlife diseases in August, there have been more than 500 reports of sick or dead deer in Eastern Washington.

Sports > Outdoors

Dry summer emphasizes threat of climate change to Yellowstone National Park

Sun., Oct. 10, 2021

In June, some areas of Yellowstone National Park received less than one quarter the amount of precipitation compared to the 30-year average.

News > Nation

As Biden restores national monuments, Western Republicans tout alternative conservation plan

Sat., Oct. 9, 2021

WASHINGTON – In January, just a week after he became president, Joe Biden set an ambitious goal of conserving 30% of the nation’s land and waters by 2030, and in May his administration outlined a set of principles guiding that “30 by 30” initiative.

News > Health

11 bodies of water in North Idaho have been hit by toxic algae this year compared to three last year – here’s what’s going on

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 13, 2021

Scorching temperatures led to a steep increase in public health advisories for harmful algae blooms this year in northern Idaho bodies of water.

Sports > Outdoors

Collared grizzly spotted in North Idaho

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 8, 2021

A collared grizzly bear was spotted in North Idaho, Wednesday.

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After a stifling summer, fall brings crisp air, sharp colors

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 7, 2021

It was, in my experience, an oppressive summer.

Sports > Outdoors

As biodiversity loss, climate change stretch WDFW’s resources, Commission considers what conservation means

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 8, 2021

In mid-September, a subset of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife commission wrestled with a deceitfully existential question: What does conservation mean?

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