UPDATED 5:20 p.m. with more information from WDFW. FISHING -- Spring chinook will reopen Friday, May 9, through Saturday, May 10, on the Lower Columbia River from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to Rooster Rock, plus bank-angling only from Rooster Rock to Bonneville Dam.…
BOATING -- Wanapum reservoir and shoreline will remain closed to the public through the Memorial Day weekend and beyond because of the drawdown and work being done on the damaged Wanapum Dams. The Grant County PUD and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have closed…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Although hikers and walkers can advance farther beyond gates, snow-plowing crews have been able to open only 12.5 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The process of opening the famous road over Logan Pass is being slowed by numerous…
WILDLIFE – Nine counties in Washington have been granted nearly $180,000 for habitat projects and research from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The 2014 grants will affect nearly 1,600 acres in Asotin, Cowlitz, Jefferson, King, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Pierce, Skamania and Yakima Counties. The money…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A few years ago, I'd get several photos a week from readers sharing the sight of moose in their yards or on their walks or adventures. Nowadays I get very few. The reason: moose sightings are almost common. Phil Cooper of Idaho…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Remote cameras, GPS monitoring and DNA testing continues to reveal more about one of the most secretive of North American carnivores. Montana, Alberta researchers report result of wolverine study A $1.7-million study begun in 2009 by Parks Canada, the Miistakis Institute in…
BICYCLING -- Bicyclsts are the first to get access to bare pavement on the North Cascades Highway west of Winthrop each spring as snow plows clear Highway 20 for the summer season. The road crews are over Washington Pass and the road could be cleared…
FISHING -- Saturday was a great time at Clear Lake for the hundreds of youngsters who got a chance to try out fishing in the annual Fishing Kids event. Volunteers from local sportsmen's groups rigged up more than 1,000 rods and supervised the action. The…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I was driving through Canada's Kootenay National Park in spring early in the morning one year when I spotted a black bear paralleling the highway in the vegetation along the road. I stopped and watched. The bear walked for a quarter mile…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The cost of camping or using pay-for-use recreation sites on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests will increase this season, generally $1 to $2 per use. Read on for specifics from the Forest Service:
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- In paying tribute to Washington's seven grouse species in my Sunday Outdoors feature stories, I mention that the mating display of the sharp-tailed grouse inspired some traditional dances of Native Americans. See for yourself above. See slow-motion video of a sharptail male…
FISHING – A Grand Coulee man has been cited by city police for fishing in an area that’s closed to public access immediately downstream from Grand Coulee Dam. Water below the dam (flowing into the reservoir called Lake Rufus Woods) was opened to fishing last…
FISHING/BOATING -- Lake Roosevelt’s water elevation will be down to 1231 feet by Sunday to make room for heavy runoff expected in May, the Bureau of Reclamation reports today. There have been worse years for spring drawdowns at Lake Roosevelt in the past decade, but…
SHOOTING -- The Northwest Sportsman's Club has set June 1 for its annual shooting event for people with disabilities. The club treats its guests to a day of .22 target shooting, long range shooting, muzzleloader shooting and even shotgun shooting with live birds at the…
BOATING -- The public boat access site at Rose Lake, a popular North Idaho panfish and catfish lake southeast of Fourth of July Pass, will be closed for for about 60 days starting Saturday, May 5. Fish and Game Department officials say major improvements to…
FISHING -- With a big pulse of spring chinook headed upstream past Bonneville Dam, fish managers are expecting good things for upstream fishermen. Weather was generally poor through the weekend and fishing has been slow in the Snake River since the season opened last week,…
FISHING -- What appears to be the biggest one-day tally of spring chinook since 2002 passed over Bonneville Dam on Wednesday, prompting more enthusiasm for the possibility of another lower Columbia River season. The announcement could come after a recalculation of the forecast in the…
WINTERSPORTS -- Hold on to your spray skirts, kayakers. The ski-snowshoe-snowboard season is not yet over. This week's weather foray into 70-degree temperatures isn't enough to trigger the big spring runoff events whitewater enthusiasts relish. "It's still getting below freezing at night in the upper…
TRAILS -- The Friends of the Bluff are coordinating a trash cleanup day along the popular South Hill Bluff trails below High Drive on Saturday, May 3, from 9 a.m.-noon. Groups will stage at the dirt parking area at 57th and Hatch. Gloves, water, wheel…
LANDSCAPES -- Hugh Imhoff drove to the top of Steptoe Butte Wednesday morning to take advantage of the cool, clear weather for scenic photography. The Palouse Hills that stretch out like waves in a stormy sea provide scenic camera fodder that changes with the seasons…
FISHING -- Learn what you need to know to catch fish with a fly rod in the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe rivers during a 2 hour presentation, starting at 6 p.m. on May 14 at Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley. The seminar…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Washington State Parks have a fee-free access day coming up. Here's the list of 11 days in which the Discover Pass is not needed for vehicle entry in 2014: Jan. 19 and 20 – Martin Luther King holiday. March 19 – Washington…
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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