HUNTING -- Starting this season, hunters are required to use non-toxic shot in their ammunition while hunting any type of birds at 29 pheasant release sites in Eastern Washington. Please note if you are a dove hunter who will be looking for birds near these…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The drawdown of Banks Lake for spillway construction that will last into next year is a pain for boaters (see post below), but it's considered an opportunity for birdwatchers. The drawdown is exposing muddy banks that are attracting shorebirds. Although better viewing…
BOATING -- Coulee Playland Resort still offers boat access to Banks Lake, but travelers planning to spend Labor Day weekend at Steamboat Rock State Park may not be able to launch their boat as water levels have dropped too low. The lake is being drawn…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- About 75 members of the public turned out for the special Fish and Wildlife Commission hearing on the proposed Washington wolf recovery plan in Ellensburg on Monday. Click here to read the Associated Press report. It has a few strange errors, such…
BIRD HUNTING -- The last good barometer Snake River region hunters have had on the hatching success of upland birds has ended. Idaho Fish and Game biologists will no longer conduct aerial chukar surveys, the agency has announced. The agency has conducted annual chukar surveys…
URBAN FORESTS -- Residents interested in Spokane’s High Drive bluff -- the trails and the neighborhoos -- are invited to participate in a discussion of forest health for the area on Wednesday (Aug. 31). Last spring, community members identified fire risk abatement as a high…
The Mountain Goats of Scotchman Peak from Bob Legasa on Vimeo. HIKING -- We teased you earlier, but now North Idaho videographer Bob Legasa has completed his short feature on the pleasures and personalities you might meet after making a hard 7-mile round-trip hike up…
TRAILHEADS -- Vandalism to cars parked at Centennial Trail parking lots and boating access sites continues to be a problem. Paddlers report a smash (a window) and grab incident at Mirabeau Park over the weekend, although they said nothing of value was taken. Dealing with…
INVASIVE FISHERIES -- The Kalispell Tribe's top Fish and Wildlife official called it like he sees it in a presentation on the invasion of northern pike into the Pend Oreille River. He was speaking this month to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Deane Osterman,…
HUNTING– Elk hunters heading to the Blue Mountains are being warned to stay off the grass. Enforcement agents last week busted a 25,000-plant growing operation in the Eckler Unit of the Blues Mountains southeast of Dayton, according to the Tri-Cities Herald. Hikers who use trails…
SALMON FISHING -- Lenore Groundwater, 93, who lives in a retirement home in Green Valley, Ariz., recently reeled in a 16.58-pound silver salmon — her son netted the fish, but all involved say Lenore hooked it and reeled it in — to win the one-day…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
