Game & Fish West

AROUND THE WEST

ure, it’s the gifting season, but it’s OK to be a little selfish as we enter the holidays and our Western landscapes swell with opportunity. There’s something for everyone under this tree, whether it’s a Doug fir, lodgepole pine, prairie juniper or river-bottom cottonwood. The season’s first ice is skimming many interior lakes and reservoirs, there are still plenty of upland

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