MUSHROOMING -- Let's see, April's cool rainy weather has evolved to sunshine and warming. It's prime time for mushrooming! Hot spots, so to speak, for finding morel mushrooms are areas that have burned in the past few years. But Ken Vanden Heuvel snapped the photo…
FISHING -- Eat your hearts out, fly fishers.
PUBLIC LANDS -- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is trying to get geocaches removed from wilderness and environmentally sensitive areas in Central Oregon. Geocaches are the containers at the end of high-tech treasure hunts undertaken by hobbyists. They use GPS devices or smartphones to…
FISHING -- Washington's new 2014-15 fishing regulations pamphlet, with rules that go into effect on Thursday, May 1, is available at license dealers and online. While this isn't a major year for fishing rule changes, be sure to check the regs for seasons and rules…
FISHING -- A few -- very few -- area anglers bucked the trend to fish the popular Washington put-and-take trout lakes on last weekend's lowland lake opener. They were pleased with the results at Loon Lake north of Spokane, which is known for lake trout…
PHOTOGRAPHY -- Readers have shown their talents, outdoor savvy, enthusiasm and good humor with the photos they've submitted to our Outdoors Reader Photos Page. The flurry of squirrel photos triggered by the submission (above) by Phil Hough of Sandpoint was a hoot. Check out all…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
