HUNTING -- When I heard the weather report calling for nasty weather today I looked at Scout and said, "Sounds like a perfect day to call in sick and go hunting!" I was right. Perfect morning, except for the roads on the return trip. My…
MOUNTAIN BIKING -- USA Cycling has announced the locations for several of championships for 2015 and 2016, which includes taking the cross country mountain bike nationals to Bend, Ore. Dates have not been announced, but the mountain bike nationals will likely have an impact on…
WINTER SPORTS — Once again, fifth-grade students are being treated like royalty at Inland Northwest ski resorts, with free skiing and other discounts. The Fifth Grade Ski or Ride Free Passport, costs $20, entitles students to three free lift tickets at each of the participating…
CONSERVATION -- A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate today to increase the price of the federal duck stamp to $25. The current price of $15 was set more than 20 years ago, in 1991. "We appreciate the introduction of a federal duck stamp…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A wolf trapper has answered the question on whether all of Montana's bears have snuggled in dens to hibernate through winter. A steel leg-hold trap set for a wolf nabbed a 4-year-old male grizzly bear instead on a ranch west of Dupuyer…
TRAPPING -- With wolf trappers and hunters crossing paths with recreationists on public lands, a Montana trapping group this week appealed to trappers to use common sense and keep traps away from popular recreation trails. This action comes after: A wolf hunter shot a malamute…
PUBLIC LANDS -- A bill by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, (D-Mont.) to expand wilderness and mandate more logging on federal lands in Montana has passed its first test, according to the Associated Press . The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted today to…
FISHING -- The fading art of smelt dipping -- bagging swarms of the oily ocean fish with long-handled nets as they migrate into rivers -- may be up for a revival. That's good news for all sorts of fishermen, since smelt not only are human…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Yesterday, in the Idaho Fish and Game Department's 75th anniversary series of "reminders" on wildlife topics, I featured the second of a three-part post on migrations -- Part 2: Fish. The first installment was on Tuesday, Part 1: Roadkill and how the…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The annual bald eagle gathering at Lake Coeur d'Alene continues to grow, with plenty of birds for viewing as "eagle ambassadors" gear up for the annual Eagle Watch Week activities during the holiday school break. Carrie Hugo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management…
USFWS again extends comment period on protection of wolverines A dispute on the reliability of conflicting research on wolverines was cited by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for its decision to extend by six months the public comment period on a proposal to put…
HUNTING -- The Idaho director for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition has pleaded guilty to charges of illegally killing and wasting elk, according to an Idaho State Journal report. Marv Hoyt is set to retire from his position at the end of this month following and…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I received this photo from a reader in northeastern Washington. It's labeled simply, "Chewelah buck." Is it too big to be true?
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Yesterday, in the Idaho Fish and Game Department's 75th anniversary series of "reminders" on wildlife topics, I featured the first of a three-part post on migrations -- Part 1:Mammals. Today, we look at Part 2: Fish. Mammals do it. Birds and fish…
ENDURANCE SPORTS -- Former Spokane runner Delaney Nye of Seattle had his name drawn yesterday for a grand prize featuring a trip to a world of hurt -- to Nepal for the 2014 Everest Marathon. Nye learned today that he is the winner of the…
OUTDOOR COMPANIONS -- In 1980 I stuffed a few rocks into Gary Cassel's backpack in the darkness before our group of Spokane Mountaineers began climbing Mount Hood. He carried 10 pounds of rocks up AND down before he found them back at camp. What a…
HUNTING -- A predator hunting derby organized out of Salmon will offer trophies and cash prizes up to $1,000 to hunters who kill wolves and coyotes on Dec. 28-29. The "Two-Day Coyote and Wolf Derby" is sponsored by Idaho for Wildlife, a nonprofit whose aim…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The whitetail deer antler shed season has begun, according to Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson. Deer, moose and elk will be dropping their antlers one at a time through February to make room on their heads for next season's crop of what…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- There appears to be no refuge for woodland caribou, which already has become the most endangered big game species in the United States. Report says the number of woodland caribou on the decline in Alberta A study published in the Canadian Journal…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A coalition of 29 pro-wolf organizations says it submitted 101,416 comments today to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service favoring continued protection for wolves under the Endangered Species Act. Members of the Pacific Wolf Coalition say they have organized in response to…
PREDATORS -- State wildlife officials have hired a hunter to eliminate two wolf packs in a federal wilderness area in central Idaho because officials say they are eating too many elk calves, according to the Associated Press. Fish and Game Bureau Chief Jeff Gould tells…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Migrations are the topic of this week's wildlife story series Idaho Fish and Game is presenting online during the department's 75th anniversary observance. In Part 1 of the three-part post of "reminders" on migrations, the department notes that mammal movements can be…
WILDLIFE -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting a public opinion survey to help identify key wildlife issues to be addressed in the department’s 2015-2021 Game Management Plan. The information gathered from the survey will help WDFW update its current plan, originally…
Dogs vulnerable to Idaho wolf traps Live large outdoors this winter Field Reports: Yellowstone grizzlies, WA surveys public on wildlife issues In Brief: Proposal regulates mule deer hunting Elk study planned in North Idaho Guest opinion: Columbia River plan fails to protect salmon Weekly Hunting-Fishing…
FISHING -- The Columbia River steelhead fishing report for December in the Hanford Reach isn't anything to get excited about. Here's the summary just posted by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Paul Hoffarth in the Tri-Cities: Cold weather has kept anglers away…
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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