WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Trumpeter swans are back in a family way at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge this week. The photo at the bottom of this post shows the female rising above a newly hatched FIFTH cygnet onThursday morning as two siblings look on from the…
FISHING – Sign-up is underway for the Pike Palooza fishing derby on the Pend Oreille River, June 29-July 1, sponsored by the Kalispel Tribe. Prizes up to $1,000 are being offered in a variety of categories to make the contest interesting to anglers of all…
FISHING -- Todd Young of Spokane used PowerBait to catch this 27-inch rainbow weighing 6.8 pounds at Sprague Lake on Saturday. Had Young caught the fish one week earlier, he would have easily won $500 in prizes offered for the biggest fish in the Sprague…
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 Saturday at Eastern Washington University. “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: A geological field guide to…
TRAILS -- Conservation groups throughout the region are scheduling guided group hikes to introduce outdoor enthusiasts to choice wild areas throughout the region. Following are some of the upcoming options with links to see the many hikes on each group’s summer schedule. Columbia Highlands June…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
