Quagga mussels found on boat entering E. Oregon

ONTARIO, Ore. — An Eastern Oregon checkpoint aimed at keeping invasive species from hitchhiking into Oregon on boats has opened for the spring, and it found an infested boat the next day.

Fishing report 5/23

Canyon Creek, Little White Salmon River open for trout fishing on Saturday

Snow falls in backcountry just in time for Memorial Day weekend

Several inches of new snow accumulate at elevations as low as 3,400 feet

Meeting set for June 4 to discuss Lewis, Washougal steelhead plans

Work group will develop changes to management in East Fork Lewis, North Fork Lewis, Washougal rivers plus Salmon Creek

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Items about trail work in the Yacolt Burn State Forest and free camping at Oregon State Parks, both on June 1

Outings

Hikes, cycling rides, kayak trips and more

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Perch in the surf

Redtails available off the Washington beaches provide coastal recreation along with a tasty meal

Spring chinook angling to reopen Saturday

Spring chinook fishing in the lower Columbia River will open Saturday and continue daily, segueing into the summer salmon season debut on June 16.

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Spring chinook angling to reopen Saturday in lower Columbia

Season expected to continue uninterrupted until summer salmon start on June 16

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33 years later, volcano brings world travelers

Many Mount St. Helens visitors and researchers are from other countries

When visitors flock to Mount St. Helens on Saturday, it's a good bet that plenty of them won't be speaking English as their first language.

Wolves called state's most divisive wildlife issue

Debate over wolf management splits agency, sportsmen

Fishing report 5/16

Anglers can fish for hatchery steelhead, hatchery chinook jacks downstream of Interstate 5; shad angling now open; kokanee catches improving

Clark-Skamania Flyfishers to reach grant milestone

Club will have awarded $150,000 in past decade to help Southwest Washington, Columbia Gorge fisheries, habitat

Out & About

Items about Ape Cave trail, a boating safety class, a cycling event at Trout Lake, the Oregon Bass and Panfish Club meeting and a fishing contest by Cabela's

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Relocated endangered deer make the transition

37 white-tail deer adjust to new life at Ridgefield wildlife refuge

RIDGEFIELD — More than a month after an elaborate multi-agency operation moved some three dozen endangered Columbian white-tailed deer to protected habitat in Clark County, the animals are adapting to their new surroundings.

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