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Safeguard our bear neighbors by removing temptations

PENINSULA — Spring is here, and our county’s healthy gang of bears is back to dining on whatever…

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Halibut season starts this Thursday

ILWACO — Anglers fishing for halibut in Washington waters will see a similar season structure as compared to…

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Derby Winners

1st Place 0-6: Natalie Peterson 2nd: Aiden Cleary 3rd: Luella Hurtman 1st Place 7-10: Hudson Greenfield (Biggest fish…

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Birdwatching: Backyard birds are like live theater

If you love birds, now is the time to be watching for them in your very own backyard.…

Life

Willapa pedaling State Parks makes plans for next 15 miles of cross-state trail network

WILLAPA RIVER VALLEY — In the early 20th century when the Northern Pacific Railway was hauling tens of…

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White sturgeon numbers decent; Some upriver populations show decline

COLUMBIA RIVER — After years of low abundance of legal-sized and adult-sized white sturgeon in the Lower Columbia…

Life

Chinook residents explore pains, pleasures of pruning

When my wife and I bought our home in Chinook across from the old Chinook school, it had…

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Birdwatching We can be excellent landlords for our nesting birds

By Dr. Madeline Kalbach For the Observer Most of us know that spring is the beginning of the…

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Birdwatching Wood ducks: A conservation success story

Birds tell the tale when it comes to announcing the arrival of spring. It seems to have arrived.…

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Spring Chinook fishery reopens for the day Saturday

OLYMPIA — Anglers will have an opportunity to fish for spring Chinook salmon in the Lower Columbia River…

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