FISHING – The Bonneville Power Administration may fund a salmon hatchery on the Walla Walla River proposed by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. The plan is to naturally spawning spring chinook to the Walla Walla River Basin, where they’ve been missing for…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Hummingbirds have been known to begin trickling into the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene area as mid-April. If you're gearing up to feed the hummers this season, the Audubon Society, American Bird Conservancy and Cornell Lab of Ornithology offer this advice: Maintaining a backyard hummingbird…
NATURAL AREAS – The Dishman Hills Conservancy is recruiting volunteers for the annual Earth Day cleanup and trail work in the Dishman Hills Natural Resource Conservation Area in Spokane Valley. The effort is set to begin at noon next Sunday (April 21) based out of…
HUNTING – Although the signs went up on enrolled fields last fall, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department’s new Quality Hunt Reservation System didn't come online until today -- just in time for the spring gobbler season that runs Monday through May 31. Selected private…
HUNTING -- By a 6-2 vote, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission today approved used of lighted nocks on arrows for bowhunting. Spokane hunter Jim Sutton has been promoting the proposal for several years, as pointed out in a Spokesman-Review story published in 2011. Sutton…
PREDATORS -- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists weighed in today, confirming that the Northern Rockies gray wolf population has remained sustainable two years after wolves lost their endangered species protections in most of the region. The latest wolf status updates on 2012 wolf monitoring…
SHOOTING -- Just in case you'd planned to take your kid out target shooting with a small-caliber rifle this weekend, you'd better have your own hoarded supply of ammunition. Dan Hansen had that in mind when he went shopping the other day. The photo above…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Spokane County Conservation Futures Program is asking county commissioners to preserve 920 acres on the west flank of Mica Peak and15 acres at a geological site between Badger and Williams lakes south of Cheney. If approved, the acquisitions would bring Conservation…
Fall Run by Todd Moen from Todd Moen Creative on Vimeo. FISHING -- The 2013 Fly Fishing Film Tour plus a second night of more festival films is coming to Sandpoint April 19-20. The F3T is coming to Sandpoint April 19 at 7 p.m. at…
FISHING -- Washington’s 2013 salmon fishing seasons, developed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and treaty tribal co-managers, were finalized yesterday during the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (PFMC) meeting in Portland. The regulations cover salmon fisheries in Puget Sound, Washington’s ocean and…
UPDATED 11:41 a.m. with details of arrest from officer's incident report: FISHING -- Last night, a man at the Spokane Fly Fishers program asked me if I'd heard a fishing report from Lake Lenore. I didn't have an answer for him, but I do today.…
FISHING -- Act now and get a free sticker with the image above for your vehicle, boat or tacklebox. The "Fish Washington" logo is the new symbol of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife statewide recreational fishing opportunities. The logo is available free in a…
FLY FISHING -- An ellegant bamboo fly rod that fits into a handcrafted walking-stick case with leather work is being raffled in Spokane as a fundraiser for the Parkinson’s Resource Center. The 3-to-4 weight two-piece rod and walking stick, valued at $2,400, was made by…
FISHING — Mike Pentony, the Lowrance west coast pro staffer will present a free salmon fishing program Thursday at 6:30 p.m. for the last in a weekly series of fishing seminar at Mark’s Marine, 14355 N. Government Way in Hayden.
FISHING -- The photo above shows Double Spey Outfitters fly fishing guide G.L. Britton in the process of aiding Vietnam-Gulf War veteran Harold Watters of Cheney catch and release a feisty rainbow Tuesday. They were enjoying the sunny day on a locally organized Project Healing…
OUTPEDAL – Last Sunday’s Outdoors feature on regional bicycling events included a list of regional bicycling groups. Unfortunately, an editing error omitted the venerable Spokane Bicycle Club, which was at the top of the list. “We've been an active biking club for over 35 years…
HUNTING –The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider adopting 17 new hunting rules for the upcoming season when it convenes Friday and Saturday April 12-13 in Olympia. Among other proposals on the agenda, the panel will consider allowing bowhunters to use illuminated arrow nocks,…
NATURE – Local Audubon chapters are sponsoring free 7 p.m. nature progams this week: Tuesday (April 9): Bluebird trails, citizen science and NestWatch; sponsored by Coeur d'Alene Audubon Society, at Lutheran Church of the Master, 4800 N. Ramsey in Coeur d’Alene. Wednesday (April 10): "For…
CONSERVATION – The Spokane chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual fundraising banquet April 11 at the Lincoln Center. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Bob Zorb of Spokane and St. John, who was unable to travel for the national ceremony in Washington, D.C, will…
FISHING – The 2013 Youth Fishing Day at Clear Lake is set for May 4, but registration is due by April 19 so organizers can order the t-shirts and fishing rods given to each kid, ages 5 -14, at the event. About 6,000 rainbow trout…
HUNTING -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has scheduled an online chat, 6 p.m.-8 p.m., on Wednesday and Thursday (April 10 and 11) for the public to weigh in on the new blueprint for managing the state’s elk herds. The agency’s big-game biologists…
FISHING -- Anglers have until Monday to comment on proposals geared to helping them get the most out of a very limited spring chinook salmon fishing season being planned for the Snake River in late April and May. "The 2013 run forecast is low, and…
FISHING -- $29.50. If that number doesn't jingle a bell, maybe you haven't renewed your Washington resident season fishing license. Your 2012-13 license expired on April 1. Get a new one here or from a license dealer. Idaho's new license year began Jan. 1 Montana's…
FISHING -- Fly Fishing 101, an annual fishing school offered by the North Idaho Fly Casters, starts May 7. Classes will continue on Tuesday evenings May 14 and 21 followed by a casting clinic on June 22 and the on-the-water session and barbecue June 29…
If you fish, hunt, dig clams or enjoy watching birds, keep your eye on the calendar this month: April 9-14 - A six-day morning razor clam dig is tentatively scheduled on various Washington ocean beaches. April 15 - Washington's general spring turkey hunt opens for…
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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