The Year Outdoors
MILESTONES
Marion P. Hammer, 56, becomes first woman president of National Rifle Association.
Dave Mahre, 69, of Yakima becomes oldest guide to reach 20,320-foot summit of Mount McKinley, Alaska.
Jet-boaters lose appeal; face first serious limitations on Snake River, including 21 days in which power boats will be prohibited in portion of Hells Canyon.
Domestic sheep banned from Hells Canyon.
Seven cyclists who ventured off designated trails issued first-ever citations to mountain bikers at Mount Spokane State Park.
Idaho authorizes first hunt since 1916 for sandhill cranes.
Walleyes introduced to Liberty Lake.
Wolves released to Selway River country in 1995 produce Idaho’s first documented litter in 80 years.
Fledgling Inland Northwest Land Trust buys 1,300 acres along Crab Creek in Lincoln County for preservation.
ANNIVERSARIES
125th, National Rifle Association.
50th, Dusty Gun Club.
50th, U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
50th, Coulee Dam National Recreation Area, renamed Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area.
30th, first organized hike to raise attention to conservation of Dishman Hills Natural Area.
20th, TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, mapped by Adventure Cycling of Missoula.
20th, Banff Festival of Mountain Films.
20th, North Idaho Fly Casters Club.
15th, Selkirk Classic Telemark Race at Schweitzer.
TRANSITION
Died: Scott Fischer, 40, world-class mountaineer from Seattle, while descending from summit of Mount Everest. In all, eight died during deadliest storm in Everest climbing history.
Died: Mollie Beattie, 49, from brain cancer while serving as first woman director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Died: Roger Tory Peterson, 87, artist and ornithologist who ushered in era of birdwatching with “Field Guide to Birds,” first published in 1934.
Hired: Bern Shanks, first Washington Fish and Wildlife Department director hired by state Fish and Wildlife Commission after voters passed referendum stripping appointment authority from governor. Replaced Bob Turner.
Hired: Steve Mealey, 54, Idaho Fish and Game Department director, to replace Jerry Conley, director since 1980.
Defunct: The Grumman Corp., ending 50 years of building aluminum canoes.
FOR THE RECORD
Washington saltwater fish: Ratfish, 3.9 pounds, Hein Bank. Blue rockfish, 3.91 pounds, Westport. Coho salmon, 20.6 pounds, Westport. Redtail surfperch, 4.05 pounds, Kalaloch.
Washington freshwater fish: Largescale sucker, 5 pounds, Cowlitz River. Warmouth, .53 pounds, Silver Lake (Cowlitz County).
Idaho fish: Splake (cross between lake trout and brook trout), 4 pounds 8 ounces, Hayden Lake outlet, by Kevin Collins of Hayden. Walleye, 16 pounds 2 ounces, Salmon Falls Creek Reservoir. Squawfish, 7.09 pounds, North Fork Payette River.
OUT & ABOUT
Animal rights organizations make national fuss over terminally ill boy’s request to go bear hunting in Alaska through Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Grizzly bear confirmed in Spokane County, first time in century.
Court overrules attempt by San Juan County to prohibit jet-propelled personal watercraft.
Water released from Glen Canyon Dam in planned artificial flood helps rejuvenate Colorado River and revive interest in doing similar periodic flushes to mimic natural events on other dammed streams.
Human-caused wild fire scorches most of 7,140-acre Juniper Dunes Wilderness near Pasco.
DNA analysis reveals that Banff National Park officials had killed wrong grizzly bears in September 1995 after harrowing attack on six foreign tourists in Lake Louise campground. Unfortunately, bears responsible for attack had been trapped and released in British Columbia.
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