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• OUTDOORS: County angler takes top winter derby prize

  Whatcom County's Jason King came away with the $10,000 first prize in three days of angling action in the Roche Harbor Salmon Classic contest Feb. 3-5 in the San Juan Islands.

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• OUTDOORS: Lower Columbia fishing set, halibut hold line

• OUTDOORS: Early 2012 fishing seasons take form

• OUTDOORS: Gold star hunters sought

• OUTDOORS: Show season sets stage for 2012 safaris

• FISHING AND HUNTING NOTEBOOK: Window of steelheading opportunity opens

• OUTDOORS: Area rivers to rise as weather improves

• OUTDOORS: Poor wild returns force early steelheading closures

• OUTDOORS: Steelheading to close

• OUTDOORS: Angling for a little ice time?

• 2012 nature calendar for Whatcom County

• OUTDOORS: Crab catch reporting will dictate future

OUTDOORS WASHINGTON

kids and dirt

Northwest Trek will host Kids ’n’ Critters from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday-Feb. 20.

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• FISHING REPORT

• The Don't Miss List for outdoor enthusiasts for Feb. 5

• On the road for Feb. 5: Carnival Day at Ski Hill

• Fitness: 15 things you can do in shorts right now

• Olympia Mountaineers meet at Nisqually refuge

• Finances top parks agenda

• Roost houses offer small birds an escape from rough weather

• Fly-fishing experts host two-day workshop

• DISPATCHES Pheasants Forever adds two biologist to state

OUTDOORS IDAHO

Find snow sport heaven at Anthony Lakes in Eastern Oregon

Anthony Lakes has alpine ski and snowboard slopes, a Nordic ski and snowshoe center, snowmobile trails and backcountry snow cat tours. While in the area, add variety to your visit with an elk-viewing tour and a visit to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

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• Idaho Fish & Game seeks volunteers to plant sagebrush, bitterbrush to restore big game range

• Four men get jail and thousands in fines for poaching up the Yankee Fork

• Apply now for big-game Super Hunts

• Snowmobilers can ride with pals and win prizes at fun runs

• New access road built for Weiser River Trail

• Snowmobiling is more accessible than you might think

• Bogus Basin announces 10 percent discount for next year's season pass for current season pass holders

• Repairs may delay Boise Greenbelt users near Veterans Parkway

• Roger Phillips: Countdown to next duck season has begun

OUTDOORS ALASKA

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• When the lights go out, blame humans

• Outdoors hotline (2/7/12)

• New winter storm elevates avalanche danger

• No injuries reported in warehouse roof collapse

• Moose-car collisions spike as storm blasts Southcentral

• Federal subsistence board renews review of Alaska rural designation

• Alaska Ski for Women scheduled Sunday

• Outdoors hotline (1/31/12)

• Government can crowd out other forms of working together