BOATING -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir says the Dent Acres Campground has been opened for the season and campers are reserving sites for spring and summer using the www.recreation.gov reservation system. The smallmout bass fishing can be good,…
WILDLIFE -- Noting that at least 25 wild sheep have already been found dead, state wildlife officials announced today they plan to euthanize a large percentage bighorns remaining in the Naches area to curb the spread of a deadly pneumonia outbreak running through the herd.…
BICYCLING -- Bicyclists are in that brief once-a-year window of opportunity when the North Cascades Highway west of Winthrop is all theirs -- save fore a few snow plows and Washington Department of Transportation vehicles plowing the pass. "This is that one time of the…
Followin are some of the outdoors topics we've explored in the past few days: Field Reports: Canada mining threatens Elk River fish...and four more items Inland Northwest teems with bicycling events Out & About: time to talk turkey Panhandle northern pike group angles for lunkers,…
FISHING – Construction on a once-abandoned sockeye fish hatchery project in eastern Idaho intended to bolster Idaho’s breeding program is back on schedule, Idaho Fish and Game officials said. The $13.5 million Springfield Fish Hatchery between Aberdeen and Blackfoot should be finished by November. Hatchery…
HUNTING -- Yep, a good bird dog pup can be a handful for a few months, but he'll be worth his adult weight in gold for a hunter, as a companion and a working dog. I saw this handsome three-week-old German shorthair pointer at Dunfur…
HUNTING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Department will take applications for moose, mountain goat and bighorn sheep controlled hunts starting today through April 30. Applications for elk, deer, pronghorn, fall turkey and fall black bear controlled hunts are accepted from May 1 through June…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Where's a good tree when you need it? Two cougar kittens used their climbing skills and a wooden fence to evade five coyotes on the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyo., as shown in a series of photos by U.S. Fish and…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
