STATE PARKS -- The Washington Parks and Recreation Commission will meet in Spokane this week to consider a long-debated proposal to expand the downhill ski area footprint in Mount Spokane State Park -- but not before the public gets one more chance to chime in…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Just over four weeks after a peregrine falcon layed her eggs in a nest box overlooking downtown Boise, three chicks hatched over the weekend. Today, all area bird-loving eyes have been on the peregrine cam awaiting the hatching of the fourth egg.…
FISHING -- The first spring chinook salmon of the season swam through the fish trap at the Rapid River Fish Hatchery near Riggins on Friday. That's an indicator the season's run is maturing, with fish starting to spread out from the lower Columbia all the…
RAIL-TRAILS-- Families chipped in for a kid-friendly event on Saturday and Sunday to add a splash of color to a tunnel on the Fish Lake Trail near Marshall and Scribner Road. Families helped paint a mural designed by art students from Eastern Washington University and…
PREDATORS -- Hunters would be able to remove up to 220 gray wolves from Montana’s landscape this fall under a tentative quota and seasons adopted Thursday by the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission and reported in the Helena Independent Record. The proposed quota is…
WILDLIFE -- The results of a new study published last week in the Journal of Wildlife Management found that black bears have killed 63 people in the United States and Canada over the last 109 years. That light toll on humanity didn't surprise the experts,…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will meet Wednesday through Friday in Lewiston. A public hearing will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Clearwater Region office, 3316 16th St., Lewiston. Click here for a complete agenda. Thursday morning commissioners will consider…
PREDATORS -- Since resuming wolf management earlier this month, Idaho Fish and Game already has initiated several actions across the state, including aerial wolf hunting to help take pressure off a struggling elk herd in the Lolo Zone. Six control actions have been authorized in…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
