Outdoors news

Lethal week for Montana wolves

Fifteen gray wolves from five different packs were killed in Montana for preying on livestock between May 17 and May 21, making it one of the deadliest five-day stretches in 2010 for Canis lupus.

Biologists raise owls by the barrel

Artificial burrows might help turn the tide on declining burrowing owl numbers in WashingtonVolunteers are helping state and federal biologists encourage more of the owls to nest by expanding a network of artificial burrows that have been successful in encouraging owls to nest in Oregon.

Dworshak project lawsuit pending

FISHERIES – An Orofino man has filed a notice of intent to sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game over a program that adds nutrients to Dworshak Reservoir.

Different strokes

Spokane Parks and Rec is offering at least five ways to get on the water this month, including sailing lessons, a jet-boat tour of Hells Canyon, Spokane River raft trips for families (and one for adults who like to sample wine), serious whitewater on the Wenatchee, and a family kayak trip to the San Juan Islands.

Pike boom

Northern pike are populating the Pend Oreille River with the enthusiasm of immigrants lured to a paradise of free land, free love, no taxes and all the food they can consume. Even researchers were amazed by the numbers of the toothy predators they caught last month in a study on the region's newest boomtown fishery.

Digging for key to burrowing owl decline

Experts from across the U.S. attending the burrowing owl symposium last month in Umatilla, Ore., may have outnumbered the species' dwindling population in the Mid-Columbia.

Gourmet approach to catching trout

OUTFISH – Mick Palanuk of Grand Coulee offered this recipe for success after reading S-R columnist Jim Kershner's recent story of frustration in a quest to harvest a trout.

Added nutrients boost fish in Dworshak Reservoir

Crop damage on agenda

REVIVAL

Wolf plan panelists divided

Spring chinook a hit in Idaho

Centennial Trail joins elite group

Deal-seeking skiers think ahead

Boat stations target invasives

Hike all 17 bridges

CHASING BIRDIES

Retired physician honored for grousing around scablands

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Site is legacy to Slavin vision

ATVs could ride Hiawatha extension

Outdoors, outblurb, public lands, BLM, Bureau of Land Management,

Group dynamics

5 ways to explore St. Helens

Leggy killdeer somehow survive in high-traffic areas

Taming the family wildflower picker

ATVs lose ground in Blues

Local teens get on board for angling

Construction affects area campgrounds

Outdoors, fishing,

Sharing the rod

Family ties pay off in trout derby

Centennial year for Glacier Park