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June 6, 2018
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Kids discover the importance of safety around cold water with the help of a Bonneville Lock and Dam
park ranger during National Get Outdoors Day, a free event with outdoor activites and family fun,
coming Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver.
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You’re invited to kick off sum-
mer by joining in on free, outdoor
activities and family fun at the 10th
annual National Get Outdoors Day
on Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. at Fort Vancouver National
Historic Site in Vancouver.
Kids and families can enjoy
climbing a rock wall, meeting live
birds of prey, catching a fish from
a pond, participating in obstacle
courses, soccer, archery, crosscut
sawing and more! Smokey Bear,
Woodsy Owl, Ranger Rick, and
their friends will be on hand to
greet visitors. A historic fur trade
encampment will re-enact life at
Fort Vancouver during the 1840s.
Volunteers at the encampment
will demonstrate outdoor skills,
music, dancing, and other cultur-
al traditions of the fur traders and
their families.”
National Get Outdoors Day is
a national free event that encour-
ages people, especially youth, to
stay healthy and experience the
outdoors by embracing our parks,
forests, wildlife refuges, and other
public lands and waters.
Free June Fishing Events
a.m. to 1 p.m., the Gifford Pinchot
presents Lewis County Kids’ Fish-
ing Derby at Lake Scanewa. Kids
can fish for trout and win prizes,
learn how to clean fish, discover fish
biology, and participate in games.
On Saturday, June 16, the Mt.
Adams Ranger District sponsors a
free fishing day with activities from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at three locations,
Goose Lake, Forlorn Lakes, and
Big Mosquito Lake.
June is a great time to grab a fish-
ing pole and head outside! And for
kids and families there are free fish-
ing events in southwest Washington
to enjoy with no reservation needed
in advance, just show up.
On Saturday, June 9, the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest presents
Mt. St. Helens Kids’ Fishing in the
day use area in Merwin Park east
of Woodland from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
This fun filled event has 1,500 large
rainbow trout in a netted-off sec-
tion of the lake waiting to be caught
by kids. There will be loaner rods
available for kids to use, worms for
bait, and volunteers to show kids
how to fish. Everything is free, in-
cluding lunch!
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