TRAVEL -- Normally I'm thrilled and filled with hope for adventures to come when I return from a far away place and fly past Mount Rainier, the state's great "Welcome to Washington" ambassador. This time: bittersweet.
FISHING -- George Allen of the Spokane Walleye Club will present a free program on walleye fishing tonight, 7 p.m., at the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council meeting, 6116 N. Market St.
FISHING -- "Fishing was exceptional in the Clearwater River drainage last week with catch rates less than 10 hrs/fish in many places and averaging 14 hrs/fish for the entire basin," says Joe Dupont, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional fisheries manager in Lewiston. "Based on…
FISHING -- Two sections of the Snake River (below Ice Harbor Dam and Lower Granite Dam) reopened to fishing for spring chinook on Sunday, June 1, while two other sections of the river (below Little Goose Dam and near Clarkston) will reopen Thursday, June 5.…
WATERSPORTS -- The Mica Bay Boater Park on Lake Coeur d’Alene has re-opened for the summer boating season, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says. The site had been closed to visitors since April while crews removed hazardous trees. Root disease had affected the Douglas…
WATERSPORTS -- Peter Grubb, co-founder of ROW Adventures, was reminiscing Sunday while guiding rafters on the Moyie River east of Bonners Ferry. "We pioneered commercial rafting on the Moyie in 1982 and this was the very first one-day trip ROW offered," Grubb said, commenting on…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- See the complete list of the free Sinlahekin Wildlife Area 75th anniversary events, programs, field trips and clinics scheduled this summer in Okanogan County starting Saturday. The list is long and offerings are impressive. See my feature story about the celebration, and…
TRAILS -- The Inland Northwest Trails Coalition has rounded up more than a dozen local leaders in trails-related efforts for the annual “state of the trails” presentations Thursday, June 12, starting at 5:30 p.m. at Mountain Gear Headquarters, 6021 E. Mansfield Ave. in Spokane Valley.…
FISHING -- A Weekend Fishermen’s Retreat, with programs ranging from fishing to Catholic faith, is set for June 27-29 at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center. The theme, “Launch Out into the Deep (Luke 5:4) will be keynoted by Paul Coutinho, who has a doctorate in historical…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
