Eli Francovich

Current Position: Outdoors Reporter

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Eli Francovich

Eli Francovich joined the Spokesman Review in 2015. He currently is the Outdoors reporter for the SR.

Email: elif@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5508
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Sports > Outdoors

Washington wildlife managers extend public comment opportunity on contentious spring black bear hunt

UPDATED: Sat., Oct. 23, 2021

Washington wildlife managers extended the public comment period for a contentious spring bear hunt, Friday.

News > Washington

‘With open minds,’ Murray, Inslee detail process to consider breaching Snake River dams

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 22, 2021

WASHINGTON – Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday announced they will lead a regional process to consider “all options” to restore declining salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia River Basin, including the potential breaching of the Lower Snake River dams.

Sports > Outdoors

20-year legal tug-of-war between federal managers on the Snake River and conservation and tribal interests may be put on hold until next summer

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 21, 2021

A 20-year legal tug-of-war between federal managers on the Columbia and Snake rivers and conservation and tribal interests may be put on hold until next summer.

News > Washington

Homesteading family’s lasting legacy realized in agreement to return nearly 10,000 acres of habitat to Colville Tribes in conservation deal

UPDATED: Wed., Oct. 20, 2021

On a February day, with wind-whipped temperatures hitting 20 below Celsius, Colville tribal council members approved an unusual transaction at their office in Nespelem, Wash.

Sports > Outdoors

Massive male cougar captured, tagged in 2018 by biologists legally killed by hunter in northeast Washington

Sun., Oct. 17, 2021

A massive male cougar that was captured and tagged by biologists in 2018 was legally killed by a hunter on Sept. 9 in eastern Washington.

News > Washington

For the first time in a decade, Washington wildlife officials sample for chronic wasting disease on opening day of deer hunting season

Sun., Oct. 17, 2021

For the first time in a decade, Washington wildlife officials surveyed for a deadly neurological disease during Saturday's modern deer hunting season opener.

Sports > Outdoors

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.

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.

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.