ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted unanimously to allow people without a special permit to shoot a wolf caught in the act of attacking a pet or livestock. The emergency rule was enacted in an urgently called teleconference meeting that…
UPDATED 3:45 p.m. 4-26-13 with details from WDFW ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted unanimously to allow people without a special permit to shoot a wolf caught in the act of attacking a pet or livestock. The emergency rule was…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- As reports surfaced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove the gray wolf from endangered species protections, the costs of the recovery are being totaled: Between 1991 and 2011, the federal government spent $102 million on gray…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Here's a possible precedent setter that could be costly in the long run... An eastern Idaho woman is suing the federal government for an injury she sustained in 2011 when her all-terrain vehicle rolled down a hill located in the Caribou-Targhee National…
BOATING — The level of Lake Roosevelt is at an elevation of about 1261.20 feet today, and it's continuing a steady downward trend -- dropping about a foot a day now -- to make room for spring runoff. The drawdown is not nearly as severe…
FISHING -- As Washington is opening limited spring chinook salmon fishing seasons on specified stretches of the Snake River this weekend (see details here), Idaho has set April 30 as the day fish managers will meet to decide on seasons. Here's today's update from Joe…
ENDANGERED SPECIES - The Los Angeles Times reports today that the feds are getting ready to announce their proposal to remove gray wolves from Endangered species protections. Mike Jimenez, who manages wolves in the northern Rockies for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said delisting in…
FISHING -- Fisheries biologists made an educated guess earlier this month that kokanee fishing at Dworshak Reservoir and other regional waters would be in top form this season. See story. Now Idaho Fish and Game Department biologists have finished trawling surveys that confirm their optimism.…
ENVIRONMENT -- Anglers wading in rock snot or hikers walking through fields of spotted knapweed should be easy converts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's new campaign to raising awareness of invasive species. Native plant and wildlife species suffer the most from invasions of exotics.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
