WILDLIFE RESEARCH -- The Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness once again is asking people to vote online before Sunday (Oct. 28) to help the group garner $27,600 in requested grants from Zoo Boise that would be applied to wolverine research in the Idaho Panhandle.…
HUNTING – Eastern Washington deer check station results indicate that hunters have been filling their tags at a higher rate than last year. And the last buck of the general season checked Sunday afternoon in the Methow area (left) sported the largest set of antlers…
FISHING --Starting immediately, anglers can keep any hatchery steelhead on the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has just announced. This action removes the requirement for both an adipose fin clip and ventral fin clip for hatchery steelhead retained…
WILDLIFE LAWS -- Feeding black bears has always been a bad idea, but starting this year, it's also against the law in Washington. Two new state laws went into effect in June that prohibit – intentionally or otherwise – leaving food or food waste in…
WILDLIFE -- I go home to my hunting roots in Montana every year at this time, and the photo below (click continue reading) by Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson illustrates one of the reasons why. A photo I made from my annual Montana hunting trip,…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
