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Zinke memo hints cuts to four national monuments including 90 percent of Bears Ears

Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

PUBLIC LANDS – Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially opening up hundreds of thousand or even millions of acres of land revered for natural beauty and historical significance to mining, logging and...

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Coal spilled from train derailment smoldering along Clark Fork River

Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

ENVIRONMENT -- A month after a train derailment spilled up to 30 car loads of coal down the bank of the Clark Fork River, the coal is still there settling down into the water, and it's smoldering. Photos snapped by residents of the Heron, Montana, area on...

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Renewed interest in oil drilling in Arctic Wildlife Refuge mobilizes wilderness advocates

Sun., Sept. 17, 2017

Dan Ashe, who rose from the ranks of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 to become its 16th director, finally got his chance to visit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in September 2013. He flew to the farthest corner of northeast Alaska to accompany his son on a caribou hunt.

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Master plan underway for Liberty Lake park

Sat., Sept. 16, 2017

Development of a long-range master plan for Liberty Lake Regional Park is underway with a public workshop set for Thursday at 3 p.m. at City of Liberty Lake Council Chambers, 22710 E. Country Vista Dr.

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Introduction clarifies Zickler’s devotion to sport of fly fishing

Fri., Sept. 15, 2017

Introduction clarifies Zickler's devotion to sport of fly fishing

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Harts Pass Road to Pasayten closed by Diamond Creek Fire; hunters displaced

Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Harts Pass Road to Pasayten closed by Diamond Creek Fire; hunters displaced

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Harts Pass Road access to Pasayten closed by Diamond Creek Fire; hunters displaced

Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Harts Pass Road access to Pasayten closed by Diamond Creek Fire; hunters displaced

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Yellowstone grizzly bear killed after raiding backcountry camps

Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Yellowstone grizzly bear killed after raiding backcountry camps

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Idaho hunter reports illegal ATV riders, collects $500 reward

Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Idaho hunter reports illegal ATV riders, collects $500 reward

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Spokane fly fisher, FFI president, angling for sport’s future

Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Len Zicker jokes that his wife made “the mistake of a lifetime” in buying him a fly rod as a gift in 1995. Certainly it changed the course of his life, and maybe the course of an North American fly fishing organization.

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Don’t sleep on ‘late’ fishing area lakes

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Worries that spring flooding would ruin this season’s fishing at stocked trout lakes in the Spokane region never panned out, at least not at Williams Lake.

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Avista powerline work starts on South Hill bluff; some trails affected

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

TRAILS -- Some South Hill bluff trails will be temporarily closed off and on during the next two months as Avista uses vehicles and occasionally a helicopter to replace 2.7 miles of transmission line through the area. Work has started this week and will likely...

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Tough hunters sought to cull bison in Grand Canyon

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Tough hunters sought to cull bison in Grand Canyon

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St. Joe-area wildfire what doctor ordered for elk

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

WILDLIFE HABITAT -- While wildfires can be devastating in some cases, a lightning strike in the Snow Peak Wildlife Management area of Unit 9 on the Idaho Panhandle fits the prescription for rejuvenating big-game habitat. "The Buck Fire had burned over 1,200 acres in the...

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Montana proposes limits on upper Bitterroot River fishing guides

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Montana proposes limits on upper Bitterroot River fishing guides

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Bird dog training restrictions to air in Montana meetings

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Bird dog training restrictions to air in Montana meetings

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Bear spray credited with warding off grizzly attack

Tue., Sept. 12, 2017

Bear spray credited with warding off grizzly attack

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Limits on elk in southwest Washington proposed by Farm Bureau

Tue., Sept. 12, 2017

Limits on elk in southwest Washington proposed by Farm Bureau

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Mill Pond Dam removal get underway near Sullivan Lake

Tue., Sept. 12, 2017

Mill Pond Dam removal get underway near Sullivan Lake

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Trout fishing still good at area lakes even as seasons wane

Tue., Sept. 12, 2017

Trout fishing still good at area lakes even as seasons wane

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State commission sets status of 8 threatened or endangered species

Tue., Sept. 12, 2017

State commission sets status of 8 threatened or endangered species

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Hanford Reach fall chinook bite slowly improving

Mon., Sept. 11, 2017

FISHING -- Columbia River anglers fishing for fall chinook in the Hanford Reach upstream from the Tri Cities have had lots of elbow room and low rates of success so far this season. But numbers from last week indicate the tide is changing. "Fishing continues...

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Salmon above Chief Joseph Dam on council agenda in Spokane

Mon., Sept. 11, 2017

FISHING -- An update on the potential for reintroducing chinook to the Columbia River upstream from Chief Joseph will be presented Tuesday during the Northwest Power and Conservation Council meeting at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. The council, which, in part, helps direct hydropower ratepayer...

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Washington’s new Fish and Wildlife Police chief hails from Alaska

Mon., Sept. 11, 2017

WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT -- A retired fish and wildlife officer from Alaska has become the new chief of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police. Steve Bear stepped into the Washington position on Sept. 1. He had retired as Colonel for the Alaska Wildlife Troopers...

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Youth bird hunting seasons, clinics give novices first shot

Mon., Sept. 11, 2017

Getting off on the right foot in the sport of hunting is a little easier for youths and novices who take advantage of events, classes and mentored hunts starting this month in Idaho and Washington.