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  • Seabury Blair Jr.: Cute Pikas Part of the Global Warming Fight
  • I hope pikas will be around long after I recycle myself. I’ll haunt the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service if they aren’t. Seabury Blair Jr.’s latest book is The Creaky Knees Guide to Washington. He’s also written Day Hike! Olympic Peninsula; Day ...
  • Kitsap Sun
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  • 2/8/2010 7:36:01 PM
  • Wind farm off Cape Cod a test for future of energy industry
  • Supporters and opponents of Cape Wind protest outside the U.S. Coastguard Station in Woodshole, Mass. on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, while Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, not pictured, hosted a news conference on Coast Guard property. Salazar, who ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/8/2010 6:53:04 PM
  • Pechurskiy gets new gear
  • CHENEY -- Taking a cue from Boise State's famous blue turf, the Eastern Washington football program is planning to install red turf on its field in Cheney. Former Eastern Washington football star Michael Roos has pledged $500,000 toward the project ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/8/2010 5:34:19 PM
  • Lake Tapps, for cities, fish and recreation
  • WATER enough for the next 50 years. Those are unimaginable words in parts of the country, and even in the rainy Northwest they are cause for celebration. Now the cities of Auburn, Bonney Lake, Buckley and Sumner can anticipate adequate water supplies ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/8/2010 4:01:16 PM
  • BPA expects $6M revenue loss from dry weather
  • The winter forecast for the Bonneville Power Administration is for light snow and possibly even lighter revenue. The federal power marketing agency on Monday cut its revenue forecast for the fiscal year by about $240 million - from nearly $232 ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/8/2010 2:21:03 PM
  • BPA expects $6M revenue loss from dry weather
  • The Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which oversees the regional power supply along with fish and wildlife management, says its most recent analysis shows plenty of power for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana over the next five years.
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/8/2010 2:06:44 PM
  • Group sues to force decision on pygmy rabbits
  • Because the rabbits are already listed in Washington, the new study covers California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. The Fish and Wildlife Service has three options. It can decide that protection is not necessary; it can decide ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/8/2010 1:38:06 PM
  • Group sues to force decision on pygmy rabbits
  • Because the rabbits are already listed in Washington, the new study covers California, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Utah. The Fish and Wildlife Service has three options. It can decide that protection is not necessary; it can decide ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/8/2010 1:30:56 PM
  • Deming man dies in logging accident
  • The heroic actions of two Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife employees at the Minter Creek Hatchery near Gig Harbor will be recognized during this week’s Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Conference. Erik Talent and Kenny ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/8/2010 12:33:40 PM
  • US to commit $78.5M to try to halt Asian carp
  • WASHINGTON The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp, which officials fear could spread and possibly endanger the Great Lakes region's $7 billion fishing industry. Federal officials say they'll consider ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/8/2010 12:12:12 PM
  • US to commit $78.5B to try to halt Asian carp
  • WASHINGTON – The Obama administration says it will spend $78.5 million to halt the giant Asian carp, which officials fear could spread and possibly endanger the Great Lakes region's $7 billion fishing industry. Federal officials say they'll ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/8/2010 12:12:12 PM
  • Alaska village programs facing big cuts in federal funding
  • Lack of Yukon king salmon declared disaster U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke declared a commercial fishing disaster for Yukon River king salmon Friday following two years of poor runs, fishing restrictions and bans. "Communities in Alaska along the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/8/2010 11:57:53 AM
  • Correction: Super Bowl advertisers story
  • FIFE: City will allow buildings as tall as eight stories on Pacific Highway Fife can now grow taller, adding buildings up to eight stories tall along all of Pacific Highway East. Tuesday night the City Council unanimously approved increasing the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/8/2010 10:24:49 AM
  • Company suspected in spill has long record of environmental violations
  • While the relatively small dump of industrial material likely didn’t directly harm fish or wildlife, its probable source ... Cowlitz County community group recently formed to oppose its presence, and Washington state regulators have known for years ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/8/2010 12:02:03 AM
  • Spill in river spotlights polluter
  • PORTLAND – Last week, globs of black, powdery pollution spread across the Columbia River near Longview. The mile-long spill, first spotted Tuesday morning, turned out to be floating petroleum coke, an estimated 25-pounds worth, according to the U.S ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 11:47:44 PM
  • Cabinet secretaries announce conservation advisory group
  • ... overseeing those divisions on a variety of topics from the development of hunting and fishing ... starts soon Washington residents can apply to join the state’s 2009 Master Hunter program beginning Jan. 1. The state Department of Fish and ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 11:47:44 PM
  • School Board goes beyond paper in looking for new superintendent
  • ... this time of sky-high unemployment, it does not make much sense for schools in Washington state to look outside the country to recruit teachers. This is particularly baffling when there are talented experts in fields such as math and science ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 11:47:44 PM
  • Young joins Murkowski in seeking study of deep water Arctic port
  • The dog days of summer slow down the pace of life for many of us, but it’s the busy season in the Arctic. The Inuit people who inhabit the top of the globe in Alaska, Canada, Russia and Greenland are out on the land and ice, camping, hunting ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 11:47:44 PM
  • Villages' Denali Commission programs face cuts
  • Lack of Yukon king salmon declared disaster U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke declared a commercial fishing disaster for Yukon River king salmon Friday following two years of poor runs, fishing restrictions and bans. "Communities in Alaska along the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 11:19:06 PM
  • City, Vulcan push higher South Lake Union height limits
  • Pearl Leung, right, of Vulcan community relations, talks with Brian and Jill Estes during an open house/mixer Jan. 26. The couple recently bought a South Lake Union condo. outh Lake Union neighborhood activists usually meet Vulcan Real Estate ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/7/2010 10:07:31 PM
  • New effort hopes to better track habitat restoration
  • We know that protecting and restoring habitat are the keys to wild salmon recovery. But how are we really doing on that front? Puget Sound chinook and steelhead, Hood Canal summer chum and Lake Ozette sockeye are listed as "threatened" under the ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/7/2010 10:00:22 PM
  • Kitsap Audubon Society
  • Mr Robinson has a Master of Science from Humboldt State University and her thesis was on a pair of guillemots nesting in Discovery Bay. She also has worked as an endangered species wildlife biologist for the US Fish & Wildlife Service in Washington ...
  • Kitsap Sun
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  • 2/7/2010 6:54:15 PM
  • Mid-Atlantic tries to dig out from under ‘historic’ snowfall
  • WASHINGTON — The Mid-Atlantic U.S. today began carving a path through the piles of wet, heavy snow in below-freezing temperatures while power crews tried to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and clear streets for work on Monday ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/7/2010 12:56:20 PM
  • Even if you're careful, drugs can end up in water
  • PORTLAND, Maine The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests. Tiny amounts of discarded drugs have been found ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/7/2010 12:27:42 PM
  • The best of Blaine
  • Tip: Bring your binoculars. Getting there: It’s 170 miles north of Olympia, 140 from Tacoma, and it can take 31/2 hours in heavy Interstate 5 traffic. Information: Blaine Visitors Center, 728 Peace Portal Drive; 360-332-4544. Dining: Seaside Bakery ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/7/2010 12:27:42 PM
  • Whatcom County to consider $160,000 to study asbestos-laden Swift ...
  • WASHINGTON – A deal is near on legislation banning the use of asbestos, a fibrous mineral often used ... Anglers planning to fish Swift Reservoir will have to wait a month. The state delayed the opener until May 24. Swift Reservoir, in Skamania ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/7/2010 1:50:37 AM
  • Eagles are tests of river pollutants in Minnesota
  • Wonder about those chemicals in the river? Ask a bald eagle. Eagles along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway in Minnesota are showing scientists to what extent certain chemicals are polluting water, fish and small animals. “They accumulate ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/6/2010 11:56:05 PM
  • SOUTH SOUND: Ex-lawmaker appointed to parks agency
  • The commission is looking for individuals to represent interests in personal watercraft, fishing and hunting, canoes, sailboats and education ... Fish and wildlife commission: SB 5127 would shrink the size of the commission to seven members from nine ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 11:48:55 PM
  • What Makes Us Make Lasting Life Changes?
  • Please wait while the video player loads. If you do not see it in a few seconds, please download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player , or enable JavaScript for your browser to view the video player. Please wait while the video player loads. If ...
  • Kitsap Sun
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  • 2/6/2010 10:44:30 PM
  • Harbormaster says sea lion harassment must stop
  • SITKA -- One person has been killed in a house fire in Sitka. Fire Chief Dave Miller says the body was found in an apartment Thursday after firefighters had knocked down flames. Other residents escaped. Bill calls for some killing of sea lions Bill ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 10:37:20 PM
  • PREP BOYS' SWIMMING: Anker, Lynden swimmers never better
  • As Whatcom County swimmers go in recent years, maybe the only surname with the potential to be punned almost as often as Fish is Anker. As in Dirk Anker. The Lynden senior now swims like a fish, but when he first hit the water as a freshman intent ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/6/2010 9:25:45 PM
  • Humans hard on the bats in Boulder Cave in Washington
  • Just a short drive from home, one can enjoy scenic drives, fishing alpine lakes, berry picking, skiing, snowmobiling and climbing ... There is little doubt Washington is a recreation paradise. With a state that covers 66,582 square miles from the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 3:13:32 PM
  • Halibut quotas down 15 percent, but anglers will still have good ...
  • The majority of Washington's halibut sport fishing seasons have been decided, and while the overall catch has decreased there will be enough on the table to keep anglers happy this spring and summer. "There is a 15 percent reduction in the halibut ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/6/2010 3:13:32 PM
  • Humans hard on bats in Cent Wash cave
  • When guests check out of the 102-year-old National Park Inn in Longmire, manager Mike Bradford says they occasionally complain about the noise. “They say they had a great time, but the footsteps from the guests upstairs were pretty loud,â ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 2:09:06 PM
  • Environmental group targets Chinook Ventures in wake of spill
  • ... regulators have known for years it is flouting federal air and water protection rules. Now, this most recent spill has focused new attention on the Longview-based company and the agency responsible for policing its pollution, the Washington ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/6/2010 12:21:44 PM
  • Enviros: Better regulation needed for Columbia
  • ... spill manager for southwest Washington. But neither the department or the U.S. Coast Guard tried to clean up the material. They decided it would be impractical to do so and that the material was not causing any obvious harm to fish and wildlife ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/6/2010 11:31:37 AM
  • Enviros: Better regulation needed for Columbia
  • PORTLAND, Ore. Earlier this week, globs of black, powdery pollution spread across the Columbia River near Longview, Wash. The mile-long spill, first spotted Tuesday morning, turned out to be floating petroleum coke, an estimated 25-pounds worth ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/6/2010 11:24:28 AM
  • Enviros: Better regulation needed for Columbia
  • While the relatively small dump of industrial material likely didn't directly harm fish or wildlife, it's probable source ... Cowlitz County community group recently formed to oppose its presence, and Washington state regulators have known for years ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/6/2010 11:24:28 AM
  • Idaho expects large spring run of chinook salmon
  • As expected, Washington salmon fishermen can expect a lean ocean fishing season this year following the lowest Columbia River coho forecast in a decade. That was the projection released Friday by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 9:37:05 AM
  • Barbless hook rule adopted for lower, mid-Columbia River
  • OLYMPIA — Washington salmon and steelhead anglers will be required to use barbless hooks in the lower and mid-Columbia River beginning in January 2011. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted the 2010-12 sport-fishing rules package on Friday ...
  • Columbian
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  • 2/6/2010 6:02:20 AM
  • Fisheries board asks lawmakers for review of permit system
  • Chefs at more than a dozen restaurants are cooking up fish dishes that come with a special side: a warning that the creature’s future could be threatened by a giant gold and copper mine proposed for Bristol Bay in southwest Alaska, home to the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 12:40:13 AM
  • Lebanon: Parts of crashed Ethiopian airliner found
  • Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk alongside his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/6/2010 12:11:35 AM
  • Northwest Briefly: Man killed in logging accident near Rockport
  • ... seek $4.6 billion in levies A total of 165 school districts in Washington ... Yakima: State prison for disabled closing The state has started shutting down the Ahtanum View Corrections Center near Yakima, one of several prisons being closed to ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/6/2010 12:04:26 AM
  • Nation, World Briefs: Events set to mark Reagan’s 100th year
  • WASHINGTON — With the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth exactly one year away, the former president’s admirers are pondering what kind of party to throw. Events are planned across the country: A Reagan-themed float will grace Colorado ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/5/2010 11:57:16 PM
  • Learn about wolverines, orcas and more at wildlife series
  • Training rides start with Snohomish County's McClinchy Mile, considerably more than a mile. For information, go to www.bikesclub.org . There will be other training rides during established events in Western Washington on April 18, May 2, June 6, June ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/5/2010 11:57:16 PM
  • Border stop at Blaine for keepers of the flame
  • In addition to human foot power, here's a partial list of conveyances used so far: Antique car, bicycle, canoe, double-decker bus, dog sled, fishing boat, tomato harvester, school bus, streetcar, kayak, motorcycle, snowmobile, sailboat, ice ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/5/2010 9:34:06 PM
  • Shippers mull how to pay for Neah Bay rescue tug
  • By Kitsap Sun; By Christopher Dunagan On July 1, the commercial shipping industry in Washington is required by law to take ... of non-tanker vessels, including those carrying cargo, passengers and fish-processing plants. According to Moore, a study ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/5/2010 9:26:57 PM
  • Barbless hooks to be required in lower, mid-Columbia
  • OLYMPIA — Washington salmon and steelhead anglers will be required to use barbless hooks in the lower and mid-Columbia River beginning in January 2011. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted the 2010-12 sport-fishing rules package on Friday ...
  • Columbian
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  • 2/5/2010 8:44:00 PM
  • Barbless hooks to required in lower, mid-Columbia
  • OLYMPIA — Washington salmon and steelhead anglers will be required to use barbless hooks in the lower and mid-Columbia River beginning in January 2011. The state Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted the 2010-12 sport-fishing rules package on Friday ...
  • Columbian
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  • 2/5/2010 8:15:22 PM
  • Correction: Symbian Foundation story
  • Money raised by the foundation has secured or opened to public access 95,750 acres for hunting, fishing and other recreation in Washington. The foundation has more than 11,800 members in Washington. The banquet will be at the Little Creek Casino off ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/5/2010 5:59:21 PM
  • 'Historic' snow shuts down federal government
  • The power had been out since daybreak Saturday at Loriann Signori's home in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, Md., where it was so cold that her pet beta fish froze inside its bowl. Luckily, he reanimated with the help of some spring water that ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/5/2010 3:57:40 PM
  • Casino crash driver told police he had blackouts
  • Hindmand said his mother, a widow since 1984, spent winter months in Arizona and liked to take camping, fishing ... However, the police report said McGie consented to having a blood sample drawn at a local clinic for testing. Investigators have ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/5/2010 3:14:43 PM
  • Judge orders Calif water pumping limits lifted
  • It makes no sense to destroy wild salmon at the same time we’re “restoring†them. Record public and private investments to resuscitate endangered Puget Sound chinook salmon runs are being undermined by unsustainable harvest and ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/5/2010 3:14:43 PM
  • Contractor sought to remove Elwha River dams
  • The national parks are getting $750 million to fund 750 projects in 48 states, and Washington state is faring very well with $62 million for 33 projects. Only California is getting more for its national parks – $97 million. The National Park ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/5/2010 12:58:42 PM
  • Council OKs state campaign against polar bear protections
  • TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories – Henry Jr. slept in the arms of his father the unhappy hunter, who pondered the future of the boy born last Arctic winter, in the depths of a polar bear season he’d rather forget. “It’s too late to be a ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/5/2010 10:49:51 AM
  • Cowlitz River smelt dip net fishery opener is Saturday
  • This came fresh off the desk of Joe Hymer, a state Fish and Wildlife biologist in Vancouver: Smelt were observed ... All other Washington Columbia River tributaries are closed to smelt fishing. This year's smelt return to the Columbia River is ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/5/2010 10:28:23 AM
  • BUDGET: Don’t book passage on sinking ship
  • Stately sailing vessels were the draw, but the true heart and soul of Tacoma Tall Ships was people. Thousands worked to pull off the five-day event on the Thea Foss Waterway, and hundreds of thousands turned out to enjoy it. Together, they made the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/5/2010 8:33:51 AM
  • Fishing for steelhead — and lead — on the Snake River
  • A light and steady drizzle followed us all the way to Texas Rapids on Washington's Snake River. Or, we dragged it along with us. Anyway, I wrapped Nora the Schnauzer into her powder-blue raincoat and put on a green one of my own. Then, I parked ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/5/2010 8:05:13 AM
  • Pikas won't be listed for protection, feds say
  • This undated photo, released by the U.S. Geological Survey, shows a mountain-dwelling American pika. Pikas, the iconic squeakers of the high country, will not be listed for protection as a threatened or endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/4/2010 11:29:49 PM
  • Outdoors Briefs: Sportsmen's show starts Wednesday in Portland
  • ... sport fishing regulations for Columbia River sturgeon. The meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Water Resources Education Center, 4600 S.E. Columbia Way, Vancouver. Fishery managers from the Washington and Oregon departments of fish ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/4/2010 10:46:52 PM
  • Grand time for steelhead on Grande Ronde
  • ... prize for the largest fish landed by an angler 14 years or younger and $50 prizes for the biggest fish caught each week. The Vails eagerly accept calls from anglers looking for fishing, water and weather reports. Dark colors for jigs and flies ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/4/2010 10:11:05 PM
  • Downer: Fishing's cold, but weather's fantastic
  • Fishing reports from local anglers indicate that there really isn't anything exciting going on as far as steelhead or sturgeon are concerned, but we've got some magnificent weather to not catch fish in! It's rare for me to get out on Silver Lake for ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/4/2010 10:11:05 PM
  • North Fork reopens, hatchery short eggs
  • See the 2009-2010 Fishing in Washington pamphlet for details. Puyallup is hot for pink salmon Puyallup is hot for pink salmon You got to love pink salmon. They’ve been the fish to catch during the past couple of weeks in the saltwater, and now they ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/4/2010 9:13:49 PM
  • OUTDOORS: Guides featured at local club meet
  • The wealth of angling knowledge possessed by several regional fishing guides will be at the disposal of attendees of the monthly meeting of the North Sound Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association Wednesday Feb. 10 in Bellingham. Chris Grieve ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/4/2010 9:06:39 PM
  • North Fork reopens, hatchery short eggs
  • The North Fork of the Nooksack from Mosquito Lake Road Bridge upstream to Kendall Creek Hatchery's northeast corner property marker reopened Tuesday, Feb. 2 to gamefish angling. With the lifting of the emergency closure order, sport angling may ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/4/2010 9:06:39 PM
  • USFWS denies protections for American pika
  • Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to announce Friday Feb. 5 ... The pika lives in parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/4/2010 7:26:26 PM
  • Protection list not place for pikas, feds say
  • Fish and Wildlife Service decided after a yearlong population ... the 71-page decision released Thursday, the agency stated that many populations of the animal, including those in Washington, were secure. Some populations, particularly in the ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/4/2010 6:36:20 PM
  • USFW denies protections for American pika
  • Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to announce Friday Feb. 5 ... The pika lives in parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/4/2010 5:46:13 PM
  • Doris Jean Meek, 79
  • While attending Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, she met LeRoy Meek, and they were married on ... Jeannie enjoyed boating and fishing and once caught a 35 lb. salmon while on a boating trip with her sons. She loved to swim and was a ...
  • Kitsap Sun
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  • 2/4/2010 5:39:04 PM
  • Federal agency denies protections for tiny pika
  • Fish and Wildlife Service posted a copy of its decision on a federal ... The pika lives in parts of California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/4/2010 3:30:13 PM
  • On the Call: Sara Lee CEO Brenda Barnes
  • Jose Garcia has an idea that could make him rich. It’s a board – sturdy, light and relatively cheap – that holds 20 tick-tack-toe squares made from red construction paper. You can take the board in the car and play with a ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/4/2010 1:21:22 PM
  • P&G says Haiti aid tops $2 million
  • †Fuss: A plastic tabletop contraption with grow lights, seed pods and a hydroponic water system. State, growers at odds over water rights State, growers at odds over water rights The Washington State Department of Ecology is preparing ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/4/2010 9:25:09 AM
  • Capsule reviews of feature films
  • It stars Denzel Washington as a pilgrim of the post-apocalypse fighting cannibals and scavengers in ... Aesthetically, it's a whole other kettle of fish, but it's nonetheless splendid, smile-inducing fun. 1 hr. 15 No MPAA rating (wacky mayhem ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/4/2010 8:56:31 AM
  • To catch fish, keep clean
  • STEVEN LANE/The Columbian Guide Bob Kratzer uses regular-flavor Crest toothpaste to clean plugs just before putting them into the river to catch salmon and steelhead. Veteran salmon and steelhead fishing guide Bob Kratzer says people get a good ...
  • Columbian
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  • 2/4/2010 5:50:24 AM
  • Six Degrees grand opening set today
  • The menu has about 60 items, including homemade mac and cheese and fish 'n' chips that'll include different fish and beer batter each week ... It'll also serve Washington wines. The restaurant at 3311 W. Clearwater Ave. will be open from 11 a.m. to ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/4/2010 1:54:10 AM
  • Redevelopment eyed near Farmers Market
  • OLYMPIA – About three acres, including the state Department of Fish and Wildlife building across from the Olympia Farmers Market, might be redeveloped into retail and housing under a plan the state is considering. On Friday, state General ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/3/2010 11:59:38 PM
  • Big-money salmon derby sparks debate
  • There’s a new salmon derby on our street, and this one raises important — and perhaps troubling — questions about the direction of competitive fishing contests in the Pacific Northwest. The event, titled the Dash One Invitational, is billed as ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/3/2010 11:59:38 PM
  • Entertainment Calendar
  • The Smothers Brothers: The veteran comedians (Tom is 72 and Dick's 69) return for the theater's grand reopening after renovation. 7:30 p.m., Columbia Theatre. Sold out. Mardi Gras 2010: Leon Chavis and the Zydeco Flames from Lawtell, La. will play at ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/3/2010 10:05:06 PM
  • Negotiations Continue for Neah Bay Tug
  • On July 1, the commercial shipping industry in Washington state is required by law to take over operation of an emergency rescue tug in Neah Bay. The tug is designed to assist ships that go adrift in the treacherous entry to the Strait of Juan de ...
  • Kitsap Sun
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  • 2/3/2010 7:49:06 PM
  • Commission to decide on sturgeon harvest level
  • OLYMPIA — Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide on Friday how deeply it wants cut the sport and commercial harvest of sturgeon in the lower Columbia River. The nine-member panel will meet Friday and Saturday in room No. 172 of the ...
  • Columbian
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  • 2/3/2010 6:30:21 PM
  • Out & About
  • PORTLAND — Hundreds of displays featuring hunting and fishing, seminars on outdoor topics and more are on tap beginning Wednesday ... Go to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife site at http://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting and follow the links.
  • Columbian
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  • 2/3/2010 6:01:44 PM
  • Federal grant will be used to restore Nooksack River estuary
  • Five South Sound projects are among those in Washington and Oregon that will share more than $8.7 million in coastal wetland grants. The program: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is awarding more ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 4:35:50 PM
  • Countdown to spring includes great backyard bird count
  • Temperatures are warming, songbirds have reappeared, and the first spring chinook salmon of the year was recently caught by an angler on the lower Columbia River. All signs of an early spring? Not necessarily, said Bill Tweit, an avid birder and a ...
  • Nisqually Valley News
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  • 2/3/2010 3:52:53 PM
  • UN agency favors ban on bluefin tuna exports
  • By some measurements, Washington is the most trade-dependent state in the nation, and Boeing is one of the largest ... merchandise exports in 2008 ($66.9 billion), more than half of this came from airplane sales. Much can be written about the vast ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 3:52:53 PM
  • Molehills: Visible symptoms of trap ban’s flaws
  • Groundskeepers at the Capitol stopped using illegal body-gripping traps to capture and kill moles after receiving complaints, and a Department of Fish and Wildlife investigation into ... The people of Washington state voted to ban body-gripping traps ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 3:52:53 PM
  • PROFILES IN EDUCATION: Ken Brown
  • Theresa Malich Mueller, who taught for three decades in Peninsula schools and was the daughter of a pioneering Gig Harbor fishing family, died Friday ... teacher up for national award Only three teachers from Washington state have the honor of being ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 12:39:36 PM
  • Activist urges state board to halt timber sales
  • OLYMPIA - The state Department of Natural Resources was criticized Tuesday for logging in areas identified by scientists as important habitat for the marbled murrelet, an imperiled species. Marcy Golde of the Olympic Forest Coalition urged the state ...
  • Bellingham Herald
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  • 2/3/2010 7:31:48 AM
  • Jailers say they found marijuana, pipe in cell
  • The incident began shortly after 11 p.m., when a Washington State Patrol trooper stopped a Honda Accord at South 72nd and South Hosmer streets, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said. Calif border inspectors find pot in fish container Calif border ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/3/2010 1:12:24 AM
  • Cowlitz smelt dipping to open, but will fish cooperate?
  • Go smaller if you can fling them far enough. Tipping them with worms might increase your chances. Washington: The cutthroat trout action has improved slightly. Try trolling a herring behind a flasher in water about 40 feet deep. Some of the fish are ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/3/2010 12:50:56 AM
  • Activist urges state board to halt timber sales
  • Fish and Wildlife Service, which listed the marbled murrelet population in Washington, Oregon and California as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act in 1992, echoed Golde’s words in a Jan. 22 letter sent to state Lands Commissioner ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/3/2010 12:07:59 AM
  • Matthew Williams / The Herald (click to enlarge)
  • MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Thirteen years ago, a friend told Gilberto Ramirez about all the money he made working for a commercial fishing operation in Alaska. Job opportunities were scarce in Ramirez’s native Mexico City and his friend’s story ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/3/2010 12:00:49 AM
  • Illegal mole traps pulled from Capitol lawns
  • Patrol, wildlife agency could merge under cost-cutting proposal Patrol, wildlife agency could merge under cost-cutting proposal Fish and Wildlife enforcement officers would move to the Washington State Patrol under one of the government efficiency ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 11:46:31 PM
  • Black sheen on Columbia may be petroleum coke
  • A Washington state Ecology Department official says a mile-long sheen of black material seen floating on the surface of the Columbia River near Longview is likely petroleum coke. Jim Sachet says that's a relatively benign product derived from the oil ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/2/2010 7:07:20 PM
  • Judge admonished after attorney paid with coupons
  • Bankruptcy judge ready to approve bonuses A Delaware bankruptcy judge is ready to approve Tribune Co.'s request to pay bonuses of up to $45 million to hundreds of managers, including the media conglomerate's top 10 executives. In an order Thursday ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 2:42:29 PM
  • Irrigation Festival names grand pioneers
  • The Sequim Irrigation Festival has its grand pioneers, honorary grand pioneers and grand marshals for 2010. The Irrigation Festival is the longest continuous running festival in the state. The pioneers attend the festival kick-off dinner, the Crazy ...
  • Sequim Gazette
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  • 2/2/2010 2:06:41 PM
  • Memorial Service held for Arne Gillam
  • The Two Union Square flag flew at half-mast Sunday outside the downtown Seattle office building in honor of Arne J. Gillam, the longtime leasing agent for One and Two Union Square who died last week of esophageal cancer. Vice President and Director ...
  • Seattle Business Journal
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  • 2/2/2010 1:23:44 PM
  • Mercer Island restricts homeless camps
  • That's the proposed Senate transportation budget that Sen. Fred Jarrett, D-Mercer Island, is talking about. It would spend about $5 billion on various projects over the next four years. Suspect arrested after victim spots stolen computer on ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 1:02:16 PM
  • Salazar says he's 'bullish' on wind energy
  • The Jan. 4 decision brought the prospect of more delay, so Salazar stepped in, first calling the opposing parties to meet with him in Washington, then promising ... threat to aviation, bird life and commercial fishing interests, and that it should be ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/2/2010 1:02:16 PM
  • Salazar says he's 'bullish' on wind energy
  • The Jan. 4 decision brought the prospect of more delay, so Salazar stepped in, first calling the opposing parties to meet with him in Washington, then promising ... threat to aviation, bird life and commercial fishing interests, and that it should be ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/2/2010 1:02:16 PM
  • Nez Perce Tribe to get ex-Hanford ambulance
  • PORTLAND -- Six sovereign tribes and the states of Idaho, Washington and Montana have united in telling a federal judge they prefer ... Dam breaching or not, fish recovery will be pricey Dam breaching or not, fish recovery will be pricey The $900 ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 8:30:15 AM
  • State to look into hatchery surplus
  • OLYMPIA – The state’s regional salmon enhancement groups want to get their hands on state hatchery surplus salmon to sell the eggs to finance salmon habitat projects, and use the carcasses to return nutrients to salmon- bearing streams. But it ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 12:16:20 AM
  • Former China police chief on trial for gang links
  • A former Chinese Supreme Court judge was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday following his conviction for embezzlement and receiving more than half a million dollars in bribes. Huang Songyou, the court's former vice president, is the first judicial ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/2/2010 12:09:10 AM
  • Nation/World Briefly: Officials to study lifting military’s ban on ...
  • WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates today will take the first real steps toward lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military, announcing a yearlong review aimed at answering practical and emotional questions about the effect of ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/2/2010 12:02:01 AM
  • Governor's plan to close prison needs closer look
  • Gov. Chris Gregoire's plan to save money by closing the Larch Mountain Correctional Facility in Yacolt and two other minimum-security prisons in the state is moving along at what passes for break-neck speed in the bureaucracy. When first revealed in ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/2/2010 12:02:01 AM
  • Study: Sessions on abstinence can be effective
  • WASHINGTON — Sex-education classes that focus on encouraging children to remain abstinent can persuade a significant proportion to delay sexual activity, researchers reported Monday in a landmark study that could have major implications for the ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/1/2010 10:14:38 PM
  • For collector of curiosities, elephant skull came with dangers
  • A few weeks later, Snapp got a new inquiry; this one from a Steve who also lived in Washington. By now Snapp had reduced the price to ... Lisa and I are both special agents with the Fish and Wildlife Service." In Newcomer's waistband was a pistol, in ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/1/2010 9:46:00 PM
  • Estimates of mineral deposits at Pebble prospect grow
  • The potential for riches keeps growing at Pebble Mine, a huge minerals deposit in southwest Alaska near Bristol Bay and the world's most productive wild salmon streams. A new estimate released Monday is larger than the 2008 estimate - growing 12 ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 8:48:44 PM
  • Captain of 'Deadliest Catch' ship suffers stroke
  • The Seattle-based captain of the "Deadliest Catch" fishing vessel Cornelia Marie has been flown to Anchorage after suffering a stroke while the boat was in port at St. Paul Island, Alaska. According to the vessel's Web site, Capt. Phil Harris was ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 7:30:00 PM
  • New Zealand teen fights off shark with body board
  • WASHINGTON – For years, humans have thought of great white sharks wandering the sea at random, only occasionally venturing close to shore. We were wrong. Pacific white sharks spend months near the northern and central California coast between ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 5:28:18 PM
  • APNewsBreak: Daniels backs away from planned cuts
  • Hoping to ease Washington ranchers’ concern about gray wolves, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is proposing what might be the most generous compensation in the West for livestock losses to the newly returned predators.
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 4:52:31 PM
  • Estimates grow for Alaska's Pebble Mine deposits
  • The potential riches at Pebble Mine -- a huge minerals deposit in southwest Alaska near Bristol Bay and the world's most productive wild salmon streams -- keeps growing. A new estimate of the gold, copper and molybdenum at Pebble is larger than the ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 4:16:43 PM
  • Investigators suspect Columbia River sheen is petroleum coke
  • Steelhead40, this is hardly a disaster. Is it bad practice to sweep your docks in the middle of the night? Yes. Is it bad practice to consistently operate without permits? Yes. Should the County, State or Feds close them down? Probably. Do we want to ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 2/1/2010 3:55:15 PM
  • Fishing | Where they're biting, where they're not
  • Marine salmon fishing areas — Slow at Possession Bar (Marine Catch Area 9) over the weekend. Other reports indicated a few fish at Pilot Point and Point No Point. Slow at Midchannel Bank off Port Townsend, Mats Mats Bay and Double Bluff off Whidbey ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/1/2010 3:48:05 PM
  • Calgon Carbon buys water treatment co. Hyde Marine
  • State hopes to keep riffraff out State hopes to keep riffraff out In its fight to keep aquatic invasive species out of Washington waters, all northbound ... dozen check stations planned by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife around the state ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 2:36:30 PM
  • Estimates of Pebble Mine deposits grow
  • Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., the world's largest publicly traded copper company, reports fourth-quarter results Thursday before the market opens. Here is a summary of key developments related to the period. OVERVIEW: Freeport-McMoRan's ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 1:32:05 PM
  • Environmentalists appeal stormwater agreement
  • Conservation groups filed a legal challenge to Clark County’s new stormwater rule Monday, saying the agreement the county reached with the Washington Department Ecology late last year violates the federal Clean Water Act, won’t protect natural ...
  • Columbian
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  • 2/1/2010 12:56:17 PM
  • A look at Obama's 2011 budget for govt agencies
  • WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's multi-trillion-dollar budget would boost spending for several government agencies while slashing the account for others. Here is an agency-by-agency glance:----Agency: Agriculture Spending: $148.6 billion ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/1/2010 12:49:08 PM
  • Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers
  • The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them ... The squid have also recently been spotted off San Diego, Oregon and Washington. Robert Woodbury with Newport Landing Sportfishing says ...
  • Seattle Times
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  • 2/1/2010 12:06:11 PM
  • Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers
  • NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Giant squid weighing up to 60 pounds have invaded the California waters off Newport Beach and are being caught by sport fishermen by the hundreds. The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing ...
  • Olympian
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  • 2/1/2010 11:44:42 AM
  • Giant squid invade Calif. waters, entice anglers
  • The squid showed up last week and anglers started booking twilight fishing trips over the weekend to catch them ... The squid have also recently been spotted off San Diego, Oregon and Washington. Robert Woodbury with Newport Landing Sportfishing says ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/1/2010 11:44:42 AM
  • A look at Obama’s 2011 budget for govt agencies
  • Published: Monday, February 1, 2010 A look at Obama’s 2011 budget for govt agencies Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s multitrillion-dollar budget would boost spending for several government agencies while slashing the ...
  • Everett Herald
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  • 2/1/2010 10:25:58 AM
  • CREHST welcomes elk display
  • Washington state is home to two elk species, the Roosevelt elk and the Rocky Mountain elk ... Steve Lane from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division. "They know that if it doesn't move, it's probably a decoy." Let poachers keep thinking ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 9:43:01 AM
  • Wrestlers honor Strand
  • Thursday was an epic night for Yelm wrestling. Not only were the boys three points shy from perfection in an 81-0 route against North Thurston, Gaylord Strand was joined by more than 100 of his former and current wrestlers to celebrate his recent ...
  • Nisqually Valley News
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  • 2/1/2010 9:28:42 AM
  • KID to discuss fish habitat concerns
  • How to balance fish habitat concerns with operations of the Kennewick Irrigation District in the Amon Basin off Leslie Road and Claybell Park in Richland is the focus of a Tuesday public meeting in Kennewick. KID staff invited biologists David Child ...
  • Tri-City Herald
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  • 2/1/2010 1:50:34 AM
  • KID to discuss fish habitat concerns
  • The public is invited to attend a meeting of the Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 in Kennewick to hear a talk about burrowing owls in the Tri-Cities. Mike Livingston, biologist with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife ...
  • Tacoma News Tribune
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  • 2/1/2010 1:14:47 AM
  • Third Avenue home a rare remnant of Longview's predecessor
  • Bill Wagner / The Daily News Todd Stange cuts up iron tubing to take it for sale Thursday as he helps Rhonda Fowler clean up around the house believed to be the last remaining building from the town of Freeport, Longview's predecesor. Loading… The ...
  • Longview Daily News
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  • 1/31/2010 10:58:46 PM
  • Fish and Wildlife Commission consider reducing sturgeon harvest
  • OLYMPIA - A reduction of this year's white sturgeon harvest of 20-50 percent will be considered when the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission adopts sport fishing rules for 2010-12 Feb. 4-6. Surveys indicate sturgeon are declining in numbers ...
  • Omak Chronicle
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  • 1/31/2010 3:56:26 PM

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