UPDATED to point out that Senate is still working on passage of the measure. PUBLIC LANDS -- A 22,000-acre expansion of the 392,000-acre lpine Lakes Wilderness is among the wilderness provisions likely to be approved by the U.S. Senate this week after the lawmakers voted…
WINTERSPORTS -- "It was 57 degrees at 9 p.m. Tuesday" at the Mt. Spokane Ski Area chairlift -- and barely any snow in sight at the base, reports local outdoorsman Ken Vanden Heuvel. (See photo above from the Mt. Spokane web cam). 2014 will rank…
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