Grizzly relocated to Cabinets
NATIONAL FORESTS –Wildlife managers recently released an 8- to 10-year-old female grizzly bear in hopes of bolstering the grizzly population in the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem of northwest Montana.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department officials said the 400-pound grizzly was captured in the Whitefish Range on Sept. 17 and released Sept. 18 in the Cabinet Mountains south of Troy.
The bear was fitted with a special radio-collar to it could be closely followed.
FWP Wildlife Manager Jim Williams says a female grizzly with good health and no previous conflict with humans was chosen for the relocation.
Associated Press
Mount Spokane plan has hearing
STATE PARKS – A preliminary environmental impact statement for the Mount Spokane State Park Master Facilities plan will be presented at a public meeting Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., at Center Place in Spokane Valley, 2426 North Discovery Place, meeting room 109.
The plan will guide park recreation development for the next 20 years.
Public comments will be accepted through mid-October.
Copies are available on-line at http://www.parks.wa.gov/ plans/mtspokane.
Rich Landers
Comment on angling rule proposals
FISHING – A public meeting has been scheduled in Spokane Valley this week to discuss rule proposals for the 2010-12 sportfishing seasons in Washington.
The meeting is set for Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife regional headquarters, 2315 N. Discovery Place.
The pubic can comment on the proposals at the meeting or online by Dec. 1. Details are on the agency’s Web site, wdfw.wa.gov.
Rule changes under consideration include:
•Requiring the use of single-point, barbless hooks for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River from the mouth of the river to McNary Dam.
•Protecting streams that act as nurseries for juvenile anadromous fish.
•Changing the definition of the anti-snagging rule.
Rich Landers
DNR meeting targets recreation
STATE LANDS – Preliminary recommendations for sustaining recreation on lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources will be revealed at a public meeting Thursday, 6:30 p.m. at the Deer Park Library.
Public comments will be accepted at the meeting or in an online survey scheduled to be posted Monday at www.dnr.wa.gov. Follow the link to the Sustainable Recreation Work Group.
Rich Landers
Hikers, bikers rule on Glacier road
NATIONAL PARKS – The west side of Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park will be closed to motor vehicles after today for construction, but the upper reaches of the scenic road will remain open to hikers and bicyclists.
Motor vehicles will still be allowed to drive all the way to Logan Pass on the east side of the park road until Oct. 19 weather permitting.
Associated Press