PUBLIC LANDS -- Good news/bad news for hikers who enjoy the trails to Abercrombie and Sherlock Peaks in Pend Oreille County: The Colville National Forest will begin road maintenance and reconstruction on Oct. 1 on the following roads. Forest Service Road 7078000 (Sherlock Peak Road)…
FISHING – The forecast for B-run steelhead -- the bigger steelhead bound primarily for Idaho's Clearwater River -- has been downgraded for the second consecutive week, prompting fisheries officials to consider reducing bag limits for the Clearwater catch-and-keep season, which begins Oct. 15. Fisheries managers…
PUBLIC LANDS – The Bonners Ferry Ranger District will close the access road to the Roman Nose trailhead this week for repairs, according to the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Forest Service Road 1007 over Caribou Pass will be closed Tuesday-Friday so culverts can be replaced.…
CAMPING -- Most of the campgrounds are empty, but streams around Lake Pend Oreille are ripe with "new meat" for this year's infestation of yellowjackets to gnaw at. I'll have a Kokanee with that, sir.
FISHING -- It's time to sign-up young anglers ages 8-14 for the limited spaces in the annual Youth Steelhead Clinic set for Oct. 24 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Oct. 26 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both events will be held at…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
