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Michael Wright

@mj_wright1

Outdoors @SpokesmanReview. Former @bozchron editor. Idaho’s best dairy product (2G). Go Cubs. My email newsletter appears more often than my tweets. Link below.

 Spokane, WA
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A story about love and loss during the pandemic. #mtnews bit.ly/3fWG6lM
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Went fishing in Mexico, wrote about it. spokesman.com/stories/2025/j…
Michael Wright: Bonefish, spoonbills and tuna-on-wheat in Mexico

Michael Wright: Bonefish, spoonbills and tuna-on-wheat in Mexico

The first time Angel told me to cast it was off to my left, into a patch of bright blue water. It was the second day of 2025, and we were standing on the front of a panga in Ascension Bay, a pocket...

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Excited to see our latest study on elk responses to humans, cougars, and wolves in northeast Washington featured in the @SpokesmanReview, penned by @mj_wright1 🦌 #WAPredatorPreyProject spokesman.com/stories/2024/f…
Under pressure: Study analyzes how elk manage threats from predators, humans

Under pressure: Study analyzes how elk manage threats from predators, humans

Elk in northeastern Washington have a lot to deal with.

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There are a lot of bald eagles at Lake Coeur d'Alene right now. spokesman.com/stories/2023/d…
Wing watch: Tracking the annual gathering of bald eagles at Lake Coeur d'Alene

Wing watch: Tracking the annual gathering of bald eagles at Lake Coeur d'Alene

Carrie Hugo has an eagle eye.

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Duck banding is providing fresh insights into the travels of northeast Washington's waterfowl. spokesman.com/stories/2023/s…
Little is known about waterfowl in the Pend Oreille Valley. The Kalispel Tribe is trying to change...

Little is known about waterfowl in the Pend Oreille Valley. The Kalispel Tribe is trying to change...

USK, Wash. – Standing on the banks of a slough off the Pend Oreille River, TC Peterson cradled a mallard like a football.

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The Spokane Bicycle Club is celebrating 50 years this year. That's especially remarkable when you consider that the founder didn't think she was starting a bike club at all. spokesman.com/stories/2023/s…
From a humble beginning: Spokane Bicycle Club marks 50 years

From a humble beginning: Spokane Bicycle Club marks 50 years

A group of about a dozen cyclists gathered near a cafe off Northwest Boulevard on a recent Monday. It was a little before 8 a.m., the sun just beginning to warm the city.

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Washington is launching an incentive program to get more hunters to have their deer or elk tested for chronic wasting disease spokesman.com/stories/2023/s…
Washington plans special drawing for hunters who have elk, deer tested for chronic wasting disease

Washington plans special drawing for hunters who have elk, deer tested for chronic wasting disease

Hunters who have their deer or elk tested for chronic wasting disease this season will have an extra chance at drawing a multiseason deer tag next year.

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A few hundred northern leopard frogs got a new home last week. spokesman.com/stories/2023/s…
'We just need them to live': Bringing northern leopard frogs back to Washington's scablands

'We just need them to live': Bringing northern leopard frogs back to Washington's scablands

OTHELLO, Wash. – Some of the frogs leapt straight into the water. Some tried to eat. Others headed for the fence, trying to scale it and escape the small pen made for them.

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Emma Epperly@EmmaEpperly22 Aug 2023
“I think that all the stars must have aligned, because for us to get out safely on foot like that,” Jessie said, taking a deep breath, “It’s just kind of a miracle.” A harrowing escape from the #GrayFire and a heart breaking loss for the Montney family: spokesman.com/stories/2023/a…
'We're all here': Silver Lake woman escapes Gray fire on horseback; family returns to pile of ashes

'We're all here': Silver Lake woman escapes Gray fire on horseback; family returns to pile of ashes

It was a typical Friday for the always-busy Montney family.

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This was a fun one: spokesman.com/stories/2023/a…
12 peaks, 11 days: Ellensburg duo climbs tallest volcanoes in the Cascade Range

12 peaks, 11 days: Ellensburg duo climbs tallest volcanoes in the Cascade Range

Something out in the darkness was staring at them.

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American Computer and Robotics Museum acquires rare set of reproduction calculators dlvr.it/Sr5QfY – at Bozeman, MT
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When the water recedes: The historic floods of 2022 in Yellowstone National Park and Park County, and what came next dlvr.it/SqY5kd – at Bozeman, MT
When the water recedes: The historic floods of 2022 in Yellowstone National Park and Park County,...

When the water recedes: The historic floods of 2022 in Yellowstone National Park and Park County,...

A year later, the flood scars aren’t visible to the untrained eye. But for some who live and work along the river, the flooding reshaped the way they view their

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Bear burnout: Officials expand bear-resistant products program as grizzlies tire of testing dlvr.it/SpJSSz – at Bozeman, MT

Bear burnout: Officials expand bear-resistant products program as grizzlies tire of testing

Grizzly bears use a wide variety of techniques to break into containers. Sometimes, they’ll finesse a claw into a lid to pry it open. Often, they’ll slam a container into

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Matt Logie comes to Montana State from Point Loma Nazarene University (DII) in San Diego.
Montana State Men’s Basketball (@MSUBobcatsMBB) profile pictureMontana State Men’s Basketball@MSUBobcatsMBB17 Apr 2023
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Montana State head coach Danny Sprinkle reportedly taking job at Utah State dlvr.it/Sm8FRT
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Arctic grayling at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge are struggling. Biologists are considering ways to help them dlvr.it/SlQVDb
Arctic grayling at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge are struggling. Biologists are conside...

Arctic grayling at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge are struggling. Biologists are conside...

There’s a hole in the ice on Upper Red Rock Lake.

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Is it really an upset if it brings me this much joy
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Editorial: The giant behind the byline bit.ly/3TfE9oG
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Montana State will face Kansas State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bobcats are 14 seed again.
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