OutdoorsMarch 22, 2013

Pistol club sets silhouette match

LAPWAI - The Lewiston Pistol Club will host a National Rifle Association-approved silhouette match Saturday at the Lewis-Clark Wildlife Club range near here.

The match will start at 9 a.m. and end by noon. Each participant must shoot at small steel targets at varying distances. One shot is allowed per target, with 40 rounds in the match. There will be time to practice before the match.

Six categories of firearms will be used: small-bore cowboy rifle; pistol-cartridge cowboy rifle; hunter's pistol (scoped); small-bore hunter's pistol (open sights); small-bore hunter's pistol (scoped); and hunter's pistol (open sights). To prevent target damage, bullet velocities for centerfire arms should not exceed 1,000 feet per second.

The cost is $9 per shooter, but first-time shooters can enter for $5. Each shooter should have a copy of the National Rifle Association score book, available for $12, which is good for a year. If a second match is held, the cost to enter will be $4.50.

Those who would like more information can contact match director Pat Lightfield at (208) 743-0041, or range officials at (208) 843-2987.

The range is 4.5 miles east of U.S. Highway 95 along Tom Beall Road.

Wilderness area talk scheduled

GRANGEVILLE - Scholars Debbie Lee and Dennis Baird will make a presentation on human history of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area at the supervisor's office of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest here Monday.

Lee and Baird received a National Endowment for the Humanities Collaborative Research Grant to create an archive of historical documents, photos, and oral histories chronicling the wilderness. In addition to the archive and oral histories, Lee is writing a nonfiction book about the region.

Lee is professor of English at Washington State University and Baird is professor emeritus at the University of Idaho.

The presentation starts at 6:30 p.m. More information is available by contacting Cindy Schacher, archaeologist for the forest, at (208) 983-7012.

Prescribed burns scheduled

GRANGEVILLE - The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest will conduct multiple prescribed fires this spring and plans to ignite the fires when weather and environmental conditions are favorable.

The prescribed burning is designed to improve habitat for wildlife, reduce the natural and activity fuel accumulations and enhance forest health.

  • The Salmon River Ranger District plans burns in the Blue Mountain, South Fork Squaw Creek, Kessler Creek, South Fork of Skookumchuck Creek and Slate Creek areas. In the Clearwater River drainage, the district plans burns at Green Creek, Lightning Creek, Earthquake Basin, Blacktail Butte and along the South Fork of the Clearwater River.
  • On the Red River Ranger District fires will be ignited to reduce fuel loads and to eliminate logging slash. Some road and trail systems in the vicinity of these projects may be temporarily closed during burning operations. Fires designed to reduce fuel loads are planned for the Starbucky area and the 806 Face. Slash fires are planned for the Crooked Stewardship project; the 66 Timber Sale; American Stewardship Project; Starbucky Timber Sale; and Fitness Timber Sale.
  • The Lochsa Ranger District is planning a number of small burns across the southern portion of the district to reduce fuels associated with logging operations and to create planting sites for seedlings.

Firefighter to discuss his career

MOSCOW - Chris Bolz, who spent 20 years fighting fires for the U.S. Forest Service, will offer his observations on how fires and firefighting have changed and on the effects of global warming during a talk Saturday at the 1912 Center in Moscow.

His presentation, "Life on the Front Lines: Through the Eyes of a Forest Service Firefighter," starts at 2 p.m. and is sponsored by the Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition.

Dworshak project on agenda

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OROFINO - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will meet Wednesday to talk about a continuing nutrient restoration pilot project at Dworshak Reservoir.

The meeting will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Best Western Riverside Lodge in Orofino.

The goal of the pilot project is to evaluate if the reservoir ecosystem can be restored and sport fishing opportunities can be enhanced by the addition of nutrients there.

Information learned during the study will be used to determine if nutrient enhancement should be adopted as a long-term management activity.

Camground hosts sought

GRANGEVILLE - The Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest is looking for people to serve as campground hosts for the 2013 camping season at several locations.

More information is available by visiting the forest's website at http://1.usa.gov/15t6hUN.

Wolf trapper class planned

A wolf trapper education class will be from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 30 at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Clearwater Region headquarters, 3314 16th St., Lewiston.

People who wish to trap wolves in Idaho must first take a one-time certification class. The class covers wolf management, trapping techniques, regulations and ethics.

Registration is available through the department's website at http://fishand

game.idaho.gov or by visiting the office.

Wilderness group sets meeting

MOSCOW - The Palouse Broadband of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness is holding its annual spring meeting and covered-dish dinner Tuesday at the Fiske Room of the 1912 Center here.

The meeting, which starts at 6 p.m., will feature updates on wildland issues, summer trip planning and a screening of "A Sense of Wonder," a documentary film about Rachel Carson. Those who are attending are asked to bring a soup, salad or dessert to share.

More information is available by contacting Ashley Lipscomb at ashley.

lipscomb@gmail.com.

Sturgeon rules change again

OLYMPIA - The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has revised sturgeon fishing rules for the second time in two weeks.

According to the latest update, the new annual bag limit will be two sturgeon per year. Starting in 2014, sturgeon harvest will close below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River but remain at two per year on the Columbia above Bonneville, including the Snake River downstream of Lower Granite Dam.

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