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…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.