BIRDWATCHING -- Janet Swinton of the South Side of Spokane enjoyed a rare birdwatching experience today -- from the comfort of her third-story bedroom window. This barn owl was perched on a tree in her yard early in the morning and was still there in…
TRAILS -- The hiking-biking-running trails blow High Drive on the South Hill Bluff are a wonder of volunteer enterprise, but somebody's going too far. A steep, unsustainable trail apparently built for a downhill mountain biking course, is eroding at the bottom of the bluff toward…
COMMERCIAL FISHING -- If you don't have a way to catch your own salmon with hook and line, the Columbia River Treaty Tribes are out to fill the voide. Members of the Warm Springs, Umatilla, Yakama, and Nez Perce tribes have begun their summer commercial…
RIVERS -- Anglers would like to seek the region's rivers calm down a little more, but paddlers are enjoying their "extended season" as cool wet weather prolongs the spring runoff. "Marble Creek is still at a fairly high level," said Todd Hoffman as he posted…
HUNTING -- Idaho Fish and Game is taking applications for a drawing for 11 leftover moose controlled hunt tags. The application period runs through June 25. Any tags left over from this drawing will be available first-come first-served beginning July 10. Read on for a…
POACHING – An online auction of confiscated big-game antlers that concluded last week netted the state $21,300 earmarked for anti-poaching enforcement. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department sold 1,725 pounds of moose, elk and deer antlers that had been seized from poachers. To report poaching,…
OUTDOOR NEIGHBORHOODS -- Celebrate Summer Solstice where motor vehicles will be out and kids and their families will rule the streets in the Comsock-Manito Neighborhoods Wednesday (June 20) 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The second of two Summer Parkways events will bring a celebration to the streets…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
