FISHING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission today voted to reopen the Little Salmon River to fishing for Chinook salmon effective Friday, June 7. The Clearwater, North Fork Clearwater, Middle Fork Clearwater and South Fork Clearwater rivers are closed to Chinook salmon fishing, effective…
FISHING -- More than 4,000 lake trout were caught and handled -- most of them released -- during the first phase of a Priest Lake fisheries assessment that ended May 17, the Idaho Fish and Game Department reports. Most of those lake trout were tagged…
MOUNTAINEERING -- The National Park Service says a climbing ranger who fell to his death during a rescue operation at Mount Rainier National Park last year was not roped for safety or equipped with an ice ax at the time of the accident. Nick Hall,…
FISHING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Department is asking anglers to comment on a draft management plan for maintaining and restoring native westslope cutthroat trout -- a prized fishery linked to pure forest watersheds. These fish, characterized by spotting and distinctive red coloring near…
WILDLIFE -- Wolf advocates are making their case against state-sanctioned wolf hunting in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho by booking billboards to take advantage of the summer tourist season ramping up near Yellowstone National Park. A wolf pictured on the billboards will be asking a lot…
RIVERS -- Wiley E. Waters rafting company is offering discounted three-hour whitewater river float trips for the Washington State Parks Centennial 2013 celebration on Saturday (June 8) at Riverside State Park. Trips will start at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., with shuttles from…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
