WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will hear public comment on proposals for 2011 big-game hunting seasons when it meets Friday and Saturday at the Spokane Convention Center. State officials didn't do sportsmen any favors by booking the meeting downtown at the…
INDOOR CLIMBING – REI is offering three free ways for co-op members to get a feel for rock climbing this month at the Spokane store’s indoor climbing wall: Saturday climbing – Each Saturday in March, an REI staffer will be at the wall from 1…
FLY FISHING -- Any day now. Or maybe any week... The skwalla stonefly hatch is simmering in Montana's Bitterroot River. The Skwalla nymphs are near the shore and will start to crawl out as soon as warmer weather and more sunshine settles in the valley.…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The recent cold snap hasn't caused wild turkeys to forget it's time to start posturing for the breeding season. This photo was snapped this morning by a reader who lives in the foothills of Mount Spokane. "The rest of the group (hens…
BOATING -- Peter Hunt of Oak Harbor, Wash., didn't go ballistic when he discovered his boat had been targeted by burglars. He went to the Internet, where he found the thieves selling the stolen items taken during a rash of boat burglaries – including his…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
