Outdoors
PORTLAND, OREGON — The winter recreation season is in full swing, and Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service officials remind everyone that adventures are better and safer when venturing out well prepared.
Recreation on public lands during winter presents many safety challenges. Recent...
METHOW VALLEY - Methow Salmon Recovery Foundation (MSRF) was awarded
$4,794,000 in
Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) funding to implement restoration
actions in the Methow River Sugar Reach at 4 project areas between RM
41.25 to 46.5. The total project cost estimate is $7,386,511 and...
Austin Moser with a hefty Rufus Woods Reservoir triploid trout. Courtesy Austin’s Northwest Adventures
SOMETHING FISHY FOR DINNER
TJ’s Bar and Grill in Kettle Falls is in hot water after serving seafood they should not have been selling to their patrons. According to Captain Brad Rhoden with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, during the summer of 2019 the owner of the restaurant, Terry...
This accumulation of ice spike frost that formed overnight last Friday, Jan. 20, is called “advection” or more commonly hoar frost or wind frost. It forms when a very cold wind blows over objects like this tractor sculpture decorating a local mailbox. Mike Maltais/QCH
YAKIMA–The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will conduct aerial bighorn sheep, mule deer, and mountain goat captures from mid-January through March in multiple counties along the eastern slope of the Cascade Range.
Captured wildlife will be fitted with GPS collars and then released. Data...
Nancy Grette with one of her Norwegian Fjord horses at the Alatheia Riding Center Courtesy John Kruse
A friend of mine suggested I do a story about the Alatheia Therapeutic Riding Center near Wenatchee and I’m so glad she did. I visited there this past week and met with the co-founder of this very special place, Nancy Grette.
Nancy and her husband Glenn started this non-profit organization at their...
John Kruse with a nice largemouth bass Courtesy The Washington Outdoor Report
2023 is sizing up to be a busy year. First off, I’m moving out to the Columbia Basin in the next few months. It’s the region of the state I find myself going to more often than not when it comes to fishing for trout, bass, walleye and panfish. It’s also the place I go to hunt birds whether they be...
It’s shaping up to be a hard winter for this ol’ hammerhead horse staked out to pasture in the yard of a Bridgeport residence. It could serve as a reminder to add “donate to a pet shelter’ on the list of New Year resolutions. Mike Maltais/QCH
It appears that heavy snow load is no respecter of structures, even miniature ones. These one-of-a-kind birdhouses made by Malott craftsman Ken Sumner that line his driveway have felt the burden of heavy snow just like the full-size buildings they replicate. “The snow collapsed one,” Sumner said but he won’t know which one until he can move the snow barrier blocking them from closer inspection. Mike Maltais/QCH
Ice fishing - fun for all ages. Two ice fishing derbies in January in Okanogan County. Courtesy WDFW
NCW - Mention the word "ice" and the first thing that comes to mind is hazardous driving conditions, scraping your windshield or ice cubes dispensed from a refrigerator. But when it makes an appearance on a lake in the winter, ice can be an angler's best friend.
Ice fishing east of the Cascades is...
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- Wenatchee Business Journal | Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan Counties, WA