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TRAIL — The metal trap closes slowly, forcing dozens of ripened Rogue River winter steelhead from the Cole Rivers Hatchery collection pond and into the sorting room for processing, all nice specimens but certainly not Wednesday's target species. Technicians earlier thought the first spring chinook of the year had reached Cole Rivers, but the highly coveted salmon were conspicuously missing during Wednesday's collection-pond sweep. "Doesn't look like it's here yet," hatchery foreman J
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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APPLEGATE VALLEY — Old friends and new. Yes, there were old friends and new people on a recent hike into the Applegate Valley's Enchanting Forest. But this time around, the old and new refer to other species — flowers. Flowers familiar and new, in a forest as enchanting as its name. Our hiking group passed through forest openings brightly colored and enlivened with familiar flowers — larkspur, wild strawberry, balsam root, arnica, Indian paintbrush and, most abundantly and g
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Winter snowfall at Crater Lake National Park is only slightly above the long-term average this year, but it figures to create problems for visitors and road construction crews as park employees work to open park roads. “I don’t know when we’re going to open. It could be the end of June,” park Superintendent Craig Ackerman said of opening West Rim Drive from Rim Village to the North Entrance. It’s also uncertain when snow will be cleared along the entire 33-mile
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Given a choice, many teens will opt for pizza. A burger and fries is an acceptable substitute. But a teen that prefers kale or Brussels sprouts is considered odd. Something similar happens in the hawk world. Red-tailed hawks nesting in the Rogue Valley love nothing better than fresh ground squirrel for breakfast. For a little variety, rabbits, mice or snakes are acceptable alternatives. This is what redtails and most other Buteos eat — fresh red meat. Buteos are a group of closely related
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Ten young guns will have a good shot at bagging a tom turkey this spring thanks to an agreement with a local ranch that helps create hunting access and wildlife habitat. The hunts on the C2 Cattle Co. ranch near Lake Creek are filled through a drawing by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Winners get one day of guided turkey hunting on the ranch, either during the youth turkey season that runs April 8-9 or any time during the general spring season, which runs April 15 through May 31. On
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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All salmon fishing is officially dead in the water this year off the Southern Oregon coast — doomed by a crash in chinook headed for Northern California's Klamath River. The Pacific Fishery Management Council Tuesday set sport and commercial fishing seasons off the West Coast, including complete shutdowns of chinook and coho salmon fishing for sport and commercial fishers from Humbug Mountain near Port Orford down into Northern California. Tuesday's decision was expected because all three
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE:  Pretty iffy conditions are expected on the ocean today, but things will slowly get better through the weekend if the forecasts pan out. Today is predicted to bring 15-knot winds and wind waves up to 11 feet, followed Saturday by 5-knot winds and swells up to 9 feet. Sunday's forecast calls for winds up to 20 knots but just 6-foot wells. Rockfish anglers have new bag limits for 2017. Canary rockfish are part of the seven-fish marine bag limit, and there is no s
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE:  Ocean conditions are a mess for at least the next few days. A storm warning is in effect until this afternoon, with 40-knot winds and 13-foot wind waves forecast. The wind will die down some Saturday to 12 knots, but the 12-foot swells should keep boats at bay. Sunday looks like more of the same, with winds building to 20 knots with 12-foot swells. Good lingcod catches have occurred recently out of Brookings when the weather has allowed. Black and blue rockfish cat
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To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Southern Oregon Nordic Club Saturday, March 11: Beginner and intermediate classic ski lessons begin at 11 a.m. each Saturday through March, weather and snow conditions permitting. A ski tour will follow at noon. Locations will vary depending on snow conditions, so confirm the time and meeting location with Michael Dawkins, 541-482-2703, prior to the outing. A schedule with other upcoming Southern Orego
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE:  Ocean conditions will be up and down through the weekend, with conditions deteriorating each day. Today opens with a forecast for 10-knot winds and 6-foot swells, followed Saturday by winds up to 25 knots and wind waves building to 8 feet as afternoon rains come. Sunday calls for 10- to 15-knot winds and 8- to 9-foot swells. Good lingcod and black rockfish catches have occurred recently out of Brookings when the weather has allowed. Black and blue rockfish catches
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected] Southern Oregon Nordic Club Saturday, March 18: Beginner and intermediate classic ski lessons begin at 11 a.m. each Saturday through March, weather and snow conditions permitting. A ski tour will follow at noon. Locations will vary depending on snow conditions, so confirm the time and meeting location with Michael Dawkins, 541-482-2703, prior to the outing. A schedule with other upcoming Southern Orego
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COOS BAY — Foam particles float through the air, eventually falling into a pile on the floor, the culmination of the many boards that have been shaped in this garage. Kyle Shellhammer is using a planer to manipulate a polyurethane foam blank, sanding off layers until it forms into what will become one of his Eggnog surfboards. Surfboard makers serve as a gateway that ushers people into the sport. Riding a board for the first time can spark a passion for surfing that can last a lifetime. W
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Amanda Barron ventures to the edge of Lower Table Rock, takes off her shoes, and suddenly a tree sprouts from the basalt rim overlooking the Rogue Valley. The Tree gives way to the Dancing Warrior sequence, with Barron's arms and legs moving in the silent symphony that is yoga, but this time with the valley's panorama as its backdrop. The Eagle pose might next be proper, in homage to the raptors now returning to the Table Rocks. But not Upward Dog. No pets allowed on the Table Rocks. Trees, eagl
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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If you are tuned into the world of birders, you may have felt a slight tug to the Oregon Coast near Florence around the first of the year. This would have resulted from the tilt of the land due to the mass of birders rushing to the area. A finch called a brambling took a wrong turn somewhere over eastern Siberia last fall and instead of ending up in southern Asia made its way to North America and down the West Coast until finding a friendly flock of juncos in someone’s backyard. A breedin
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: Weekend weather is predicted be poor for ocean fishing. A gale advisory is in place through Saturday afternoon, with 25-knot winds and six-foot swells forecast for today, and 10-knot winds with 11-foot wind waves Saturday. Sunday things settle down a bit but not much, with winds up to 15 knots and swells up to nine feet. Rockfish anglers have new bag limits for 2017. Canary rockfish are part of the seven-fish marine bag limit, and there is no sub-limit on them, so a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE:  Ocean conditions are a mixed bag this weekend, if the forecasts hold true. Twenty-knot winds and 7-foot swells are forecast for today, followed Saturday 10-knot winds, 5-foot wind waves and rain. Sunday's forecast calls for 20-knot winds and 12-foot swells. Good lingcod catches have occurred recently out of Brookings when the weather allows. Black and blue rockfish catches remain good to very good. Beginning Saturday, the recreational fleet will be relegated to wat
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Groups hoping they'll need a new sign at the Lava Beds National Monument Visitor Center took a step forward this week in their efforts to rally congressional support for having the monument turned into a national park. "Gather around the Lava Beds sign, but block out the national monument part," joked Patrick Taylor, Lava Beds chief interpreter, when the 20 people touring the park Tuesday afternoon gathered for a group photo. Included in the group were Shane Starr, district representative for Ca
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Two years ago, an Ashland High School senior was sitting in the school’s quad, talking about his adventurous grandfather. Grandpa, he marveled, had traveled to Nepal as a young man and still remembered his trek to the Mount Everest base camp as one of the great adventures of his life. The account must have inspired the boy, who declared to a group of friends gathered around that he was planning on following the same path after graduation. Sitting close by, Cedar Barnes, a sophomore with co
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I’ve been off in rural Mexico experiencing one of my Bucket List items — seeing where virtually all of the migrating eastern monarch butterflies go to overwinter each year. I am in Angangueo, a small town at 8,000 feet in the center of the El Rosario Monarch Preserve in the state of Michoacan, Mexico. After our hike from the entrance of El Rosario to the quiet slopes of Oyamel pine trees, the guide stopped us along a path barred with twine to see one of two monarch populations in t