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WDFW to kill up to 2 wolves in southeast Washington in response to cattle attacks

Updated 10:18 p.m.

Washington wildlife officials will try to kill as many as two wolves from a pack in southeast Washington in response to a series of attacks on cattle.

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A special series from former S-R outdoors writer Rich Landers

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Hen-crazed gobblers turn hunt into spot-and-stalk adventure

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Bighorn River trout populations up as dry water year threatens

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Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road opens

Updated 10:18 p.m.

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WDFW to kill up to 2 wolves in southeast Washington in response to cattle attacks

Updated 10:18 p.m.

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Don’t drink the water, anymore | Ammi Midstokke

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Spokane River recreation opens near Post Falls dam | Field reports

Fish-Hunt Report

Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for June 18

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Catfish hunter | Outdoors reader photo gallery

Thu., June 25, 2026

A great blue heron munches on a catfish at Manito Park in this mid-June photo by Mark Stoeser.

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Don’t drink the water, anymore | Ammi Midstokke

Thu., June 25, 2026

Apparently, there are no brain eating amoeba in Lake Pend Oreille. Yet. According to Health & Welfare’s recreational water reports, the only water warning on the lake right now is about how many pounds of trout and whitefish one ought to limit themselves to per month (one and five, respectively).

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Some lazy fishing | Alan Liere

Thu., June 25, 2026

Yes, I am guilty. While fly fishing is something I do a lot, something I really like, there are times in my life when I become a bait fisherman. Hang me by my whatevers. Go look for a rope while I finish this essay.

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Mother moose: Cow moose spotted with triplets in North Spokane

UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2026

A familiar cow moose has been spotted in north Spokane for the third consecutive year, and this time, she brought something rare.

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WDFW to kill up to 2 wolves in southeast Washington in response to cattle attacks

UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2026

Washington wildlife officials will try to kill as many as two wolves from a pack in southeast Washington in response to a series of attacks on cattle.

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Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road opens

UPDATED: Wed., June 24, 2026

A road that winds through one of the West’s most gorgeous national parks is open to cars for the season.

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Deadly Denali: A Spokane man’s journey to the top of North America’s tallest mountain nearly ended in disaster

UPDATED: Sat., June 20, 2026

Li Ciavola trudged downhill through blinding snow and howling winds in a desperate bid to reach lower elevation. Behind him, attached by rope, was a sled filled with 150 pounds of his dying climbing partner’s gear.

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Getting out with kids: Rich Landers details differences in camping with girls and boys | Gone Wild

Fri., June 19, 2026

Camping with boys is the same as camping with girls in a global sense. But there’s a world of difference in the details.

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Outdoor dad steps inside for ultimate adventure | Gone Wild

Fri., June 19, 2026

My daughters don’t care much for blood and guts, and that’s a healthy lesson for a Montana-born hunter-fisherman to learn.

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Then & Now: No end to worries about adventurous daughters | Gone Wild

Fri., June 19, 2026

When our kids were growing up, special occasions and vacations usually involved doing something special outdoors. My favorite Father’s Day treat was loading one of my daughters in the bow and making a splash in the annual Spokane River Canoe Classic.

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Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for June 18

Wed., June 17, 2026

Fly fishing

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On the fence | Outdoors reader photo gallery

Wed., June 17, 2026

Mary Jo Stauner submitted this image on June 5 of a young squirrel standing on top of a fence post while exploring her backyard.

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The prize is not at the finish line | Ammi Midstokke

Wed., June 17, 2026

“Hello?” A voice echoed through the trees, like the afternoon sunlight streaking between the boughs. I was standing on a tree myself, a mess of woody carnage that had blown down in a recent gust – the kind that uproots and snaps behemoths as if they were kindling.

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WA mountain access faces long road to recovery as summer hiking season begins

Wed., June 17, 2026

Last year packed a wallop for Washington’s mountains.

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State calls for public input on Columbia Plateau Trail improvements

UPDATED: Thu., June 18, 2026

Washington State Parks is looking for community input on improvements to a 5-mile stretch of the Columbia Plateau Trail from the Fish Lake Trailhead south into the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.

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The innocence of Boundary Waters and the challenges ahead | Then & Now

UPDATED: Mon., June 15, 2026

My dad gave me an aluminum canoe in 1971 for my high school graduation present. It’s still in the family, mostly retired since we entered the age of Kevlar but earning its keep as a durable roof over our dog pen. Every dent signifies an early lesson learned, and there’s a lot of them.

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Where canoes rule: Paddlers float their wildest dreams in wilderness of 7,000 lakes | Gone Wild

UPDATED: Mon., June 15, 2026

The wolf serenade had started with a solo, a deep bass introduction to the wildest choral arrangement a human will ever hear.

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Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for June 11

UPDATED: Tue., June 16, 2026

Fly fishing

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Spokane River recreation opens near Post Falls dam | Field reports

Wed., June 10, 2026

Starting Friday, water recreationists will be able to use the Spokane River from the Spokane Street Bridge upstream to Post Falls Dam.

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Study has bold, new theory about Grand Canyon’s origins

Wed., June 10, 2026

The spectacle left one president in awe: "In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world," President Theodore Roosevelt said in 1903.

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