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Rich Landers: $16 million stream restoration project benefits fish, and hikers too

UPDATED: Sun., Aug. 16, 2020

The newest trail project on the Colville National Forest near Sullivan Lake offers hikers a trip down memory lane. Each step leads to lessons ranging from industrialization to ecosystem recovery, with the occasional deer or bear sighting along the way.

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2017: The year outdoors

Sun., Dec. 31, 2017

A lot of ground was covered in the Great Outdoors in 2017, but no one accomplished a more skillful feat than rock-jock Alex Honnold.

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Outdoor Writing Contest 2017 winners announced

Sat., Dec. 23, 2017

A story by Sydney Lyman, a junior at Mead High School, has been judged the best of 111 entries to win The Spokesman-Review’s 2017 Outdoor Writing Contest for high school students.

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Wimpy fly rod lands whopper fish at Rocky Ford Creek

Thu., Dec. 21, 2017

Don Childress, a Sandpoint angler says an old, soft, fiberglass rod was the ticket to landing the Central Washington trout of a lifetime out of Rocky Ford Creek this month.

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Record eagle count at Lake Coeur d’Alene

UPDATED: Wed., Dec. 20, 2017

A new record for bald eagles was set Wednesday during their annual gathering at Lake Coeur d’Alene to feed on spawning kokanee.

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Volunteers gather lichen to help save critically endangered mountain caribou

Sun., Dec. 3, 2017

Volunteers in North Idaho are lichen their role in saving the most critically endangered animals in North America.

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Magazine taps Spokane as ‘Next American Ski Town’

Fri., Dec. 1, 2017

The December issue of Powder Magazine lists Spokane as one of four up and coming ‘Ski Towns’ as opposed to the storied locales of Jackson, Telluride, Mammoth and Sun Valley.

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Old School: Elk hunter Jim Kujala gets the job done

Sun., Nov. 26, 2017

Classically clad from head to toe in wool – shirt, pant, hat and gloves – the hunter is as quiet as a cougar slipping through the undergrowth in the timber. Six-foot-two and lean as a herd bull after a tough winter, Jim Kujala seems to feel, breath and think like an elk.

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Rich Landers: ‘Environmentalists’ eventually forced out of their closets

Thu., Nov. 23, 2017

What would you do if something threatened your favorite mountain? While most people don’t do much more than complain and feel sorry for themselves when facing demise off something so special or even essential in their lives, a few are inspired to take action.

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