CONSERVATION -- Rance Block of Liberty Lake was honored today for decades of work to protect wildlife habitat and sportsmen's access to the outdoors across the West, especially in Eastern Washington. Block was presented the Joan Thomas Award at the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition's…
FISHING -- Some anglers are catching 10 chinook salmon a day in the Lewiston area this week in the best chinook salmon fishing season fish managers can remember. Steelheading for keepers is so-so. The chinook salmon returns to the Snake River this fall are huge,…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Saturday is a big day of freebies and stewardship on public lands throughout the region. It's National Public Lands Day as well as National Hunting and Fishing Day. Here are some opportunities to consider: Washington State Parks are offering free vehicle access…
Groups petition USFWS to protect fishers in Montana, Idaho Six environmental groups have petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect fishers, weasel-like predators found in old-growth forests in Idaho and Montana, as a threatened or endangered species. A similar petition filed in 2009…
HUNTING -- The Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge in North Idaho and the Willapa Refuge in Western Washington are among 20 federal refuges that could see hunting opportunities expanded under a proposal released today by Interior Sally Jewell. In addition, six refuges in four states would…
HUNTING -- Get the skinny on hunting prospects for deer and elk as well as upland birds and other species in the 2013 hunting forecasts posted by The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department. Area wildlife biologists have posted notes on their observatins of eveything from…
WINTER SPORTS -- Work is progressing on a hut to serve as a Smith Gap warming shelter for snowshoers and backcountry skiers at Mount Spokane State Park. Park staff constructed most of the foundation. A contractor is coming in to build the enclosure, hopefully before…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
