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WA State Parks and Rec Commission to vote on Mount Spokane master plan

UPDATED: Thu., July 9, 2026

A plan meant to guide the next 20 years at Mount Spokane State Park faces its final hurdle on Thursday.

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Hairy situation: Washington biologists using hair snare corrals to study black bear population

UPDATED: Fri., July 3, 2026

SPRINGDALE, Wash. – There’s nothing fancy about the corrals wildlife biologists use to snag bear hair.

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WDFW proposes fish species shuffle at Fish Lake

UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2026

A brook trout lake near Cheney could become a bass and bluegill lake if Washington fisheries biologists have their way.

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Not enough fish: Washington cancels sockeye season on upper Columbia

UPDATED: Sat., June 27, 2026

Mike Mauk always expects June to be busy.

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Mother moose: Cow moose spotted with triplets in North Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2026

A familiar cow moose has been spotted in north Spokane for the third consecutive year, and this time, she brought something rare.

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WDFW to kill up to 2 wolves in southeast Washington in response to cattle attacks

UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2026

Washington wildlife officials will try to kill as many as two wolves from a pack in southeast Washington in response to a series of attacks on cattle.

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Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road opens

UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2026

A road that winds through one of the West’s most gorgeous national parks is open to cars for the season.

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Part tying, part carving: How Derek Darst turns deer hair into elaborate bass bugs

Fri., May 1, 2026

The most important part of tying a topwater bass fly is putting enough hair on the hook. So, one Saturday morning in early April, Derek Darst just kept adding more.

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Groups planning work on Idaho trails into the Salmo-Priest Wilderness

UPDATED: Sat., April 25, 2026

No part of Idaho is officially included in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness, but you can get there from a few trails that begin in the Panhandle.

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Chopaka Lake Campground to stay open as WA Department of Natural Resources announces site closures

UPDATED: Wed., April 22, 2026

A campground on one of Washington’s most beloved fly-fishing lakes will stay open this year despite closure threats.

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Washington wolf numbers up 17%

UPDATED: Fri., April 17, 2026

The gray wolf population in Washington bounced back last year after recording its first decline in 16 years.

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Clean-up time: Land managers, trail groups facing big mess in the forests after December storms

UPDATED: Sat., April 18, 2026

There’s no way to know exactly how many trees fell in the forest over the past few months, regardless of whether they made a sound.

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WA Fish and Wildlife Commission meets this week

UPDATED: Fri., April 17, 2026

The panel that oversees the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will meet this week, the first such gathering since one of its members sued the top administrators at the agency it oversees.

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Idaho Fish and Game investigating illegal killing of two elk at Farragut State Park

UPDATED: Tue., April 14, 2026

Wildlife officials are investigating the illegal killing of two elk at a state park in North Idaho.

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Low snowpack likely to mean low rivers this summer

Fri., April 10, 2026

There will be water in the rivers this summer, but there might not be much of it.

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Jim Whittaker, Washington native and first American to climb Everest, dies at 97

UPDATED: Wed., April 8, 2026

Jim Whittaker, the famous Washington mountaineer who was the first American to summit Mount Everest and later became the CEO of outdoor retailer REI, died Tuesday at his home in Port Townsend, Washington. He was 97.

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Relocation project aims to give fishers a boost in North Idaho

UPDATED: Fri., April 3, 2026

Fishers aren’t easy to find.

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Washington’s reintroduced fisher populations doing well, but biologist says work isn’t over

UPDATED: Fri., April 3, 2026

The work to restore fishers to Western Washington seems to be paying off, with the small carnivores exploring new habitat and finding a way to make a living in places where they were once trapped to extinction.

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A new hunting and fishing license this year comes with a question: Print or digital? | Michael Wright

UPDATED: Mon., March 30, 2026

When renewing my Washington hunting and fishing licenses last week, I was forced to confront the question of digital or print.

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Track chair gets more people onto Riverside State Park trails

Fri., March 27, 2026

There’s been a new way to get around on Riverside State Park trails over the past few months.

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Schweitzer to end ski season a week early

UPDATED: Fri., March 27, 2026

The season is coming to a close earlier than planned at the largest ski resort in Idaho.

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Idaho forest land near Mount Spokane protected from development

UPDATED: Wed., March 25, 2026

A large chunk of private forest land near Mount Spokane is now permanently protected from development.

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Environmentalists sue over Washington’s new game management plan

UPDATED: Wed., March 25, 2026

Environmentalists have sued Washington over its plan for managing more than 50 game species including elk, deer and black bears, arguing that its approval violated state law.

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Tails, wings and spreadsheets: At wing bee, biologists search for details on Washington’s forest grouse populations

UPDATED: Fri., March 20, 2026

Matt Brinkman knew something was off as soon as he pulled the wing and tail out of the brown paper bag.

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Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park closes for the season

UPDATED: Mon., March 16, 2026

The season is over at Spokane’s backyard ski hill.