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State agencies ask campers to not move firewood

Several state agencies are asking campers and outdoor enthusiasts to not move firewood and instead buy it where…

Members of The Oroville Initiative (TOI) plant trees near the newly constructed picnic shelters at the Similkameen Trailhead at the end of Kernan Road last Monday. There are also new trail information kiosks planned at this location and at Oroville’s Triangle Park. <em>Gary De Von/staff photo </em>

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TOI builds picnic shelters, plants trees at Similkameen Trailhead

TOI reported they had completed two picnic shelters, installed tables and were planting trees and adding signs at…

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Runners in the 42nd Annual May Festival Fun Run blast down Appleway for the start of the race. Runners, and walkers, participated in either a 5K or two-mile race.

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Oroville May Festival Fun Run celebrating 42nd year

The 42nd Annual May Festival Fun Run got underway at 8 a.m. last Saturday morning with a fast…

Andrew Alcala from Chelan won first place for longest fish at 21.25" in the Youth Division.. He also got Heaviest Fish in the Northwest Ice Fishing Festival.

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Anglers pull in prize-winning fish at NW Ice Fishing Fest

The NW Ice Fishing Festival was held Saturday, Jan. 13 with 44 anglers descending on Sidley Lake to…

Six Tonasket wrestlers competed in the Gut Check Tournament in Auburn, Washington. Submitted photo

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Tonasket wrestlers compete in two tourneys

Tonasket Wrestling had six wrestlers compete at the tough Gut Check Tourney in Auburn while the rest went…

Recreation | WA DNR

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WA Department of Natural Resources to host public meetings for Statewide Recreation Plan

Four public meetings in January and February 2024 will give members of the public an opportunity to help…

Photo courtesy of Washington State University

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Washington Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to WSU/OSU control of Pac-12

The State Supreme Court declined to review a legal challenge to a lower court order that currently grants…

The Highlands Community Support Council (HCSC) donated enough money to rebuild an aerator to replace the one at Sidley Lake. Laura Robinson, HCSC Treasurer, Anne Alden, HCSC Secretary and Kevin Myrick, HCSC board member and volunteer with a check representing the donation. HCSC/submitted photo

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Highlands Community Support Coalition donates to the complete rebuild of the Sidley Lake aerator

Kevin Myrick continues his family’s decades-long tradition of volunteerism in the maintenance and operation of local highland lakes…

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The U.S. Forest Service is waiving recreation fees for those day-use sites that have them in Washington and Oregon on Saturday, June 10.
The U.S. Forest Service is waiving recreation fees for those day-use sites that have them in Washington and Oregon on Saturday, Sept. 23. Gary DeVon/GT file photo

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Forest Service waives recreation fees for National Public Lands Day

The Forest Service will be waiving recreation fees at day-use sites on Saturday, Sept. 23, for National Public…

Submitted photo Brooks Enzensperger, 16, arrives in Oroville after cycling 3500 miles from Vermont to his grandfather’s in Oroville as a challenge to himself. He was greeted by well wishers including his grandfather Joseph Enzenspeger and his great aunt.

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Teen challenges himself to bicycle from Vermont to Oroville to visit grandfather

The 16-year-old, Brooks Enzensperger, made the trip, his first to Oroville, as a challenge to himself.

Smokey Bear catches a fish during the 2023 Bonaparte Lake Resort free fishing day festivities on Saturday, June 10. <em>Laura Knowlton/staff photos</em>

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A ‘reel’ good day of fishing

Nearly 200 young anglers participated in the Tonasket Ranger District’s annual Fish Day at Bonaparte Lake.

The U.S. Forest Service is waiving recreation fees for those day-use sites that have them in Washington and Oregon on Saturday, June 10. Gary DeVon/GT file photo

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Forest Service waives recreation fees for National Get Outdoors Day

This special initiative aims to encourage families and individuals to explore the beauty and wonders of the nation’s…

2023 Trail Tales Locations

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Colville National Forest presents Trail Tales 2023

Tonasket Ranger District features Strawberry Mountain Trail