WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Hunting and fishing licenses are the topic of this week's history in perspective piece from Idaho Fish and Game as the department celebrates its 75th anniversary. Read on for some interesting details.
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Idaho Fish and Game staffers will host a live online chat on Wednesday, Dec. 11, to talk to hunters and anglers about hunting and fishing licenses. The chat is set for noon to 2 p.m., Mountain Time. Participants will have an opportunity…
OUTDOORS TV -- The Sportsman Channel said Monday it has hired Sarah Palin to be host of a weekly outdoors-oriented program that will celebrate the "red, wild and blue" lifestyle, according to the Associated Press. The program, "Amazing America," will debut in April. The Sportsman…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Local Audubon Society chapters have tapped professional biologists to present special pre-Christmas Bird Count programs on identifying and understanding “winter birds:” Whether you're gearing up for joining a group outing during the Audubon Society's 114th annual Christmas Bird Count or simply brushing…
HUNTING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife requests information leading to the arrest of suspects involved in the killing of a trophy white-tailed deer near Republic in northeast Washington’s Ferry County. The deer may have been killed near Gibraltar Mountain and Sherman Pass…
STATE PARKS -- Here's a great outdoors venue for getting into the holiday spirit.
UPDATED 2:20 P.M. -- Ralston reportedly off the hook. ADVENTURERS -- Aron Ralston, the Colorado adventurer whose self-amputation ordeal was made into the movie “127 Hours,” was arrested in Denver on allegations of domestic violence after police say he and his girlfriend got into an…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Three conservation groups say they filed a lawsuit on Dec. 5th in Idaho Federal District Court challenging the Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan. The recently released plan determines which trails and roads will be open to motorized vehicles and which areas of…
PREDATORS -- The number of livestock killed by wolves in Idaho has decreased in recent years, notably after the species was delisted and public hunting and trapping seasons were set on wolves. To maintain the trend despite reduced federal funding of animal control programs, Idaho…
PREDATORS -- Notice to the owner of the black cat missing on the South Hill: We may have solved the mystery.. Says Facebook friend Dan Barth, who posted this photo: If you are missing your black cat... this friendly neighborhood bald eagle has relocated it....…
WINTER SPORTS -- Sprague Lake set up some perfectly slick, shiny, hard, clear ice for skaters and the area's rarest breed of sailors. Dave Farmer of Revival Lighting is an ice sailor who rallied up catsailing partner Frank Caccavo and declared Saturday "opening day" of…
CAMPING -- My Sunday Outdoors feature story focuses on bear-proof food canisters -- where they are being required for campers and which one to buy. The video above looks at the story from the bear's point of view. This bear is very determined, but it…
STATE PARKS -- Jon Jonckers of Spokane found stunning contrasts at Palouse Falls State Park as mist from the 185-foot waterfall froze on the surrounding cliffs in the 10-degree temperatures on Saturday.
WINTER SPORTS -- Saturday will be a better day to wax your cross-country skis than to use them. According to today's grooming report, there's been no grooming on the Mount Spokane nordic trails for a few days because the snow is ice and in some…
FISHING -- Steelhead fisheries will close one hour after sunset on Sunday, Dec. 8, on the upper Columbia River from Rock Island Dam to Wells Dam and on the Wenatchee and Icicle rivers. Fishing for whitefish will also close on the Wenatchee River. The closures…
RIVERS -- Discussions on revising the Columbia River Treaty are picking up, as the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee plans a field hearing Monday, Dec. 9, in Pasco to learn about regional impacts of the treaty with Canada. Changes in the treaty could have profound…
RIVERS -- It's a steamy scene on the Spokane River this morning, in a wintery sort of way.
PUBLIC LANDS -- The 22 formal objections filed to the Idaho Panhandle National Forests’ revised forest plan were made available for review this week. The revision of the plan last revised in 1987 was released in September and is meant to guide forest management of…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Excellent programs on winter birding are planned next week, a spinoff in the birding social event of the year. Local Audubon Society chapters have tapped professional biologists to present special pre-Christmas Bird Count programs on identifying and understanding “winter birds:” Whether you're…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Cecil Andrus, former Idaho governor and Interior secretary, is among several prominent Idahoans to appear in a new ad campaign supporting national monument designation for the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains. Andrus has called for protecting the area near Ketchum for several years as…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The online alerts have been buzzing this week with news of a northern hawk owl hanging out out around Moscow -- a rare sighting that's attracting life-listing birdwatchers from around the region. The hawk owl was still there this morning, according to…
WINTER SPORTS -- Backcountry skiers who use alpine ski resorts that operate on public land are being scrutinized this season. Here's a story from last month. Here's the latest: Uphill skiers at Montana resort warned to use designated routes There are two routes uphill skiers…
FISHING -- The chart above, just released by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, is an early forecast for spring and summer chinook returning to the Columbia River next year. The numbers suggest that almost twice as many spring chinook will return to the…
WINTER SPORTS -- Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson and his wife, Lisa, of Lincoln jumped at the chance Wednesday offered to strap into their snowshoes for a walk through a cold clear day and deep powder in Western Montana. Broke trail to the top of…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Perhaps researchers are offering some insight on how wildlife and hunters are feeling the squeeze of humanity in rural areas -- and why forest fire fighting costs continue to soar. Private development along the edges of most public forests in Oregon and…
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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