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Selecting hiking boots and shoes
Trailhead Tales
by Jim Broshears, DECEMBER 20, 2016



In order to be prepared to shop for hiking shoes or boots, you need to be able to answer the following questions. How are you going to use the shoe/boot? Do you want waterproof or ventilated? Do you want low, mid or high boot? Is your foot wide or narrow? And what size do you normally wear? Let’s start with...
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Cow Country Coyotes
On the Trail
with Gary Lewis, DECEMBER 20, 2016



Cow country coyotes are some of the best-schooled predators on four legs. Every day they observe the two-leggers walk the fields and ride out to the cattle. They learn to lie up in the sage or watch from the rimrocks, waiting until all is quiet before returning to the flats to hunt mice, ground squirrels and rabbits.  At calving time, they...
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Eagle Lake Trout Update
by Valerie Aubrey, DECEMBER 19, 2016
Eagle Lake

Valerie Aubrey checked in today with an update from Eagle Lake. 7F morning, warmed up to 18F by 9am fishing time & found a 4lb chunker that spun my kayak around pretty quickly! Brown/copper leech fly 2ft down.
ODFW seeks landowner representation
by ODFW, DECEMBER 19, 2016


ODFW is currently accepting applications for several positions on the statewide board and regional councils for the Access and Habitat Program. Apply by Monday, Jan. 30, 2017 to be considered. The positions being recruited are: Landowner Representative, Statewide A&H Board Landowner Representative, North Willamette Regional Council Landowner Representative, Deschutes Klamath Regional Council Landowner Representative, South Willamette Regional Council To apply, use either the Board Application or...
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CDFW cracks down on Ivory trafficking
by CDFW, DECEMBER 19, 2016


Investigations by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) have culminated in illegal trafficking of wildlife cases pending in Los Angeles and Alameda counties, and in San Francisco.  In recent weeks, CDFW’s Wildlife Trafficking Team worked three separate investigations: CDFW wildlife officers intercepted and seized 377 items of jewelry containing pieces labeled as mammoth ivory at an air cargo terminal in...
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B&C praise announcement of Zinke
by Boone and Crockett Club, DECEMBER 19, 2016


The Boone and Crockett Club, the oldest wildlife conservation group in the U.S., founded by Theodore Roosevelt, praises President-Elect Donald Trump's announcement of U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) to become Secretary of the Department of the Interior. "Ryan Zinke has already demonstrated the leadership required as America's top conservation steward, and the president-elect has done likewise in embracing it." said Ben...
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