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	<title>Pacific Northwest Backroad Adventures &#187; Access</title>
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	<description>Vehicle Dependent Overland Touring, Backroad Explorations and Outdoor Recreation in Washington, Oregon, Idaho &#38; British Columbia</description>
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		<title>New Plan for Ahtanum State Forest Will Help Improve Recreation Safety and Sustainability</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ahtanum state forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dnr]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, DNR released the Ahtanum State Forest Recreation Plan. For the past two years, DNR staff worked with a citizen group to develop the plan. Members of the Ahtanum Recreation Plan Work Group included representatives from a broad range of motorized and non-motorized recreation interests, as well as a wildlife biologist, a conservationist, and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Announces Final Decision on Motorized Vehicle Use (Oregon)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motorized vehicle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[travel management plan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contacts:
Steve Johnson, Interdiciplinary Team Leader, (541) 552-2900
Paul Galloway, Acting Public Affairs Officer, (541) 618-2113
MEDFORD, OR &#8211; January 20, 2010 &#8211; The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has recently completed a Travel Management Plan that shows roads, trails and areas open to motorized vehicles. This week the Forest released a Record of Decision for Motorized Vehicle Use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington State DNR Releases Final Recreation Plan For Ahtanum State Forest</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/washington-state-dnr-releases-final-recreation-plan-for-ahtanum-state-forest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/washington-state-dnr-releases-final-recreation-plan-for-ahtanum-state-forest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ahtanum state forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cascade mountains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-country skiing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[four wheel drive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hunting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[winter recreation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 20, 2010
DNR, Citizen Group Work To Improve Recreation Opportunities And Access
OLYMPIA &#8211; The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today released a recreation plan for the Ahtanum State Forest, a 76,000-acre block of forested state trust land about 20 miles west of Yakima.
The Ahtanum State Forest is a popular year-round recreation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Road Closures in Place on Gifford Pinchot National Forest (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/winter-road-closures-in-place-on-gifford-pinchot-national-forest-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/winter-road-closures-in-place-on-gifford-pinchot-national-forest-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifford pinchot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifford pinchot national forest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wildlife]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Chris Strebig (360) 891-5005
VANCOUVER, WA &#8211; Due to the unusually low snowpack this year, officials with the Gifford Pinchot National Forest would like to remind all forest visitors that there is a winter recreation road closure from December 1 to April 1 that prohibits wheeled vehicles on certain roads. These closures are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reiter Foothills Trail Work Delayed, Frustrating Off-Road Riders (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/reiter-foothills-trail-work-delayed-frustrating-off-road-riders-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/reiter-foothills-trail-work-delayed-frustrating-off-road-riders-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GOLD BAR &#8211; State officials have bumped back their plans to work on new trails at Reiter Foothills so they can first respond to an outpouring of public complaints.
More than 400 responses were received during an environmental review of the state&#8217;s plans, said Candace Johnson, an assistant regional manager with the Department of Natural Resources.
Officials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDITORIAL: Making Idaho Parks and Rec Go Away is a Mistake</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/editorial-making-idaho-parks-and-rec-go-away-is-a-mistake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/editorial-making-idaho-parks-and-rec-go-away-is-a-mistake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[idaho]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parks and recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public land]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 1961, Wall Street mogul Averell Harriman &#8211; owner of Union Pacific Railroad, founder of the Sun Valley Resort, former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union and Great Britain, and one of the architects of the postwar world &#8211; did the people of Idaho a big favor.
My family will give you our 11,000-acre ranch on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Travel Plan Decision Postponed Until Late Summer (Oregon)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/wallowa-whitman-national-forest-travel-plan-decision-postponed-until-late-summer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/wallowa-whitman-national-forest-travel-plan-decision-postponed-until-late-summer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[land use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national forest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oregon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Written by Jayson Jacoby
The thousands of people anxious to find out where motor vehicles will be able to travel on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest will have to wait a while longer than forest officials recently estimated.
Last week Wallowa-Whitman officials said Supervisor Steve Ellis probably would announce his decision on the forest?s long-awaited Travel Management Plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OHV Designated Routes Working Group Meeting and Field Visit &#8211; Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/ohv-designated-routes-working-group-meeting-and-field-visit-oregon-dunes-national-recreation-area-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/ohv-designated-routes-working-group-meeting-and-field-visit-oregon-dunes-national-recreation-area-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeyman state park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off road]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oregon dunes national recreation area]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reedsport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[umpqua beach]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pnwadventures.com/?p=1717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contacts:
Joni Quarnstrom 541-750-7075
Sharon Stewart 541-271-6071
January 14, 2010
Reedsport, OR &#8211; A field tour and meeting for the Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) Designated Routes Working Group for the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area (Oregon Dunes) will be held on Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23.
The January 22 field tour will focus on the &#8220;North Riding Area&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recreation Coalition Files Brief in Ongoing Roadless Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/recreation-coalition-files-brief-in-ongoing-roadless-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/recreation-coalition-files-brief-in-ongoing-roadless-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blueribbon coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest service]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recreation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recreational access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roadless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[roadless rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharetrails]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wilderness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pnwadventures.com/?p=1680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contacts
Brian Hawthorne, BRC Public Lands Policy Director
Phone: 208-237-1008 (x102) &#124; Fax: 208-237-9424
Email: &#98;&#114;b&#114;&#105;&#97;n&#64;&#115;&#104;are&#116;r&#97;i&#108;&#115;&#46;&#111;rg &#124; Webpage: http://www.sharetrails.org/staff/#BrianH
Pocatello, ID (January 5) &#8211; A coalition of recreation advocacy groups filed an Amicus Curiae brief in the 10th District Court of Appeals related to the 2001 Roadless Rule this week, marking over a decade of involvement in the controversial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNR Invites The Public To Help Plan Trails And Restoration Projects In Reiter Foothills Forest (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/dnr-invites-the-public-to-help-plan-trails-and-restoration-projects-in-reiter-foothills-forest-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[department of natural resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gold bar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reiter pit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 23, 2009
OLYMPIA, WA &#8211; The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a workshop in January to collect public input on restoration work and trail opportunities in Reiter Foothills Forest. The popular area is located in eastern Snohomish County near Gold Bar and Index.
When: 6 to 8 p.m., January 13
Where: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chelan Snowmobiling Trails Open (Washington)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[antilon lake sno-park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bergman gulch]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[USDA Forest Service &#8211; Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Contact: Joe Kastenholz, Chelan Ranger District Resource Assistant, 509-682-4900
Susan C Peterson, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF Central Zone Public Affairs, 509-548-2558
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee
Twitter updates: http://twitter.com/okawennf
Chelan, WA- The Chelan Ranger District announced that all snowmobile trails in the Chelan area are officially open Friday, December 18th, 2009, which is good news for snowmobilers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Explains How to License and Register Motorbikes, ATVs in Idaho</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/video-explains-how-to-license-and-register-motorbikes-atvs-in-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/video-explains-how-to-license-and-register-motorbikes-atvs-in-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[atv]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[motorbike]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you need a registration sticker and a license plate for your motorbike and ATV to ride legally in Idaho? Or do you just need a sticker? Or just a plate? What&#8217;s the deal?
There has been some confusion about those questions, so the Idaho Off-Highway Vehicle Public Outreach Campaign produced a step-by-step video that explains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNR Reopens More Trails on the Olympic Peninsula (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/dnr-reopens-more-trails-on-the-olympic-peninsula-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/dnr-reopens-more-trails-on-the-olympic-peninsula-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4x4]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clallam county]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[olympic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portions of the popular Sadie Creek ORV trail system on state trust land in Clallam County are open again. DNR closed trails in area because of damage caused in last month&#8217;s wind storm. We&#8217;ve cleared the fallen trees and limbs blocking trail access but don&#8217;t forget that another portion of Sadie Creek that we closed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lolo Pass Visitor Center Opens for Winter Season (Idaho)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/lolo-pass-visitor-center-opens-for-winter-season-idaho/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States &#8211; Department of Agriculture &#8211; Forest Service
Clearwater National Forest
Contact: Molly Puchlerz
(208) 942-3113
Powell, ID- The Lolo Pass Visitor Center, located on the Idaho-Montana state line along U.S. Highway 12, is open for the winter season. Winter hours of operation are Thursday through Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.
Snowmobile trail grooming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donkey Creek Road Closure (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/donkey-creek-road-closure-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/donkey-creek-road-closure-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[donkey creek]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olympic National Forest
1835 Black Lake Blvd.
Olympia, WA 98512-5623  
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: December 11, 2009
Public Affairs Office: (360) 956-2274  FAX (360) 956-2330
Olympia, WA &#8211; Officials at Olympic National Forest anticipate a closure on the Donkey Creek Road (Forest Service Road 22) at mile post 3.7, beginning as early as January 15, 2010. The purpose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foothills Trail System in Olympic Peninsula Reopens; Sadie Creek Work Next (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/foothills-trail-system-in-olympic-peninsula-reopens-sadie-creek-work-next-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DNR crews working in the northern Olympic Peninsula have reopened all but a small section of trail in the Foothills Off-road Vehicle (ORV) Trail System following last month&#8217;s windstorm.
Crews worked for nine days cutting and clearing blown-down trees and limbs that had fallen across the trails. DNR kept about a half mile of the trail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Service Opens Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Road (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/forest-service-opens-middle-fork-snoqualmie-river-road-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/forest-service-opens-middle-fork-snoqualmie-river-road-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[middle fork campground]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[US Forest Service &#8211; Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Everett, WA &#8211; The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest has opened the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River Road, road 56, to vehicular traffic. Last winter&#8217;s floods closed the road, blocking access to the Middle Fork and Snoqualmie Lake Trailheads. The Upper Middle Fork Road remains closed until next summer for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public BLM Meetings in Idaho</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/public-blm-meetings-in-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/public-blm-meetings-in-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[blm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the ARRA website:
BLM &#8211; Idaho Falls District Resource Advisory Council (RAC)
January 20, 2010, 8:00 am
Idaho Falls BLM Office, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls
The RAC will meet to discuss various issues, including an update on travel plan management and Recreation RAC items.  Time for public comment will be allotted.  Written comments may also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Logging Begins in Lion Gulch Near Liberty, Washington</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/winter-logging-begins-in-lion-gulch-near-liberty-washington/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/winter-logging-begins-in-lion-gulch-near-liberty-washington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cle elum]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest &#8211; USDA Forest Service
Contact: Kim Larned (509) 852-1062
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee
Twitter updates: http://twitter.com/okawennf
Cle Elum, WA &#8211; Winter logging operations have begun in Lion Gulch near Liberty as part of the Liberty Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction Project.  Logging operations and log trucks will be working Monday &#8211; Friday from 7 AM to 5 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Craig Mountain Gates Remain Closed Until More Snow (Idaho)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/craig-mountain-gates-remain-closed-until-more-snow-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/craig-mountain-gates-remain-closed-until-more-snow-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[craig mountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[craig mountain wildlife management area]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IDAHO FISH AND GAME CLEARWATER REGION NEWS RELEASE
Lewiston, ID
Date:	December 4, 2009
Contact:	 Mike Demick
(208) 799-5010
December 5 marks the beginning of the snowmobile season on the Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area south of Lewiston. 
However, Idaho Fish and Game reminds winter recreationists that all access gates to secondary roads will remain closed until 16 inches of snow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stormy Weather Wreaks Havoc on DNR Trails In The Olympic Peninsula (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/stormy-weather-wreaks-havoc-on-dnr-trails-in-the-olympic-peninsula-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DNR Crews Cleaning Up Foothills And Sadie Creek Trail Systems
Olympia, WA &#8211; Last week&#8217;s high winds pounded the Olympic Peninsula, causing extensive damage to a widespread swath of forest land and recreation areas managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The agency is alerting visitors that sections of Foothills Off-road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gifford Pinchot Forest Roads 25, 81, and 83 Gated for Winter Season (Washington)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/gifford-pinchot-forest-roads-25-81-and-83-gated-for-winter-season-washington/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
CONTACT:
Chris Strebig (360) 891-5005 cell (360) 901-2131
Vancouver, WA &#8211; Increasing snow at higher elevations is causing the closure of some Forest roads for the winter. Winter recreationists should keep in mind that roads to Sno-Parks will not be plowed until December 1 or later.
Forest Road 25 is now gated at the south [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashton/Island Park Ranger District Travel Regulations (Idaho)</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/ashtonisland-park-ranger-district-travel-regulations-idaho/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/ashtonisland-park-ranger-district-travel-regulations-idaho/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:  Patty Kraayenbrink  208-524-7639 
Idaho Falls, ID &#8211; Caribou-Targhee National Forest winter travel regulations for Ashton/Island Park Ranger District go into effect Thanksgiving Day.  The official Travel Map for the Ashton/Island Park Ranger District describes winter travel opportunities for both winter cross-country use and winter designated routes.  This map [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon&#8217;s Birch Creek Ranch and Road Closed for the Winter Months</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/oregons-birch-creek-ranch-and-road-closed-for-the-winter-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/oregons-birch-creek-ranch-and-road-closed-for-the-winter-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release: OR-030-2010-002
For Immediate Release: November 23, 2009
News Contact: Mark Wilkening, (541) 473-6218
Vale, OR-The Bureau of Land Management, Vale District, gave notice today that the BLM will be implementing an emergency closure of the Birch Creek Ranch Road and the historic Birch Creek Ranch. The closure will be in effect from November 30 to February [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho&#8217;s Sawtooth National Forest Seeks Comment On Road And Trail Designations</title>
		<link>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/sawtooth-national-forest-seeks-comment-on-road-and-trail-designations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pnwadventures.com/access/sawtooth-national-forest-seeks-comment-on-road-and-trail-designations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News Release
USDA Forest Service
Sawtooth National Forest
Contact: Your PAO, &#106;at&#104;&#111;mas&#64;fs.&#102;&#101;d.&#117;&#115;
Fairfield, ID &#8211; The Forest Service is proposing to amend the travel management use designation of a few select, existing road and trail routes on the Fairfield Ranger District, Sawtooth National Forest. A need for these route designations has been identified to help better manage motor vehicle [...]]]></description>
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