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Specialized bike provides ride of his life

The bicycle that carried Scott Stoll around the world doesn't look like anything special. There's tape on the frame and extra washers to hold racks in place. The leather saddle is faded and worn, a dented anatomical imprint testimony to the months and thousands of miles Stoll sat pedaling on a quest to travel the planet on two wheels.

It takes a special kind to enjoy call of the wild

My wife obviously has a tin ear. She neither appreciates – nor tolerates – the beautiful sounds of nature.

Hatcheries on agenda for wildlife panel

FISHING – A hatchery and fishery reform policy is on the agenda for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Friday and Saturday in Olympia.

Outdoors, fishing

Timely clinics for steelheaders
 Several fly fishing clinics especially appealing to steelheaders are scheduled by Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley:

Sparrows in my yard

The bird feeder in my neighbor's yard was a magnet. Dozens of sparrows at a time. I wished they'd eat only from his feeder, however, my backyard was the next course. One morning I stood at my back window and counted more than 60. I can take a few birds, but sun-blocking flocks? I needed to take action.

Fall hunting camps call for Dutch oven cooking

Aside from a coffee pot, good eating in hunting camp demands only one thing: a Dutch oven.I got my first taste of this art form at a New Mexico deer camp 25 years ago, when we returned to our rigs and one of the men took his cherished Dutch oven out of its burlap sack.

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Trust preserves another land jewel
OUTSTANDING – A conservation easement that will perpetually protect the natural beauty of 503 acres, including 1.5 miles along Lake Coeur d'Alene and the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes, has been secured by the Inland Northwest Land Trust.

Poachers caught fishing near hatchery

Pheasant funds aim at habitat

Wolf plan meeting Tuesday in Spokane

Outdoors, kayaking, paddling

Rig for a record run

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Shrimp bait color, scent are recipe for success

Easy does it, steelheader says

Ferry County votes on trail

ORVers sue state for funding

Choice programs at REI

Rolling out a route

Wolf plan to get public hearings

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Danger signs

Snowmobilers dig into pockets to save parks

Bikers can follow Lewis and Clark

Outdoors, mountain biking, trails

That nothing look

Pups enrich hunting experience

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Open house starts Heyburn planning

Outdoors, mountain biking

National parks in Washington

GAME ON!

'National Parks' series a conservation windfall

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