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FISHING REPORT
An estimated 5.1 million pink salmon will soon return to the Puget Sound area. Here’s what you need to know if you plan to catch some. Western Washington anglers are on the verge of a salmon-soaked summer.
I hike and camp a lot in the middle of the hottest days of the year and there are a lot of times that it is for long periods of time with no access to showers. I was wondering what you have heard about Icebreaker underwear and how well they are about odor. – Katherine, Greenville, S.C.
The U.S. Forest Service specialists at Mount St. Helens are joining forces with seven community organizations for a summer of volunteer trail repair work.
Mount Rainier National Park will receive more than $72,600 from Washington’s National Park Fund. The money will be used for restoration of the Paradise meadows, for volunteer outreach and for the programs Camping Adventure with My Parents and Connecting Kids to Parks. The money is part of $200,000 the fund is giving to the state’s three national parks.
If you think you’re talented at building sand castles, then be in Long Beach for the 25th annual SandSations July 17-18.
This year’s Women in the Outdoors program at Fort Lewis will be July 25.
The state Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to vote on a new policy addressing conservation and recovery of wild salmon and steelhead populations.
Lake fishing slowed down over the hot holiday weekend but is still pretty good, according to staff at local boathouses.
Fishing hasn’t been spectacular anywhere in Western Washington this week. Poor ocean conditions kept Westport and Ilwaco charters in port the past few days, and low, clear river conditions continue to dampen angler aspirations.
This is the time of year when our local turtles become fairly easy to spot. Visit a slow-moving or still-water wetland, look for a log or rocks sticking out of the water in the sunshine, and you might find one or more turtles basking themselves.
I find that whenever I sleep outside with friends, I wake up with the most condensation on my bag. I have a 4-year-old 15-degree Marmot down bag. It is probably near the less-warm end of the spectrum of bags we use, but not outrageously different from everyone else’s. Why do only I wake up freezing cold and drenched? – Charlotte Muzzi, Duluth, Minn.
If you are going to be at Long Beach to celebrate the Fourth of July, plan on sticking around the next day.
It seems appropriate that the songwriter of the classic “Listen to the Mockingbird” (1885) used a pseudonym. For “Mockingbird,” Septimus Winner became Alice Hawthorne, one of his fake names.
The South Sound offers a remarkable mix of places to go kayaking. Beginners can cruise the calm waters of the Nisqually River delta, while advanced paddlers can tackle the strong currents of the Tacoma Narrows.
Back on June 23, 1939, Congress chartered the Coast Guard Auxiliary, authorizing the Coast Guard to use civilian volunteers to promote boating safety on the nation’s waterways.
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