HIKING -- While a Sunday Outdoors feature story covers the value and issues involved with using trekking poles for hiking, this video offers a useful guide to selecting poles for your type of use. Our family became advocates of using trekking poles while hiking long…
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING – Spokane Nordic members are recruiting volunteers to help trim branches and clear the sprawling cross-country ski trail system at Mount Spokane before the snow flies. The first of the club’s annual Trail Days is scheduled for Saturday, July 21. Others Trail Day…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department today is re-dedicating its Eastern Region headquarters in Spokane in the name of Fred Shiosaki, a former state Fish and Wildlife Commissioner who lives in Spokane Valley. In addition to his service to fish and wildlife,…
OUTDOOR SPORTS -- Maybe you'd like to try a traditional sport, such as canoeing or kayaking, or maybe you're curious about more modern sports such as geocaching, slacklining or stand-up paddling. Sekani Adventure Day -- July 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. -- at…
CAMPING – A free clinic in basic camp cooking will be offered Thursday (July 12), 7 p.m., at REI in Spokane.
GEOLOGY -- A just-published guidebook on the region's channeled scablands -- a second volume on exploring the aftermath of the Ice Age Floods -- is being celebrated with a reading and lecture Wednesday at Auntie's Bookstore in Spokane. “On the Trail of the Ice Age…
WATERFOWLING -- The 2012 Washington State Duck Calling Championship is set for Aug. 25, sponsored by the Washington Waterfowl Association, Yakima Valley Chapter. The event, a qualifier for international competition, will start at 7 a.m. at Columbia Park in Kennewick. The following contests are scheduled:…
CRITTERS – “Bats of the Inland Northwest,” is a hands-on opportunity to learn about some of the the marvelous abilities and essential services of bats that fly our skies at night. Ella Rowan, a Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologist who specializes in bats, is…
OUTSEE – Fly fishing takes center stage in Spokane this week starting Thursday July 12 with the opening of the International Fly Fishing Fair at the Spokane Convention Center. The public is invited by the Federation of Fly Fishers to cruise the exhibit and take…
WILDLIFE – Big-game tag quotas will be on the agenda when the Idaho Fish and Game Commission meets Wednesday and Thursday (July 11 and 12) in Bonners Ferry. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 11. Commissioners will consider nonbiological rules for…
SKI TRAILS -- With the State Park cutbacks, the Spokane Nordic club members say more help is needed now more than ever to get the Mount Spokane cross-country ski trails in shape for winter. The group, as usual, is organizing a series of trail maintenace…
TRAILS -- Volunteers are organizing a work party to spruce up the trail system at Camp Sekani along the Spokane River below Beacon Hill. The Camp Sekani Trail Day is set for Saturday, July 14, 9 a.m.-noon. Camp Sekani, owned by the city of Spokane,…
HUNTING -- The suspense is almost over for Idaho big-game hunters. Results of special drawings for big-game controlled hunt tags will be available any day on the Idaho Fish and Game Department drawings web page. Postcards will be mailed to successful applicants by July 10.…
PADDLING — Kayaks, canoes and stand up paddle boards will go 4.5, 9.5 or 24 miles on Montana's Flathead Lake on Aug. 24 in a race event to benefit First Descents, a non-profit organization providing outdoor adventure therapy for young adults with cancer The Epic…
PADDLING – A two day floating festival of canoes, kayaks and other muscle-powered craft will be playing the odds on the Pend Oreille River July 14 and 15. The Tri-Tow Float, formerly called the Poker Paddle, will have five stations giving out cards to participants…
HUNTING — Nearly 23 percent of hunters polled said places they tried to hunt in the past year had been restricted or placed off limits to them, according to HunterSurvey.com. Compared with the previous year’s results to the same question, hunters who lost land access…
WILDLIFE -- The summer camping season is kicking into high gear, putting more people out among wildlife, including bears. The Grizzly Bear Outreach Project offers basic tips to help campers avoid attracting bears, which can be dangerous to people and destructive to their camping gear.…
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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