Outdoors

OUTDOORS: Halibut effort likely to rise

OUTDOORS: Halibut effort likely to rise

Olympic National Forest day use areas, trailheads to reopen; Lake Leland receives spring trout

OUTDOORS: Halibut effort likely to rise
OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp fishery opening later this week

OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp fishery opening later this week

WDFW seeking comment on proposed rules for recreational, commercial salmon fishing seasons

OUTDOORS: Spot shrimp fishery opening later this week
OUTDOORS: Halibut opens in Strait, Puget Sound

OUTDOORS: Halibut opens in Strait, Puget Sound

WDFW proposing to close Morse Creek Wildlife Area Unit

OUTDOORS: Halibut opens in Strait, Puget Sound
Portions of Olympic National Park reopen today

Portions of Olympic National Park reopen today

Creachbaum: ‘We will start with Lake Crescent and Sol Duc Road’

Portions of Olympic National Park reopen today

OUTDOORS: Halibut talks moving slowly

Other fish out there as fishing comes back

OUTDOORS: Fishing return limited in scope

Turkey, spring bear hunts to open Tuesday

Northwest Watershed Institute: Tarboo Valley forest land safeguarded

21-acres added to wildlife preserve; 30 acres sold to conservationist

Surfing near Point Hudson

Surfing near Point Hudson

An unidentified woman takes a fall while surfing in the choppy waters off Point Hudson last weekend. Gov. Jay Inslee said this… Continue reading

Surfing near Point Hudson
Harbor paddlers in Port Angeles

Harbor paddlers in Port Angeles

Paddlers, from left, Jennie Freese, Casey Fall and Eric Hoffman, all of Port Angeles, make their way across the mostly empty waters… Continue reading

Harbor paddlers in Port Angeles

PAT NEAL: The Quarantine Chronicles: The Boomer Remover

IT WAS A day I’ll never forget. I remember it like it was yesterday. Maybe it was yesterday. How would I know? After a month… Continue reading

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