FISHING -- Mark Bowen, Idaho Fish and Game Department conservation officer, just posted this fishing report from his recent observations on the Lower Coeur d'Alene River area: Chain Lakes - Water levels are a little high but fishable. Pike fishing seems to be picking up…
OUTDOORS TRAVEL -- Properly fitted backpacks and hiking boots are key to comfort and safety, preventing back injuries, blisters and potentially nasty falls. The National Outdoor Leadership school has a mantra: snug around the waist, loose in the toe. For more tips on selecting and…
BIG-GAME HUNTING -- Idaho's non-resident elk tags are selling like Ted Nugent posters at a PETA convention. The Dworshak Zone - B Tag is the only offering that's even half sold out of its quota. Check out the complete list.
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Obama administration announced today that it intends to work through a backlog of more than 250 imperiled animal and plant species over the next six years to decide if they need protection under the Endangered Species Act. Interior Department officials said…
WATERWAYS -- Two boats infested with invasive mussels were intercepted at a North Idaho checkpoint, state officials said Monday. Idaho Department of Agriculture said in a press release the boats were stopped at a station on Interstate 90 near Wallace on Thursday. The Coeur d’Alene…
BOATING -- An application to build 28 commercial boat docks on the lower St. Joe River – the second large-scale application in recent months – will be presented to the Idaho Department of Lands Wednesday, 6 p.m., at the Federal Building in St. Maries. The…
RIVER RUNNING --The mountains are groaning under the weight of near record snowpack. Now that spring finally does appear to be arriving, river rafters are expecting the runoff to be epic. The local Northwest Whitewater Association will prepare rafters for the invevitable carnage in this…
MOUNTAINEERING -- In a quest to become the oldest man to scale Mount Everest, 82-year-old Shailendra Kumar Upadhyay instead became the oldest man to die climbing the world's highest peak. According to the Associated Press, the retired Nepalese foreign minister collapsed and died on the…
BIG-GAME HUNTING – Hunting history is being served by a wave of hunters and publishers compiling information on big-game records and the stories behind them. Among the latest of the well-appointed books is An American Elk Retrospective, published by the Boone and Crockett Club. The…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
