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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.
The Tacoma Astronomical Society and Puyallup Library staff are praying for dry weather next week. Tuesday night is the fifth annual free Star Party in the park outside the library – and for the last four years it’s been too rainy to use the society’s big telescopes.
The first chinook of the season have gone through Bonneville Dam, but fish biologists aren’t sure if they are springers.
Metro Parks Tacoma is offering a series of trips for people looking for a winter adventure, but don’t have equipment, experience or a buddy to go with.
For the fifth consecutive year, about 44,000 acres of state wildlife land east of Ellensburg will be closed to motor vehicles Wednesday through April 30. The closure is meant to protect wintering elk from disturbance, and in turn reduce elk damage to adjacent private lands.
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