POACHING --The Idaho Fish and Game Department is looking for tips that might solve the case of a pregnant cow moose killed along Penny Lane off Sanders Road about three miles north of Emida in Benewah County. The cow that was carrying a fetus a…
FISHING – The annual Washington Fly Fishing Fair is expanding in 2014 far beyond a fly-tying gathering to a two-day event packed with casting workshops, a nine-hole casting course and a slate of more than a dozen seminars. The programs cover fishing tactics for waters…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This is what I get for sending my daughters to college in Western Washington, where rain brings out the wildlife. What would you do in this situation? Bear spray or lemon-butter sauce?
CAMPING -- A campground north of Priest Lake remains closed this spring after a giant tree fell in a violent August windstorm and killed a man in his tent. The Stagger Inn Campground near the Roosevelt Grove of Ancient Cedars is still being evaluated for…
CONSERVATION – Spokane sportsmen lost one of their most enduring worker bees with the recent death of Mike Coyle. For decades he led efforts to put a smiling face and a handshake on the good things sportsmen do with their money and volunteer energy. His…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A massive bighorn sheep that died of natural causes and was later found by wildlife officials could be a new world record, according to the Missoula-based Boone and Crockett Club. The ram was found in Alberta. The skull is in possession of…
Quote of the day: "Our economy is really looking good. But now it's time to turn around and start protecting our land, guys." Mervin Packineau, a tribal councilman, speaking at the Three Affiliated Tribes' third annual oil and gas conference in North Dakota on Tuesday.…
WINTERSPORTS -- It's spring, but wintery conditions still have a hold on the Cascades. The National Weather Service is warning of avalanches on the west slopes of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon Thursday morning because of heavy snow and rain in the mountains. Forecasters…
POACHING -- "The man who wore a T-shirt reading 'Damn I’m Good' while hoisting the severed head of one of many trophy Okanogan bucks he poached during a 2012 and 2013 killing spree was sentenced to five years in jail and over $24,000 in fines,"…
FISHING -- Get your lard outta bed! Fishing season opens Saturday, but this morning is a prime opportunity to stock up on nightcrawlers. Rain has forced them out of the ground and onto the street where they're easy pickin's. Robins are on the prowl, but…
WILDERNESS –An short film about the 43,348-acre Salmo-Priest Wilderness produced by the Friends of the Salmo-Priest will be shown with another film in a free event on Wednesday April 30, 7 p.m., at the Gonzaga University Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium. The friends group, led by…
FISHING -- A new ADA-accessible fishing pier has been installed at Steamboat Rock State Park near Electric City. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 28, at the boat launch on Banks Lake, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission says. The…
FISHING -- Fly casting champion Tim Rajeff is coming to North Idaho this weekend and he’s only part of the celebrity action during the two-day Sandpoint Fly Fishing Film Festival. The event features the eight films edited into the Fly Fishing Film Tour (F3T) to…
FISHING -- With the spotlight this week shining on the lowland trout fishing season that opens Saturday, lakes that are open to fishing year-round are temporarily in the shadows. MarDon Resort on Potholes Reservoir has a plan to capture some attention to its fine facilities…
VOLUNTEER -- More than 300 volunteers are signed up for the annual Unveil the Trail clean-up Friday, Saturday and Sunday (April 25-27) to prepare the 37.5-mile Centennial Trail for it's busiest season Friends of the Centennial Trail is working with 31 local businesses and non-profits…
WILDLIFE -- A huge black bear by Oregon standards has been killed by a rancher legally defending the family's property. Hunters are scratching their heads wondering how they missed seeing one of the biggest bruins experts have seen in the Northwest. From the Associated Press:…
FISHING -- I just got off the air with KXLY radio host Bud Namek to discus Saturday's opening of Washington's lowland trout lake fishing season -- and the special advance coverage we'll be publishing Thursday in S-R Outdoors. See a preview of what "opening day"…
WILDERNESS -- Here's a wild opportunity for professional artists looking for immersion in a canyonland wilderness landscape: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Idaho will host two week-long Artists-in-Residence, one for the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness and the other for the Owyhee River Wilderness. Southwestern…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A Wyoming herd of about 500 mule deer travels 50 miles from the Red Desert to the southern end of the Wind River Range, where it joins about 5,000 more deer to walk another 100 miles. It is the longest recorded mule…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- "I love the little wings and the open mouth," says Spokane Valley pastor and photographer Craig Goodwin, back from a North Idaho birding adventure. "The eaglets are two days old." Goodwin says he's found great bird photo situations including great blue herons…
FISHING -- They were cautious at first, allowing a daily limit of just six kokanee last year for the first kokanee fishing season since 1999 at Lake Pend Oreille. But Idaho Fish and Game Department officials say surveys continue to show the fishery has recovered…
CONSERVATION -- More that 100 volunteers turned out for the annual Spokane Riverkeeper Spring River Clean on April 12, with a big boost from students at Gonzaga University. "It was our biggest and best clean up by far, we had a record number of partners…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The sight of a wood duck will brighten anyone's day. That's why Wayne C. Weber of Delta, British Columbia, is probably wearing sun goggles this week. Here's his birding report from April 15 in northcentral Washington: While birding in northern Okanogan County,…
HUNTING -- Washington's new 2014 Big Game Hunting Seasons & Regulations pamphlet has been posted on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website -- with hard copies showing up at dealers. The month-long special permit application period for deer, elk, moose, mountain goat, bighorn…
HUNTING -- Idaho's 2014 Big Game Seasons and Rules brochures are back from the printer and should be available at license vendors and Fish and Game offices in most locations. They are also available online. Elk hunters will notice changes to several elk management zones…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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