Tuesday, November 10, 2026

The Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest will close the Mountain Loop Highway to motor vehicles from Bedal Campground south to Barlow Pass for the winter on Monday, November 16. The Forest Service says the yearly closure, coordinated with Snohomish County Public Works and the sheriff's office, protects drivers in winter weather and keeps the gravel road from breaking down when wet. The stretch stays open to hikers, snowshoers and cross-country skiers, and the county and Forest Service do any needed repairs each spring before it reopens.

Firefighters have confirmed their lines are holding along more of the Wild River Fire's perimeter, raising containment to 53 percent, the Forest Service said on InciWeb on Tuesday, November 10, up from 29 percent over the weekend. The fire near Gorham, New Hampshire, is smoldering in leaf litter and duff, and crews are mopping up hot spots while assigned resources are reduced after recent rain. The fire has burned about 821 acres, which the Concord Monitor reports is apparently the largest in the White Mountain National Forest's history. The closure order for Wild River Road (Forest Road 12) and the area north of it remains in effect.

Ahead of Michigan's November 15 firearm deer opener, the state health and natural resources departments reminded hunters on November 9 not to eat venison from deer taken within three miles of Clark's Marsh in Oscoda Township, Iosco County. The Do Not Eat deer advisory, first issued in 2018 and narrowed from five miles to three in 2021, stems from PFAS, including PFOS, found in the livers and muscle of deer near the marsh. Separate Do Not Eat advisories cover all fish and all aquatic and semi-aquatic wildlife from the marsh, including muskrats, frogs, turtles and crayfish. The state also recommends against eating the organs of any fish, deer or wild game statewide.

Anyone can fish New York's fresh waters without a license on Wednesday, November 11, the state's final Free Fishing Day of the year, the Department of Environmental Conservation says. All other freshwater regulations, including seasons, sizes and creel limits, still apply. On other days, anglers 16 and older generally need a license. New York offers free or reduced-fee licenses to some active-duty service members and to resident veterans with a service-connected disability of 40 percent or more.

New from creators we follow: TA Outdoors spends a night in a trailer-based stealth cabin, a video whose description carries sponsored or affiliate links, and Young Camping heads out with two dogs. Both play from the creators' own channels.

Host Peru's Lucca Mesinas, a two-time Olympian, posted the event's best single wave, an 8.67 on a backhand left, and its best men's heat total, 14.40, on Monday, November 9, at the ISA World Surfing Games in Punta Rocas, Peru, the International Surfing Association says. The first eliminations came in four-to-six-foot surf; Jamaica lost all three of its men. The event carries LA28 Olympic places for the National Olympic Committees of the winning men's and women's teams.

Nissan has renamed the 2027 Armada PRO-4X the Armada Patrol PRO-4X, the first U.S. use of the Patrol badge since 1969, the company announced. The grade has an electronic locking rear differential, adaptive air suspension, an under-hood camera view, skid plates and an off-road front bumper, and tows up to 8,500 pounds, Overland Expo reports. It starts at $78,990 before destination, and NISMO offers rock sliders, a roof rack and all-terrain wheel and tire packages.

A new permanent Wisconsin rule, effective November 1, lets anglers keep round gobies and ruffe from any state water, and white perch, without limit, the Department of Natural Resources says. Gobies and ruffe must be gutted, beheaded or have their gills removed right away, as must white perch taken from inland waters. The DNR still asks anglers to report any goby caught in the Winnebago System, where no population has been established, and to report other detrimental species from inland waters to the local fisheries biologist.

Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited has given $20,000 from its "Mend the River" fundraisers to expand the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Heart of the Hills Fisheries Science Center, which raises and stocks Guadalupe bass, the state fish, TPWD said Monday, November 9. The department began surveying the river after the 2025 flood and says the upgrades will help it keep restocking the upper Guadalupe River and other Hill Country streams; the center has stocked more than four million Guadalupe bass since the 1990s.

Rain has given "significant wetting" to the Wild River Fire near Gorham, New Hampshire, and fire behavior is now minimal, mostly smoldering in leaf litter and downed wood, the Forest Service said on InciWeb on Tuesday, November 10. With the fire's potential to spread reduced, managers have begun cutting back resources, and crews are securing containment lines and watching for hot spots. A closure order remains in effect for Wild River Road (Forest Road 12) and the area north of it. The latest published figures are about 821 acres and 29 percent containment as of Sunday. A public meeting is set for 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Shelburne Town Hall and online.

The Alaska Board of Game will consider a proposal from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to close a two-mile-wide corridor along the proposed Ambler Road to hunting and trapping, at a special web-conference meeting on November 20, 2026. Written comments are due by 8 a.m. Alaska time on Monday, November 16, according to Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, and the board's meeting list includes a special meeting on the road.

The proposed 211-mile industrial road would run west from the Dalton Highway to the Ambler Mining District through Game Management Units 23 and 24. The proposal would close the area within one mile of each side of the right-of-way to hunting and trapping, about 420 square miles in all, from July 1, 2029, through January 1, 2036, unless the board extends it. Hunters and trappers could still cross the corridor to reach open areas.

In its supporting materials, the department says that "the Ambler Road has not been constructed and submission of this proposal will assist in the planning process for future construction and use of the road." According to BHA, the department also says it has no biological concerns for any species from the road, and acknowledges known active traplines and hunting areas inside the corridor.

The Alaska chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers opposes the closures, arguing that restricting established hunting and trapping years before a road is built is unnecessary and that any limits should be tied to actual construction and demonstrated safety or wildlife needs.

The National Weather Service office in Seattle has a High Surf Advisory for the Northern Washington Coast and Grays Harbor County Coast zones from 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, to 10 a.m. PST Wednesday, November 11, for large breaking waves along the coast.

A Coastal Flood Advisory runs at the same time from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. The weather service expects minor tidal flooding around high tide, with 1.5 to 2 feet of water above ground level possible along shorelines and low-lying areas, which may flood parking lots, parks and roads, with only isolated road closures.

The agency warns that large breaking waves can knock people off their feet, move driftwood and debris and crash over rocks and jetties, and that people can be injured or drown while watching the ocean. It also expects localized beach erosion.

On California's Central Coast, the high surf and coastal flood advisories from the same swell were set to end at noon Tuesday. The San Francisco office has Coastal Flood Advisories for the Bay shoreline and the Monterey Bay and Big Sur coast running to Friday afternoon, with up to 1.6 feet of inundation possible in low-lying areas.