Outdoors

Outdoors

• Trail champs ready for Lithia Loop - 11/5/2009

  In only two years, the Lithia Loop Marathon in Ashland has gone from a new race that needed to prove itself to a national championship event.

  
• Ski, snowboard swaps slated at NMHS, SOU - 11/5/2009

  November is a great month to get ready for ski season without spending a ton of dough — and you can help local students at the same time.

• Hunting Outlook: Nov. 5, 2009 - 11/5/2009

  JACKSON - The general rifle season for bucks closes Friday evening for adults but remains open through Sunday evening for juveniles who have tags but...

• Ocean Outlook: Nov. 5, 2009 - 11/5/2009

  COASTWIDE - Small-craft advisories are in effect today, and some stiff winds and big swells are forecast to continue into the weekend.

• River Outlook: Nov. 5, 2009 - 11/5/2009

  ROGUE - The upper Rogue is good for a mix of bait, plug and fly-fishing for summer steelhead, while the middle Rogue continues to hold its own for...

• Lake Outlook: Nov. 5, 2009 - 11/5/2009

  AGATE - The lake is very low, but fishing is good for the 500 large rainbows and 150 trophy rainbows stocked there recently.

• Starbucks brews trouble for camp-coffee traditions - 11/5/2009

  Tuesday might steep in infamy as the day the tradition of camp coffee died.

• First hunt may be the last for 12-year-old - 11/5/2009

  BAKER CITY — Matea Huggins isn't even a teenager yet, but already she's the star of a hunting tale that would enchant listeners at any Oregon...

• Whitehorse Hot Springs - 11/5/2009

  There couldn't be a more remote mud bath in Oregon than the Whitehorse Hot Springs.

• Agreement continues access to timberlands - 11/5/2009

  A new police-patrolled travel-management area will help keep about 680,000 acres of Southern Oregon industrial timberlands open to public access for...

• Get Out: Nov. 5, 2009 - 11/5/2009

  Sierra Club hikes

• Urban Trout - 10/29/2009

  Ken Klein wandered from his Central Point home to little Expo Pond with spinning rod in hand, hoping to fritter away a fall Tuesday by catching a few...

  
• Rattlesnake Rapids - 10/29/2009

  Rattlesnake Rapids is the toughest white water to negotiate on the upper Rogue River, and it often scares rafters and driftboaters away from boating...

  
• Flocking together - 10/29/2009

  Birds of a different feather landed in Lithia Park Saturday — 254 of them to be precise.

  
• If it's movin', it still might be a decoy - 10/29/2009

  Some of Oregon's more seasoned elk poachers have learned to side-step getting caught in a backwoods wildlife-enforcement-decoy sting by following the...

  
• Whisky Creek Cabin Trail - 10/29/2009

  A hike with children is usually more interesting for the kids if there's something at the end of the trail.

  
• Hunting Outlook: Oct. 29, 2009 - 10/29/2009

  JACKSON - The general rifle season for blacktail bucks remains open through Nov. 6 and late-season success should be very good.

• Celestial rewards on the Boundary Trail - 10/29/2009

  Oct. 11 was the last day of predicted dry, nice weather in the high country.

  
• New boat fees go into effect next week - 10/29/2009

  About 102,000 Oregon boat owners can expect next week to receive renewal notices for their motor boat registrations, and they will be the first ones...