FISHING – The Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Task Force and Idaho Fish and Game Department will update the status of trout and kokanee in Lake Pend Oreille at the annual “State of the Lake” public meeting tonight The meeting is set for 6 p.m.…
CONSERVATION FUTURES -- Getting a ticket. That's the answer the hiker wanted to hear after he snapped this photo of an vehicle that had been illegally driven into the Spokane County Conservation Futures land that rises up behind East Valley High School. The ruts these…
HIKING -- Mary Aegerter, a hiking author from Lewiston, has opened a Hiking from HERE website featuring some of her favorite hikes in the region geared to hikers leaving from the Lewiston-Pullman areas. She plans to change the offerings every few weeks. Currently, she's offering…
WINTER SPORTS -- I'm working with other media to help get word out the avalanche conditions are dangerous throughout much of the region. The latest of at least five avalanche deaths reported in the region in the past three days occurred Monday in northwestern Montana.…
WINTER SPORTS -- Like other commentary's on Sunday's avalanche fatalities in the North Cascades, my column today is getting some people to think and learn. Other readers are reacting emotionally and telling writers and the experts we quote that we have no business analyzing avalanche…
COUNTY PARKS -- A hiker sent in this photo of a pickup stuck on Antoine Peak, the Conservation Futures area above East Valley High School. The mountain is managed by Spokane County Parks. No unauthorized motorized vehicle access is allowed. My question to the hiker:…
BOATING – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is proposing recreation fee increase for sites around Lake Coeur d’Alene. Daily boat launch fees at Blackwell Island and Mineral Ridge would increase from $4 to $6 and season passes would increase from $30 to $40. Tent…
WINTER SPORTS -- It's time for skiers and snowshoers to hitch a ride behind their dogs and sign up for the sixth annual Paws & Poles Race. The event that benefits SpokAnimal CARE is set for March 3 at 49 Degrees North. Enter a 5-kilometer…
WILDLIFE -- Canadian conservation author Jeff Gailus will read from his book “The Grizzly Manifesto” at Gonzaga University this week, sponsored by the university's Environmental Studies Speaker Series. The program will start at 7 p.m., Wednesday, (Feb. 22) in the Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium. Gailus…
Elyse Saugstad describes surviving the Stevens Pass-area avalanche. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy My Monday interview with KHQ regarding the lure of skiing out of bounds.
WINTER SPORTS -- Pro skier pro skier Elyse Saugstad gave a TV interview this morning answering questions about the ABS Avalanche Airbag device she credits with saving her life Sunday in the deadly avalanche that killed three of her companions near Stevens Pass. Here is…
WINTER SPORTS -- Pro skier pro skier Elyse Saugstad gave a TV interview this morning answering questions about the ABS Avalanche Airbag device she credits with saving her life Sunday in the deadly avalanche that killed three of her companions near Stevens Pass. Here is…
FISHING - Friday was a shirt-sleeve day with plenty of action for Grande Ronde River steelheaders. Dennis Matsuda and Dan Hansen of Spokane caught and released 13 steelhead during the day, some of them beautifully fall bright fish. Not bad for February.
WINTER SPORTS - Skiers and riders can perform bold new tricks in the terrain park with greatly reduced risk at Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area, Feb. 24-26. A large inflatable air bag will be in place Friday through Sunday below the biggest ramp at…
BOATING -- The Washington State Boating Program reached a milestone in its mandatory boater education program last week, issuing card number 100,000. David Eckols of Seattle won tickets to a Seattle Seahawks game for being the 100,000th boater card recipient. See my recent column pointing…
TOURNAMENT FISHING -- Brandon Palaniuk, 24, of Rathdrum, Idaho, has been pre-fishing this weekend, warming up with the 50 anglers competing in the 2012 Bassmaster Classic, Feb. 24-26, on the Red River near Shreveport-Bossier City, LA. This is the second consecutive year Palaniuk has qualified…
WILDLIFE – An internationally recognized polar bear expert who moved to Stevens County will present a slide program about the threatened status of the arctic bruins at 7 p.m., March 2, at the Colville Community College. Steven Amstrup, who’s studied polar bears in Alaska for…
WINTER SPORTS -- Last night's storm dumped about 10 inches of new powder on the Mount Spokane cross-country ski trails, so much so fast the groomer couldn't keep up with it. Deja vu. It was like heading up to the mountain 30 years ago before…
WINTER SPORTS -- Three people have died in an avalanche near Stevens Pass ski area, authorities say. Others who had been reported missing were accounted for today, the Seattle PI Online reports. Sgt. Cindi West of the King County Sheriff's Office said the slide occurred…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday night to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling as a provision of the Transportation bill. This was proved to be a bad idea for the fragile arctic environemnt and the…
CONSERVATION -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission approved the purchase of 165 acres of key fish and wildlife habitat in Okanogan County today during a conference call meeting. State Fish and Wildlife Department officials say purchasing the land along the Okanogan River about 20…
BOATING -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was at elevation 1277.60 at 7 a.m. this mornining and headed for a slight downward trend next week to the 1276-1278 range. The reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam currently is being operated for power demand, Hanford Reach flows…
FISHING -- An Idaho record yellow perch measuring 16 inches long and weighing 2.6 pounds was caught Feb. 11 in Lake Cascade by Bob Shindelar of Meridian, Idaho, to tie an Idaho record unmatched since 1976. One angler described the lunker perch as "a smallmouth…
WINTER SPORTS -- New snow this week has created good sliding conditions for skiers and snowmobiles. But The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center's weekly advisory cites conditions and areas of concern in the snowpack. "The southerly aspects were a little firmer with suncrusts and shallower snow…
FISHING -- A Spokane showing of "Connect," the 3rd film from Confluence Films, will be shown on Feb. 22 as a benefit to raise money for the Wild Steelhead Coalition and efforts to protect Columbia River wild steelhead. The film features six international fishing locations,…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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