FISHING -- Lake Roosevelt's water level was1,235 today and it's likely to remain around that level through the weekend as the big season of runoff water flushes through. But as I went fishing there today, it still seems like you should pack a lunch and…
FISHING -- The Colville Tribe is saying the recent loss of perhaps a million rainbow trout in commercial net pens downstream from Grand Coulee Dam might scuttle the regular release of net pen trout for anglers in Lake Rufus Woods. A story in Northwest Sportsman…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park is leaving to become superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park. Dave Uberuaga (oo-buh-RAH’-guh) told park employees about the move Tuesday in an email. The News Tribune reports Uberuaga started at Mount Rainier in 1984 and…
NORDIC SKIING -- Seeley Lake, Mont., citizens are slowly sliding into the next phase of a project to transform their small, rural community into a national nordic ski destination they say will rival the Methow Valley's sport trail system, which has around 120 MILES of…
HIKING/NATURE -- The Northeast Chapter, Washington Native Plant Society continues to offer a nifty schedule of field trips that combine hiking with nature observation. Check them out and consider joining their group, or at least offering a $5 donation should you tag along on a…
RIVER RUNNING -- Recently I posted a video of the thrills, spills and flips as rafters and catarafters crashed into Lochsa Falls on Memorial Day Weekend. The video was shot from the roadside pull-out off U.S. Highway 12 among the gallery of people on hand…
PUBLIC LANDS -- It's still wintery just a fiew miles up the slopes from the upper St. Joe River valley in any direction, but crews have scraped the debris at least partially off the river road all the way up to Spruce Tree Campground. Warm…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
