PUBLIC LANDS -- Pat Hart, who manages maintenance of recreation sites and trails in the Bonner Ferry Ranger District, has become an expert of attracting and accommodating volunteers, from youths to seniors, to get seasonal jobs done on a slim Forest Service budget. It takes…
BACKPACKING -- Holden Village, a Lutheran camp above Lake Chelan near the boundary of the Glacier Peak Wilderness , is offering a new summer program, “Holden On The Trail,” which combines backpacking with study and volunteer trail maintenance in partnership with the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.…
PREDATORS -- The Washington Legislature appropriated $250,000 to a fund for compensating ranchers for livestock injured or killed by wolves. Jack Field, executive vice president of the Washington Cattlemen's Association, said the amount "a great first step" for the agency and for the livestock industry,…
Update: Tests later indicated the fish was 64 years old, according to an Alaska Fish and Game report.. FISHING -- The record-breaking rockfish that caught national attention last week after biologists esitmated it was more than 200 years old has been proved to be a…
RIVERS -- While Dworshak Reservoir levels are being lowered for the sake of downstream salmon, Lake Roosevelt levels are increasing this week along the Columbia River behind Grand Coulee Dam. The level of Lake Roosevelt was at elevation 1287 feet today and lake levels are…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- Raccoons are cute to watch, but they also are extremely quick and viscious when confronted. I've heard of pit bulls that have bled to death after being lacerated by a coon's sharp teeth. In this story and video, a Portland woman tells…
BOATING -- Sheriff's deputies and Fish and Wildlife Police across Washington are reminding summer funseekers that they can be nailed with an $87 fine for boating or floating without a lifejacket on rivers, and that includes inner tubing. Most people don't know that people on…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Photographer Carlene Hardt and numerous other wildlife watchers have been watching trumpeter swans at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge south of Cheney as they raise their young that hatched last month. Here's the photo and the note she sent this week after spending…
POACHING -- State wildlife agents are investigating after a video surfaced showing a group of people in a canoe killing a deer in the waters near Squaxin Island, in southwestern Puget Sound. KOMO-TV reports the killing of the buck was captured on a 12-minute video,…
HUNTING -- Randy Newberg, host of the popular TV hunting series, On Your Own Adventures, is launching a new TV program that premier's today on Sportsman Channel. Fresh Tracks, sponsored by Federal Premium, continues Newberg's self-guided public land hunting theme yet in a more personal…
FLY FISHING -- I'm ready to take a few days off, but I'll leave this parting thought to help fly fishers decide what they should be doing with their free time in the next week or two: Caddis action on the Yakima River has been…
PRO FISHING -- Professional bass angler Luke Clausen of Spokane is among the 46 qualifiers from 20 states to compete for the $500,000 top prize in the 2013 Forrest Wood Cup, Aug. 15-18 on the Red River at Schreveport, La. In 2006, Clausen won the…
Anti-wolf group's report provides few details on how Utah money was spent Big Game Forever submitted a 120-page report that contained a lot of magazine articles and government statistics, but little details on how the group spent $300,000 from Utah to shift wolf-management from the…
FISHING -- A Seattle man fishing in Alaska caught a 40-pound shortraker rockfish that experts believe could be 200 years old, which would easily predate the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported that Henry Liebman was deep-sea fishing off the coast of…
FISHING – Olson’s Resort at Sekiu, Wash., well-known for harboring salmon anglers venturing out on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, is celebrating it’s 80th anniversary this weekend. How? With a July 6 fishing derby, of course.
CAMPING – Idaho State Parks has partnered with The North Face to loan camping equipment at no charge to first-time campers through September. The Explore Your Parks program is underway at two North Idaho state parks: Hells Gate, (208) 799-5015. Priest Lake, (208) 443-2200. The…
WATERFOWLING -- The Washington State Championship Duck Calling Contest, sponsored by the Washington Waterfowl Association, is set for Aug. 24 in Lacey. The event includes duck and goose events for open, junior, peewee, novice and two-person categories. Competition will take place at Cabela's, 1600 Gateway…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The recent summer weather around the Pacific Northwest has melted snow and allowed for Mount Rainier National Park staff to open multiple facilities ahead of schedule. The Sunrise Road, Sunrise Lodge and Sunrise Visitor Center all opened to the public Friday, according…
WILDLIFE -- Asotin resident Charlotte Tuttle detoured from the usual Asotin County Commissioners meeting Monday to let them know what's on the mind -- and feet -- of people visiting parks along the Snake River near Lewiston and Clarkston: "We’ve got goose poop up to…
FISHING -- This year's sockeye run to the upper Columbia River is about a third the size of the 2012 run, but don't let that discourage you. Last year's return of more than 500,000 sockeye was a record to behold. This year's estimate of about…
Colville's celebrate $50 million hatchery Federal budget cuts leave recreation areas relying on outside help Local Trail Angel: Lynn Smith lends muscle, time, inspiration Woman who died in fall at climbing rocks identified Field Reports: Sockeye fishing opens on upper Columbia... Oregon approves wolf settlement......
TRAILS -- The Spokane County Regional Trails Plan, which provides guidance for local, state and federal agencies in developing new trails and maintaining existing routes, is open to public comment through an online survey. The plan seeks to coordinate trails throughout the region, identified corridors…
FISHING – A series of free fly fishing-related demonstrations and workshops is scheduled in July at Artisans at the Dahmen Barn off U.S. Highway 195 at Uniontown. July 7 - Fly casting workshop and rod repair demonstratio, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. July 14 - “Seasons of…
BOATING -- This week’s heat wave is changing the landscape for boaters and campers planning Fourth of July holiday trips to Dworshak Reservoir, which stretches 54 miles on the North Fork of the Clearwater River near Orofino. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam operators are…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Federal resource acengies are suffering big budget hits, as I pointed out on my Sunday Outdoors story. Here's a spotlight on the issues, using an example close to home: ALARMING NUMBERS FROM THE COLVILLE NF The 1.1 million-acre Colville National Forest spans…
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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