STATE PARKS -- The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission has released two proposals regarding the expansion of Mount Spokane State Park. Public comments on the proposals will be accepted through Sept. 15. The proposals are combined under one draft environmental impact statement, which considers…
FISHING -- This announcement just posted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is good news if you're champing at the bit to cast for the early portion of the record run of fall chinook heading up the Columbia River. Action: Fall chinook season…
FISHING -- Not much time left, according to this announcement just posted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Action: Lake Wenatchee closes for sockeye salmon fishing. Effective date: Sept. 1, 2014 (one hour after official sunset). Species affected: Sockeye salmon Location: Lake Wenatchee…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Illia Dunes, a Snake River beach and recreation site especially popular in August and September with college students, is being reopened today after last week's closure stemming from fecal coliforms found in water samples. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says test…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Some readers reacting to my recent report have pointed out that the public already has the right in Eastern Washington to shoot a wolf that threatens a person or domestic animals even though wolves are protected by state endangered species laws. So…
OFF-ROADING -- I recently received an email from a gutless reader dissing me for a column I wrote about ORVer's who ride on private property -- notably Mica Peak -- without permission, as well as on public lands where riding off designated roads is illegal.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
