FISHING -- Here's the Idaho Fish and Game Department chart showing spring steelhead movments over Lower Granite Dam. The show's about over for the run that started last year. Pretty soon steelheaders' eyes will shift to Bonneville Dam to look for the first signs if…
FISHING -- Fishing seasons for spring chinook salmon opened on much of the Snake River recently, but few fish are yet to show up crossing the Snake River dams. Here's the just-released official Idaho Fish and Game Department answer to the question: Where are the…
BIG GAME HUNTING -- The deadline for 2011 moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunt controlled hunt applications is Saturday. Apply at Fish and Game offices or license vendors, or apply online using a credit card. Telephone applications may be made at (800) 554-8685.
NORDIC SKIING -- Making the leap from a magnificent life sport to the realm of world class, Sadie Bjornsen, 21, of Washington's Methow Valley has been accepted by the B team of the U.S. Ski Team. Her brother, Erik, 19, was accepted to the D…
HIKING -- On the rimrock bluff overlooking Spokane Falls Community College, spring walkers can enjoy a year-round feast of views over Spokane as well as a splash of wildflowers and blooming serviceberry that will be approaching a peak in about two weeks. Since the Rimrock…
PREDATORS -- Mitch Friedman of Conservation Northwest has concerns about hunting cougars. Nevertheless, he was disappointed by the Washington Legislature's failure to pass a bill to extend a pilot program that has allowed the use of hounds for limited cougar hunting in Northeastern Washington. The…
BIG GAME HUNTING -- The last of Montana's surplus nonresident elk and deer licenses have been sold. If yo still have a desire to hunt big-game in the Treasure State this season, put your name on the alternates list. Idaho still has plenty of nonresident…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- Expect to see scattered pillars of smoke emerging from selected areas of the region's national forests in the next six weeks. It's the "prescribed fire season," as forest managers and wildlife managers team to mimic Mother Nature's way of rejuvenating wildlife habitat.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
