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• OUTDOORS: Lower Columbia fishing set, halibut hold line

  Early 2012 salmon, steelhead and sturgeon fishing seasons are now set for the lower Columbia River, giving anglers some hard information on which to plan trips.

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• 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: Historic season ends, crab reporting begins

OUTDOORS WASHINGTON

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• 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

• DISPATCHES Pheasants Forever adds two biologist to state

• Biologists predicting strong run of Columbia spring chinook this year

• Federal dollars fund park summer shuttle system

• One-time employee joins State Parks commission

• Volunteers needed for beach cleanup

• Olympia Mountaineers meet at Nisqually refuge

OUTDOORS IDAHO

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• Banff Mountain Film Festival

• Chukar hunt opening day; campfire gathering; and Diva Day at Brundage

• Boise River bull trout adapting to reservoirs

• Ask Zimo: Stanley Lake’s Inlet campsites to be moved from wetlands

• Fish Rap: Magic finally freezes as steelheading heats up

• Banff Film Festival; and snow ranger event

• 12,000 trout to be stocked in the Valley

• A bridge between winter and spring: Snow-free hiking, riding and more

• Learn how animals handle winter at a free Foothills Learning Center program

OUTDOORS ALASKA

When the lights go out, blame humans

Several years back, I woke my kids in the middle of the night. "Come on, get up, look at the northern lights!" The sky was a brilliant red, from horizon to horizon. They did get up and look, but didn't seem quite as impressed as I. Today they don't remember that night.

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• 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

• Kodiak bear guides aim to give guests low-impact adventure