During National Safe Boating Week, the BoatUS Foundation is urging boaters to take a friend boating, sailing or fishing.
BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety is urging parents not to take the “you’ll grow into it” approach when it comes to buying life jackets for their children.
Four national forests in Washington will receive more than $120,000 to fund programs meant to connect children with nature.
Managers at Mount Rainier National Park last week reiterated what impacts sequestration will have on park operations this summer.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Mount St. Helens Institute have unveiled an interactive multimedia website — mshslc.org — to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the May 18, 1980, eruption.
Clam diggers will get one last chance to dig razor clams this season, the best in two decades, when Twin Harbors opens for Memorial Day weekend.
Organizers of National Safe Boating Week, running through Friday, will continue to place emphasis on getting boaters to wear life jackets.
The state Marine Debris Task Force has updated its webpage with new information on what beachgoers should do if they encounter wood or hazardous debris on beaches:
Milt Gudgell of Pacific Salmon Charters in Ilwaco will be the guest speaker at Wednesday’s meeting of the Olympia Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
The U.S. Department of the Interior has started the 2013 “Share the Experience” photo contest. The contest will showcase the country’s public lands, including national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and recreation areas. It is the largest national park and public land photo contest for amateur photographers.
The City of Gig Harbor will host a public open house Wednesday to discuss the future of the Ancich property. The meeting will be from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Gig Harbor Civic Center, 3510 Grandview St.
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By our fifth day on the trail, I thought I’d grown accustomed to the exotic eating habits of Matt Misterek. But as I peeled the wrapper off of a protein bar, the same lunch I’d had the previous four days, I couldn’t help but laugh.
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