Outdoors news

Groups challenge aerial wolf study

WILDLIFE – Six environmental groups have joined a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service to stop scientists from landing helicopters in a roadless area to collar wolves.

Building a fire in wet conditions

1. Select a site out of the wind, away from snow-loaded tree limbs, that suits your purpose, whether it's to provide warmth for a shelter, for signaling or for both.

See Snake run free

Photos of a pre-1975 free-running Snake River will be featured in a program by Save Our Wild Salmon advocating dam removal on the 140-mile stretch between Lewiston and the Columbia, Wednesday, 7 p.m., at Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St.

Skills to live by

Get out of harm's way. Shelter yourself from the elements. Build a fire. Signal your location. These basic elements of backcountry survival are easier said than done.

Hard times hit area bighorns

Bighorn sheep, among the most prized big-game animals in the West, are being killed by the hundreds this winter in Western Montana in a desperate effort to contain a disease outbreak.

Rescuers would be hard to find without help from volunteers

Usually news reports mention them only in passing, something like this:"The injured hunter was found this morning by a search and rescue team after being reported missing last night ..."

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Angling site quite a Catch
OUTFISH – Fly fishers are tuning in to the hip Web-based technology and superb photography of an online angling publication that debuted in September.

Wolf toll on livestock increases

Outdoor retailers upbeat as they try to hold on

Seniors may see cuts in discounts

Olympics get more fishers

REEL 'EM IN

Audubon puts birdwatching on the map

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Whales parade past West Coast

Skiers detail Haute Route

Blown Away

If young adults let you tag along, go

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Tester weighs in on light high-top boot

Winter trapshoot enters 92nd season

Apply earlier for Enchantments

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The Long Rangers

RVers kick off shows geared to outdoors

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Wildlife agency names local boss

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Trails to tout

Ranchers wary of wildlife reserve

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