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Michael Wright

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
32
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Sep 30, 2026
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Jul 8, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Michael Wright

    Columbia River steelhead run forecast downgraded again (opens the original)

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    The bad news for Columbia River steelhead numbers just keeps coming. State, federal and tribal officials downgraded their steelhead return forecast once again on Monday, estimating this year’s count of summer steelhead at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia would top out at 56,900. The count would be the worst since steelhead counts began in 1939 with the construction of Bonneville, the first dam the sea-run rainbows encounter on their trip from the ocean to their natal streams. Most of the fish that

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Michael Wright

    Easement approved on land near Mount Spokane (opens the original)

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    Another chunk of private forest near Mount Spokane is now protected from development. More than 7,400 acres of Inland Empire Paper Co. property in Spokane County was placed under a permanent conservation easement, according to an announcement earlier this month from the Trust for Public Land. Inland Empire Paper Co. is owned by the Cowles Co., which also owns The Spokesman-Review. The easement marks the completion of the second phase of the Spirit of Mount Spokane Forest Legacy Project, a partne

  3. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Michael Wright

    Grizzly spotted in mountains east of Coeur d'Alene (opens the original)

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    A grizzly bear followed its nose to a bait site in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains earlier this month, where it was captured by a black bear hunter’s game camera. The hunter reported the sighting near Skookum Saddle to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and shared the game camera photos. “It looks to be healthy, adult grizzly bear out there doing normal bear things,” said Morgan Pfander, Idaho Fish and Game’s regional grizzly bear biologist. The hunter has been directed to remove the bait in acco

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Michael Wright

    Roadless rule comment period extended (opens the original)

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    There’s still time to weigh in on the Trump administration’s plan to end protections against logging and roadbuilding on nearly 45 million acres of federal land. Federal officials announced earlier this month that the public comment period on the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule has been extended to Oct. 6. The comment period was originally set to end this past Monday. More than 240,000 comments have already been filed with the Federal Register praising and lambast

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Michael Wright

    Survey says: How Washington biologists keep an eye on whitetail deer (opens the original)

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    The first group of deer Matt Brinkman saw Tuesday evening was a trio of whitetail does, just off the road in the hills outside of Colbert. Brinkman, an assistant district biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, pulled over and flipped on the truck’s hazard lights. He grabbed a tablet to log information about the deer for the night’s whitetail survey. It was a good start. Since starting the survey, he’d driven 41/2 miles. “It’s better than the last time I ran this route,” Br

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