FISHING -- A charity fishing derby with hundreds of dollars in prizes is set for Sunday (May 19) based out of Klink's Williams Lake Resort south of Cheney. Divisions for adults and youths. Prizes include full weekend packages a the resort. Cost: $10 per angler.…
RIVERS — The level of Lake Roosevelt rose to an elevation of about 1264 feet today and lake levels are expected to continue rising over the next week into the 1272-1276 range. Lake inflows began increasing a week ago as the spring runoff began from…
PREDATORS -- There's a little less love for wolves in central Idaho this week. Idaho issues 2 kill permits on wolves near Carey after 31 sheep killed Between May 10 and May 12, John Peavey, the owner of the Flat Top Ranch near Carey, Idaho,…
WILDLIFE -- Elk numbers in Montana's Bitterroot Valley are up this year mostly because of better calf survival, according to reseachers. This year’s aerial spring count found 7,373 elk in the five hunting districts that encircle the Bitterroot Valley. That's the fourth highest number of…
WILDFLOWERS -- Shooting stars are among the most delicate and fascinating wildflowers, sprouting about 5 inches tall at different elevations, in damp to not-so-damp wild areas, from early spring well into summer. They're also very difficult to photograph, although you wouldn't know it by this…
HUNTING – The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation says it’s waiving fees for auctioning state-sponsored big-game hunting tags and is challenging other groups to do the same to increase funding for wildlife conservation. The Missoula-based foundation announced last week that it will return 100 percent of…
WILDLIFE -- Idaho Fish and Game Department regional habitat biologists will discuss southern Panhandle wildlife management areas at the monthly informal Coeur d'Alene Sportsmen's Breakfast, 6:30 a.m., Tuesday (May 21) at Lake City Senior Center, 1916 N. Lakewood Dr. Cost: $7.50 for breakfast, tax and…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
