WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Residents in the 22000 block of East Morris Road snapped this shot of a cougar in their backyard around 7 this morning and emailed the photo to the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. Anyone out there up for a backyard campout sleepover tonight?
CAMPING/HIKING – Two camping-hiking programs are scheduled by staffers on the same night -- July 25 -- at the Spokane REI store, 1125 N. Monroe St. One is on camp cooking, the other on hiking with kids. Both start at 7 p.m. Space is limited,…
PREDATORS -- Big game managers from Washington, Idaho and Montana will discuss their experiences managing game animals in areas populated by wolves during a live webcast, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m., on July 18. View the event on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s website http://wdfw.wa.gov/…
FISHING -- Idaho's fall chinook salmon fishing seasons will open Sept. 1 on parts of the Snake, Clearwater and Salmon rivers according to these rules adopted today by the state Fish and Game Commission: Clearwater River, from its mouth upstream to Memorial Bridge; and the…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- "Credit them for having bear spray," said Nancy Campbell, Environment Yukon spokeswoman in Whitehorse, referring to a Sandpoint bicycle tourist who, while separated from his companions, was chased on the Alaska Highway by a wolf. As today's Outdoors column points out, short…
HUNTING -- Hunters have until midnight Aug. 14 to apply for a permit to hunt deer this fall on the 6,000-acre Charles and Mary Eder unit of the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area near Oroville in northeastern Okanogan County. Submit an application for the “limited-entry” deer…
NATIONAL PARKS -- While more than 30 million visitors flock to America’s 10 most popular national parks, Country magazine took the road less traveled to visit the “Hidden Gems” for a special photo section in the June-July issue on what the editors call "the 10…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
