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WA State Parks and Rec Commission to vote on Mount Spokane master plan

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A plan meant to guide the next 20 years at Mount Spokane State Park faces its final hurdle on Thursday.

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WA State Parks and Rec Commission to vote on Mount Spokane master plan

Wed., July 8, 2026

A plan meant to guide the next 20 years at Mount Spokane State Park faces its final hurdle on Thursday.

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Snake River sockeye running behind forecast

UPDATED: Wed., July 8, 2026

Endangered Snake River sockeye appear to be following the same troubling trajectory as sockeye bound for the upper Columbia River.

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WA crabbing season: What to know and what not to do this summer

UPDATED: Fri., July 3, 2026

Summer crabbing season started Thursday. But while the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says it should be a similar season to last year’s, there are a few things that have already made this season unique.

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Adventure on their own terms: Lewiston couple hiking Oregon Coast Trail one section at a time

UPDATED: Fri., July 3, 2026

On a rocky ledge along the Oregon Coast, Denise and Barney Metz timed the incoming waves, looking for a gap in the beautiful but menacing breakers.

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WDFW kills 1 Tucannon wolf; another found dead | Field Reports

UPDATED: Fri., July 3, 2026

From staff reports

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Hairy situation: Washington biologists using hair snare corrals to study black bear population

UPDATED: Fri., July 3, 2026

SPRINGDALE, Wash. – There’s nothing fancy about the corrals wildlife biologists use to snag bear hair.

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Alan Liere’s hunting and fishing report for July 2, 2026

Thu., July 2, 2026

Fly fishing

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An American with celebration malaise | Ammi Midstokke

Thu., July 2, 2026

A celebration this week is feeling a little tone deaf.

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Blending in | Outdoors reader photo gallery

UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2026

After catching insects, a common nighthawk roosts on a tree branch near Sprague in this June photo by Buck Domitrovich.

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WDFW proposes fish species shuffle at Fish Lake

UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2026

A brook trout lake near Cheney could become a bass and bluegill lake if Washington fisheries biologists have their way.

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Roadless rule debate now in Congress, too

UPDATED: Wed., July 1, 2026

Legislative efforts to repeal protections on 45 million acres of roadless forests across the United States have emerged at the same time the Trump administration’s move to ax the national roadless rule seems to be hung up in bureaucracy.

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The city’s fish mascot may be celebrated, but it’s livelihood in the Spokane River faces some big threats in

Sun., June 28, 2026

When assessing the health of the Spokane River, many look to the native interior redband trout. A subspecies of rainbow trout, Spokane calls the redband its own, erecting sculptures of it and creating a local mascot of it in the form of the Spokane Indians’ Ribby the Redband Trout.

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Idaho adjusts chinook hatchery goals

UPDATED: Sat., June 27, 2026

Fisheries managers for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are optimistic they will collect enough adult spring chinook from the Clearwater River to fill hatcheries there.

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Not enough fish: Washington cancels sockeye season on upper Columbia

UPDATED: Sat., June 27, 2026

Mike Mauk always expects June to be busy.

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Where the Enchantments stand for Washington’s summer hiking season

UPDATED: Sat., June 27, 2026

The lone ranger is alone no more.

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Tense moments as grizzly bear seems intent on attacking woman’s dog

UPDATED: Fri., June 26, 2026

A wildlife photographer this week shared footage showing an extremely tense encounter between a woman and a grizzly bear seemingly intent on attacking her dog.

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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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