Michael Wright

Current Position: outdoors editor

Michael Wright joined The Spokesman-Review as outdoors editor in July 2023.

Email: michaelw@spokesman.com
Phone: (509) 459-5508

Most Recent Stories

Sports > Outdoors

To the woods: Washington’s forest grouse season opens Sunday

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

The season of long walks with a shotgun is upon us.

Sports > Outdoors

Washington bans feeding wildlife in parts of Spokane County to aid CWD fight

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

Wildlife feeding is now formally off limits in parts of Spokane County under a new rule announced Thursday as part of the state’s fight against chronic wasting disease.

Sports > Outdoors

Washington OKs killing of more wolves in northeast Washington

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 13, 2024

Another wolfpack is under the gun after a series of attacks on livestock.

Sports > Outdoors

Test of time: The Wilderness Act at 60

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

CABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS – A little less than a half-mile up the trail to Leigh Lake, just about when the incline begins to get annoying, there’s a light blue sign screwed to a tree.

Sports > Outdoors

More day hikers: How wilderness use has shifted over time

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 6, 2024

When the Wilderness Act was signed into law in 1964, the thought was that it would preserve a distinct form of recreation – the sort of long trips that had hikers or hunters disappearing into the woods for days at a time.

Sports > Outdoors

Pullman lab that handles chronic wasting disease testing prepares for busy fall

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 4, 2024

The lab that handles chronic wasting disease testing for Washington is preparing for a busy fall.

Sports > Outdoors

Michael Wright: Ready or not, here fall comes

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 31, 2024

Mornings felt different this week. Crisp and cool. Dew on the grass, occasionally on the car. At least once, I heard geese honking their way south. My ears got cold on dog walks, and that thick flannel shirt rediscovered its purpose.

Sports > Outdoors

Washington lines out emergency rules for CWD

UPDATED: Sat., Aug. 24, 2024

Washington officials have signed off on a suite of emergency rules meant to stem the spread of chronic wasting disease, including mandatory testing in three hunting districts and transport restrictions for dead animals.

Sports > Outdoors

Idaho plans special hunt after CWD confirmed in Panhandle

UPDATED: Wed., Aug. 21, 2024

A special deer hunt will begin Saturday in North Idaho in response to the area’s first case of chronic wasting disease.