Week’s top outdoor stories in The S-R

A great blue heron snatches a small perch discarded by an ice fisherman at Silver Lake on Wednesday. (Rich Landers)

Here's a roundup of the S-R's top outdoors stories in the past week:

Plan ahead or be left behind on outdoor adventures

• Only early birds will bag this 2013 bike tours

Blue Heron among friends with ice fishermen

Field Reports: Forest Service opposed mining on NF Clearwater River

Out & about: Women's Souper Bowl helps ladies stride into winter

Backcountry films at GU benefit winter backcountry skiing access

Weekly Inland NW Hunting and Fishing Report

Landers: Tough decisions loom for managing wolves

Kretz bill would relocate wolves to Western Washington

Commissioners tell Idaho lawmakers, 'Wolves getting smarter"

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