Fishing/Hunting

National & World Hunter escapes grizzly attack with minor injuries Hunter escapes grizzly attack with minor injuries

A grizzly bear has attacked another person in the Yellowstone region, this time a Wyoming hunter who said the animal came at him with so little warning he had no time to use the pepper spray he was carrying for defense in just such a predicament.

Outdoors Free orange hats for youth hunters Free orange hats for youth hunters

Free hunter orange hats will be given to youth hunters that plan to hunt the fall 2011 season, to help kids meet new regulations requiring they wear the color.

Outdoors Feds issue plan to restore Willamette salmon Feds issue plan to restore Willamette salmon

The top priority for saving Upper Willamette Basin salmon and steelhead from extinction is getting more fish over the dams that control floods in the region.

Outdoors Judge rejects salmon protection plan as too vague Judge rejects salmon protection plan as too vague

A federal judge in Oregon has found the Obama administration's attempt to make federal hydroelectric dams in the Northwest safer for protected salmon violates the Endangered Species Act.

Outdoors Spring Chinook release set for Powder River

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will release about 200 spring Chinook salmon into the Powder River after getting the signoff from fisheries downstream.

Outdoors Bear hunt raises safety concerns at Lake Tahoe Bear hunt raises safety concerns at Lake Tahoe

Critics of Nevada's first black bear hunt are worried that with hunters and hikers near Lake Tahoe sharing the same woods, it won't only be bears that get shot.