Outdoors

Toxin level high in Anderson Lake

Toxin level high in Anderson Lake

A high level of a potent nerve toxin has been found in samples of Lake Anderson. Washington State Parks staff have posted… Continue reading

Toxin level high in Anderson Lake

OUTDOORS: Anglers, state working on re-opening fishing

Halibut stakeholders meet by phone; National Weather Service survey

Centrum Communiversity program affirms birders

Centrum Communiversity program affirms birders

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another story in an intermittent series about outings that local residents can enjoy during a time when all are urged to… Continue reading

Centrum Communiversity program affirms birders
Park seeks sharpshooters for goat culling

Park seeks sharpshooters for goat culling

Only the hardiest groups of backcountry enthusiasts — those able to traverse winding trail, steep landscapes and shoot accurately from long… Continue reading

Park seeks sharpshooters for goat culling
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West

10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West

A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest… Continue reading

10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
OUTDOORS: Winter chinook in dire straits
OUTDOORS: Winter chinook in dire straits
OUTDOORS: Most winter chinook fisheries to be shut down in 2021

OUTDOORS: Most winter chinook fisheries to be shut down in 2021

Because of low returns and damaged habitats, winter chinook fishing in much of the north Puget Sound and eastern Strait of Juan de… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Most winter chinook fisheries to be shut down in 2021
Olympic National Park closes beaches, coastal areas
Olympic National Park closes beaches, coastal areas
Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Just weeks ago, cities and even states across the U.S. were busy banning straws, limiting takeout… Continue reading

Pandemic deals blow to plastic bag bans, plastic reduction

Clallam County seeks funding for ODT extension into Forks

Multi-user bridge would be built over the Calawah River

State delays fishing, hunting seasons

Halibut, the lowland lake trout opener, spot shrimp and spring turkey and bear hunting seasons will be delayed in an effort to control… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Public following no fishing order

OUTDOORS: Public following no fishing order

‘People are realizing the seriousness of the situation’

OUTDOORS: Public following no fishing order

OUTDOORS: Anglers upset with statewide closures

Fishing, shellfishing closed statewide; area golf courses shut down

OUTDOORS: WDFW closes all recreational fishing, shellfish harvesting

Rule change in response to Gov. Inslee’s Stay at Home mandate

OUTDOORS: A safe respite awaits

OUTDOORS: A safe respite awaits

AVOIDING CONTACT WITH others? Anglers, hunters and hikers have followed that advice for eons. The outdoors beckons, maybe more vibrant now than ever before. Getting… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: A safe respite awaits
SALMON DERBY: Despite the chop, it was ‘fish on’

SALMON DERBY: Despite the chop, it was ‘fish on’

Derby survives high winds and cold weather

SALMON DERBY: Despite the chop, it was ‘fish on’

OLYMPIC PENINSULA SALMON DERBY: Friday catch ends up the winner

Brandon Leeper’s 15.7-pound blackmouth caught Friday morning held up as the winner of the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby, though several anglers did their… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Bellingham angler atop salmon derby leaderboard heading into final day
OUTDOORS: Bellingham angler atop salmon derby leaderboard heading into final day

OUTDOORS: Bigger, older chinook at play in Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby?

THOSE FISHING IN this weekend’s Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby could encounter something that participants in last weekend’s Murray’s (Geoduck) Salmon Derby hooked into when bringing… Continue reading

OUTDOORS: Ocean fishery options, GPS tuning, multi-season tags

OCEAN-GOING SALMON anglers can comment on three season alternatives adopted earlier this week by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. The council works with tribal, federal… Continue reading