Outdoors

Outdoors

• Hunters gather poaching reward - 7/17/2008

  GLENDALE — For the past two years, trips down Interstate 5 through the Glendale area have brought with them a little pleasurable rubbernecking...

• Kids share war stories at camp - 7/17/2008

  Whether it was horseback riding, shooting arrows, canoeing or swinging from the largest bungee chord at a weeklong camp outside of Salem, Shauntel...

  
• When the going gets hot - 7/17/2008

  When the heat of summer hits the Rogue Valley most birders hang up their binoculars.

  
• Annual river cleanup might include the kitchen sink - 7/17/2008

  SHADY COVE — Volunteers will be searching the banks of the upper Rogue River for the most unique litter they can find during the annual stream...

• Reader's Corner - 7/17/2008

  This book contains everything a person needs to know about thriving in nature, from making tools and finding water to eating plants and catching fish.

  
• Rock Climbing at Flagstone - 7/17/2008

  Partly because it's just over 50 miles east of Eugene, near the town of Vida, Flagstone is one of the most popular summer rock climbing locations in...

  
• Wheels spin near Lake of the Woods - 7/17/2008

  Lake of the Woods, with its cool waters, camping and resorts, is a great place to spend time in the summer.

• Backcountry safety - 7/17/2008

  A global-positioning system is indispensible if your trip takes you off-trail into the open backcountry.

  
• Lake Outlook - 7/17/2008

  AGATE - Bass fishing remains good along the lake's upper end, with plastic worms and grubs fished slowly off the bottom being some of the better...

• Ocean Outlook - 7/17/2008

  COASTWIDE - Albacore tuna remain about 40 miles offshore, and landings were poor last week amid heavy winds.

• Get Out: July 17, 2008 - 7/17/2008

  Sierra Club Outings

• Creature Feature - 7/17/2008

  BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD

  
• S.O.B. - 7/10/2008

  For many runners, a marathon is the ultimate challenge.

  
• Howard Prairie trout experiment succeeding - 7/10/2008

  Floyd Grimes and his favorite lure have revealed much about what lies beneath the surface of Howard Prairie Lake, as well as what the future likely...

• South Gate Meadows on Mount Shasta - 7/10/2008

  Climb, descend, climb, descend, climb. Essentially, that's the formula for a 1.5-mile hike to South Gate Meadows on Mount Shasta.

• Saddle up for Hells Canyon - 7/10/2008

  If you've ever wanted to feel like a pioneer on horseback, then the Hell's Canyon National Recreation Area in northeastern Oregon is as close as it...

  
• EXTREME KIDS - 7/10/2008

  By Scott Graham

  
• Lowlifes still stand tall, even without a plan of their own - 7/10/2008

  We called them the lowlifes (mosses, fungi and lichens).

• 100 miles of the PCT closed in Northern California - 7/10/2008

  Wildfires burning in Northern California have closed about 100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.