FISHING -- A sockeye fishery for Lake Wenatchee has just been announced, and it will open Saturday (Aug. 3). Washington Fish and Wildlife officials say enough fish are moving into the Chelan County lake to allow a season with a limit of two sockeye, 12…
CAMPING -- Fires and charcoal barbecue grills -- even in designated campsites -- have been temporarily banned in Washington State Parks starting today to coincide with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources ban on outdoor fires announced on Tuesday. The statewide ban is in…
HABITAT -- Keep your fingers crossed, ranchers, farmers and hunters. Maybe this will work -- and yellow starthistle will be next! WSU researcher puts cheatgrass enemy to test in Idaho Ann Kennedy believes ACK55, a bacteria that naturally occurs in soils, is a natural enemy…
FISHING – Opposition appears to be brewing against the proposal to keep Badger Lake in the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department's trout management program. The Spokane County lake, one of th state's top trout producers for many decades, is among three lakes in Eastern Washington…
HUNTING -- Setting fall waterfowl hunting seasons is on the agenda for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Friday and Saturday (Aug. 2-3) in Olympia. Wolf issues will be discussed, including several proposals to amend state wildlife interaction rules to incorporate measures from Washington’s…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Federal land managers offer free entry to parks, forests, U.S. Bureau of Land management lands, refuges and other national interest lands where fees are charged on certain holidays scattered through the year. The next freebie is Aug. 25, the National Park Service…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
