FISHING -- A Washington ice fisherman visiting Fourth of July Lake on Thursday reported open water around the edges and water over the ice in the main portion of the lake. He said he packed up and decided it was safer to go ice fishing…
BOATING -- The water level at Banks Lake is coming up close to normal range this winter after a dramatic maintenance drawdown that reached 30 feet below normal in October. The lake elevation was up to 1,561 feet this week, about 7 feet below the…
WINTER SPORTS -- The region's mountain snowpack is stabilizing, but snow-goers must be aware of a couple of weak layers, says Kevin Davis in the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center weekly avalanche advisory issued this morning. Of the two layers of surface hoar, one has been…
TRAILS -- The Inland Northwest, with its fabulous system of rail trails, has insight to what would be lost if a malicious defunding bill gets anywhere in Congress. The Rails to Trails Conservancy is calling H.R. 7 -- the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act…
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY -- The one-in-a-million pheasant photo by Coeur d'Alene wildlife photographer Tim Christi sparked some pleasant memories after the S-R published it in the Outdoors section. I received this letter last week: "My late husband used to rise earlyl in the morning to surveyhis…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
