FISHING -- Anglers had very good success rates for spring chinook in Idaho waters upstream from Lewiston last week with catch rates below 10/hrs a fish in the Clearwater, Salmon and Snake rivers. Check out the following detailed Clearwater Region salmon update for the week…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Jim Brown, a sergeant in the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife enforcement program, has been named regional director for the agency’s North Central region based in Ephrata, according to an agency media release. Brown, who has worked as a fish and…
CAMPING -- Many families consider Memorial Day weekend the kickoff for the camping season. Unfortunately, it's also the start of some bad habits for wildlife attracted to the food and garbage campers make available. Luring wildlife to camping areas with food creates pests that can…
OFF-ROADING -- Some dirt bikers seem to have a "Don't Ask, Don't Know," policy about riding on public and private lands. At least a dozen motorcyclists in some sort of organized ride on Mica Peak Monday were riding on roads and off roads. The were…
WILDLIFE -- You're living well when hummingbirds chose your yard for their nursery. This is the second consecutive year Bill Bender has had a nest off the back porch of his South Hill home. The chicks are seven days old in this photo from the…
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 June 8, Great Outdoors Day, with…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
