KAPOWSIN – Divers spent Sunday searching the waters of Lake Kapowsin for two men who had not been seen since they went out in a canoe the day before.
The wife of one of the men reported them missing Saturday night after they failed to return home, Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
Pierce, Thurston and King counties sent teams to search the lake about 20 miles southeast of Tacoma. They found the canoe overturned, as well as a cooler and a life preserver, but no sign of the men, Pierce County sheriff’s spokeswoman Cynthia Fajardo said.
With the water only 42 degrees, investigators said the men would not have survived long.
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B.C. Snowmobiler dies near Whistler
A British tourist died after apparently losing control of her snowmobile while riding near Whistler. Alison Jackson, 29, was part of a tour group that included her husband and two friends, when she crashed into trees off the trail last Thursday. She was pronounced dead at the Whistler Medical Clinic.
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Oregon: Spotted frogs rebound in state
The spotted frog, a candidate for the federal threatened and endangered species list since 1991, appears to be making a comeback in parts of Oregon. Biologists Christopher Pearl and Jay Bowerman are already counting down until mid-March, when the frogs are expected to emerge from their winter resting spots and migrate toward a shallow pond to mate. The spotted frog is considered a “critical sensitive” species by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. But the frog is not yet considered a high enough priority for the agency to spend the time and effort going through the listing process, said Phil Carroll, a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Portland.
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