PUBLIC LANDS -- Some knuckle-dragging knucklehead in a four-wheel-drive vehicle left his mark in a Colville National Forest meadow this month. The meadow had been torn up by "mudding" enthusiasts in a few years ago. The Forest Service has worked to restore the meadow with…
FISHING -- A clinic specificially tailored to fly fishing two of the region's top cutthroat trout streams will be presented next week at Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley. Sean Visintainer, owner and guide will present his two-hour North Idaho Stream Seminar at 6...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Local birding enthusiasts are stepping up to help the public celebrate Migratory Bird Day with activities geared to fledgling birders of all ages. Bird Identification Workshop, a three-session class, is being offered May 4, 6 and 8 by Gary Blevins, biology professor…
FISHING -- There's not a discouraging word to be found in the forecast, starting with this weekend, for spring chinook fishing in Idaho. Here are highlights from today's spring chinook update by Joe DuPont, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional fisheries manager in Lewiston: As...
LANDSCAPES -- A free lecture and field trip (by bus) are scheduled in May by the Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute. LECTURE: May 8, 7 p.m. at Auditorium, JFK Library, Eastern Washington University, JFK Library Auditorium in Cheney. Dr. Gene Kiver will...
FISHING -- In Thursdays package of Fishing 2015 stories, I used a file photo of a successful young angler for a story about crappie fishing. It struck a chord with Mike Meseberg of Mar-Don Resort on Potholes Reservoir: Thephoto is of Levi Meseberg as a...
PREDATORS -- More and more evidence indicates wolves are gaining ground across the state. A gray wolf was struck and killed by a vehicle Monday on Interstate 90 between North Bend and Snoqualmie Pass. "It's one of the first gray wolves confirmed killed west of…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- A man who's been in the fire pit of big-game and wolf policy in Washington for decades says he plans to retire in June. Dave Ware, currently the Wolf Policy Lead for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, announced his plans…
MOUNTAINEERING -- No matter how much money you have or how much time, sweat, risk and money you've invested, the climbing season is over at Mount Everest. Here's the latest about the Nepal earthquakes' affects on expeditions at the world's highest peak. By MARTHA BELLISLE…
ENVIRONMENT -- The nationally touring Wild & Scenic Film Festival is coming to Spokane this week with versions of 12 environmental films in a benefit for the Spokane Riverkeeper. The event is Thursday April 30 at the Garland Theater, 924 W. Garland Ave. Doors open...
WILDLIFE WATCHING --It’s not too late to sign up for North Idaho College at Sandpoint’s “Family Birding Outing” class taught by ornithologist and author Brian Baxter on Saturday, May 2. The class, which starts at 9 a.m. at the NIC at Sandpoint parking lot, involves...
BIG GAME -- Moose studies launched in the last year or two are beginning to turn out some data, although it's preliminary and conclusions can't be drawn, yet. Studies are underway in Minnesota, Montana and Wyoming, as well as in Washington and in North Dakota....
WILDLIFE -- A black bear that has been causing problems from patios to chicken coops in the Five Mile Area was killed by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers today. The young bear was killed with the help of houndsmen. "It had been causing...
FISHING -- How many of the lake trout die after being caught from the depths of Priest Lake and released? Idaho Fish and Game Department fisheries biologists have launched a study to find out. The study survival rates will help biologists understand whether mortality of…
CAMPING -- Sloppy campers have trashed the opportunity for hikers to tent overnight in the popular Enchanted Valley of Olympic National Park, at least for the next 30 days. Backpackers reported cleaning up pasta and trash left behind by hikers ahead of them earlier this...
ADVENTURE -- Two well-known Spokane adventurers climbing or traveling in Nepal have reported they are unharmed and doing OK as earthquakes continue to rumble and cause widespread havoc and death in the Himalayan country. Jess Roskelley, who's on a filming expedition to climb Annapurna, the 10th highest peak...
ENVIRONMENT -- In 1910 when Glacier National Park was created there were about 150 glaciers. By 2030, they will all have disappeared. This short MSNBC Shift video compiling federal government photos of the glaciers past and present rams home the point. This might be a…
WILDLIFE – Moose have found their way into Spokane-area neighborhoods in a big way in recent years. This is good, until it goes bad with an 800-pound critter stomping through playgrounds, breaking down fences, chasing dogs, bolting across heavily-traveled roads and defending their calves. Tips…
FISHING -- Saturday's opening of Washington's lowland trout fishing season was blustery, wet and cold, but the anglers who toughed out the conditions were handsomely rewarded. Overall, Spokane-region lakes produced some of the best opening day fishing in years, according to Washington Department of Fish...
FISHING -- About 1,000 spring chinook will be holding in Idaho water's when the season opens in the Clearwater Region on Saturday -- and that's more than usual for the opener. Joe DuPont, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional fisheries managers made these observations Thursday:…
FISHING -- Fishing stories that will help guide you through the region's 2015 seasons are compiled on The Spokesman-Review's Outdoors webpage under 2015 Fishing Guide. Check out the site regularly for additional stories as well as blog posts for updates. Also, click on the "Documents"...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- My Sunday Outdoors story on nest boxes for cavity-nesting birds struck a chord with Dick Thiel of Spokane: Wrens and flickers are my favorite; flickers are so entertaining and wrens so busy and such beautiful singers. Here's my latest wren palace, made...
FISHING -- Two stories in the Thursday Outdoors special 2015 fishing coverage had errors regarding the term "jumbo" trout stocked into some Eastern Washington lakes. These jumbo fish are meant to be "big" attractions to anglers headed out for the lowland lake trout season that...
FISHING -- Anglers will be allowed to use barbed hooks through June at Wind River and Drano Lake while fishing for hatchery chinook and steelhead, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced. Location and effective dates: Wind River from mouth (boundary line markers)...
CONSERVATION -- The Idaho House appears to have squandered a great conservation opportunity in order to show it's in control if not necessarily in step with the needs of Idaho sportsmen. Disgruntled legislators nix Idaho Fish & Game's land purchase The Idaho Department of Fish…
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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