Outdoors

Outdoors

• River Outlook - 5/15/2008

  ROGUE - A good showing of spring chinook salmon in the lower Rogue this week created some of the most consistent chinook fishing in a year.

• 'Holy Water' is stocked with 'good, fat' trout - 5/15/2008

  The so-called "Holy Water" impoundment along the upper Rogue River should see a few more of its disciples return now that more rainbows have been...

• Lake Outlook - 5/15/2008

  AGATE - Water conditions are improving but fishing for bass and crappie remains slow amid cool and muddy water.

• Ocean Outlook - 5/15/2008

  COASTWIDE - Only Pacific halibut anglers are allowed outside the 40-fathom line for the second round of all-depth halibut fishing, which runs Friday...

• Hunting Outlook - 5/15/2008

  JACKSON/JOSEPHINE - Turkey hunters should be able to call in the wayward tom still looking for a hen, and the hot weather forecast for this weekend...

• Tule Lake bird fest on tap - 5/15/2008

  Bird enthusiasts will have plenty to gawk at Saturday at the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, which is hosting its annual Tule Lake Migratory Bird...

• Study: People accept fire for forest health - 5/15/2008

  Have you been to Boise lately? I was stranded there in 1979 waiting for the fog to lift at the Portland airport.

• Ashland-area trails still awash in color - 5/15/2008

  High country trails are going to be locked in snow much longer than usual this year, but you can savor mountain views and flowers that are usually...

• Alfred A. Loeb State Park - 5/15/2008

  The first thing you'll notice at Alfred A. Loeb State Park is the smell.

  
• Creature Feature: Coyote - 5/15/2008

  (Canis latrans)

  
• The Great American Camping Cookbook - 5/15/2008

  By Scott Cookman

  
• Tough-as-nails runners conquer Roxy Ann Peak - 5/15/2008

  Ashland runner Erik Skaggs was told by his boss to run Saturday's Tough As Nails 10-mile race fast so he could get to work early.

  
• Applegate River fishing proposal stirs debate - 5/15/2008

  APPLEGATE — One of Oregon's most exclusive fisheries for hatchery-bred steelhead could get more crowded — and more troublesome at the...

• One night in the wild: Not easy - 5/15/2008

  Learning to survive a weekend in the wild couldn't prepare Jason Weisz and Arik Thumma for an unexpected hardship — snow over spring break.

  
• Oregon Outdoor Guides - 5/15/2008

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• Get Out: May 15, 2008 - 5/15/2008

  Table Rock Guided Hikes

• Bionic beak - 5/15/2008

  ST. MARIES, Idaho — The eagle is named Beauty, although she is anything but.

  
• Dyed fish - 5/15/2008

  CAMP SHERMAN — Sitting on the banks of the Metolius River with a black garbage bag covering her head and hands, biologist Megan Hill shone an...

  
• Seattle fish-egg auctions bring in hundreds of millions - 5/15/2008

  SEATTLE — The bidders walk deliberately among trays of small, lung-shaped sacs full of fish eggs.