Single? Love might be waiting for you on a chairlift in Oregon.
Olympic National Park superintendent Karen Gustin plans to retire March 2. Gustin has been the superintendent at Olympic since 2008.
The state is pulling the plug on a hatchery steelhead program at Snider Creek next year to establish a wild steelhead management zone in the Sol Duc River.
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La Niña winters are great if you love snow camping, skiing and sledding. But what if your idea of a good time requires temperatures warm enough to wear shorts?
The State Parks and Recreation Commission will focus on finances when it meets Thursday. The commission will get updates on the effort to create partnerships and find new ways of doing business for greater sustainability, the agency’s budget and the Discover Pass.
Russ Cahill, a retired parks and recreation professional and lifelong outdoor recreation advocate, has been appointed to the State Parks and Recreation Commission. Gov. Chris Gregoire made the appointment late last month.
Recreational fishing seasons on the lower Columbia River anticipate a strong 2012 run of spring chinook salmon, but reflect the decline in the number of white sturgeon available for harvest.
Fly fishermen will have the chance to learn from two of the best when Skip Morris and Rick Hafele host a two-day workshop later this month.
The Conservation Committee of the Olympia Mountaineers will holds its annual outing at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge on Feb. 12. The event is open to the public.
Mount Rainier National Park will receive more than $106,000 to operate a shuttle bus system this summer.
Pheasants Forever has announced the hiring of two new Farm Bill range/wildlife biologists in Washington. Kelli Bartholomew and Erik Lewis are the first Pheasant Forever biologists of this kind for the state.
It’s never been easy to answer the question, “where do birds sleep at night?” There is some information available and some of us have found sleeping birds. Still, a lot of questions about birds nocturnal activities remain unknown.
Organizers are recruiting volunteers to help with Washington Coast Cleanup Day, set for April 21.
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