WILDLIFE -- Under a state plan adopted eight years ago, about 44,000 acres of wildlife land in Kittitas County east of Ellensburg will be closed to motor vehicles Feb. 1 through April 30 to protect wintering elk. The winter closure includes portions of the L.T....
CAMPING -- Camping reservations for BLM sites in the Yakima River Canyon Recreation Area have moved to the national online and telephone system that allows visitors to book a spot up to six months in advance. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s this week moved…
WILDLIFE -- Federal efforts to reduce chances that domestic sheep will spread disease to beleaguered bighorns is hitting a fence in Wyoming. Some Wyoming lawmakers are pushing to protect domestic sheep in the state from a possible federal effort to remove them from public lands,…
HUNTING -- An outbreak of avian influenza in a private game farm in Okanogan County is forcing federal and state agriculture officials to kill up to 5,000 ducks, geese, chickens, pheasants and turkeys. About 40 birds at a game farm for private hunting and bird-dog…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Since Idaho's main wolf biologist, Jim Hayden, made a routine presentation on the status of the state's wolf population to the state Fish and Game Commission two weeks ago, the spin on the numbers has been dizzying -- and distorting. IFG Director...
PREDATORS -- Montana hunters and trappers aren't killing enough wolves to keep the population down to state management goals. So... Montana hunters, trappers may now export wolf pelts In order to keep hunters and trappers interested in wolves, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks successfully requested…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- My first reaction to seeing this trail-side video is OMG -- look at the power! Second reaction: Wouldn't it be a rush to go skijoring with a moose!
The Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival touring films will show at more than 100 venues this year, including the Inland Northwest.
PUBLIC LANDS -- Camping and boat-launching fees will increase starting Feb. 9 at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. The area is among numerous National Park Service units where fees will be increased this year to help maintain facilities. The camping fee from May 1 to...
WINTERSPORTS -- Acknowledging that there might be some serious competition for visitors this weekend, Stevens Pass Ski Area is deflating ticket prices on Super Bowl Sunday. In a Re-Peat performance from last year, the resort is offering $12 lift tickets good for 4 hours --...
WATERSPORTS -- River permits or the region’s world-class rafting streams are among the most coveted recreation reservations in the West -- and Saturday, Jan. 31, is the deadline to apply. River runners sometimes can obtain no-show permits for the Selway, Salmon, Middle Fork Salmon and…
FISHING -- Anticipating another strong return of spring chinook salmon, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today set the initial 2015 fishing season to run through April 10 on the lower Columbia River. Catch guidelines are based on a projected run of 312,600 adult spring...
PREDATORS -- A North Idaho man says he will take his chances with a jury rather than pay a $200 fine for shooting a wolf without a hunting tag. “It’s going to be really hard to find a jury in North Idaho that finds me...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Some Idaho groups are supporting national monument status for the Boulder-White Clouds rather than a compromise wilderness bill. Groups weigh in on Idaho U.S. Rep. Simpson's wilderness bill Idaho U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch introduced legislation last week to prevent...
UPDATED Jan. 28, 10:55 a.m. with more explanation from Department of Ecology. RIVERS -- The state of Washington adopted new state rule on instream flows for the Spokane River today, but the levels are likely to disappoint rafters and environmental groups, who had pushed for…
SHOOTING -- Remember when Jim Zumbo and fishing demo tanks stocked with real fish were the big attractions advertized by sportsman show promoters? Times have changed: A promotion getting big attention for the Pacific Northwest Sportsmen's Show in Portland next week is a chance for...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Oregon's prolific gray wolves have moved into a new recovery management phase that gives ranchers more flexibility in dealing with threats to their animals, including shooting wolves caught chasing livestock. Wildlife biologists documented seven breeding pairs of wolves in Oregon in 2014,...
RIVERS -- The state of Washington adopted instream flows for the Spokane River today, but the levels are likely to disappoint rafters and environmental groups, who had pushed for higher flows, according to a story just filed by S-R reporter Becky Kramer. The instream flow...
PREDATORS -- Overlooking the most astonishing if not over-successful recoveries of wildlife under the Endangered Species Act, pro-wolf groups are still trying to argue that the effort to reintroduce wolves to the Northern Rockies has failed. Wildlife advocates petitioned federal officials today to reclassify gray...
WINTERSPORTS -- Just-released news of special interest to backcountry skiers and snowmobilers alike: The U.S. Forest Service today released the final policy for managing snowmobile and other "over-snow" vehicle use on national forests and grasslands. As directed by court order, the policy requires that roads,…
FISHING -- I'm guessing the photo above will never be matched at Sprague Lake or anyplace in Idaho or Washington. Minnesotans take ice fishing seriously. An estimated 10,000 anglers headed for Gull Lake last week for the annual $150,000 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza. The…
WILDLIFE -- Florida wildlife officers trapped and killed the biggest Florida black bear on record Sunday in Longwood.The mammoth animal, which had been roaming Seminole County neighborhoods and causing safety concerns for more than a month, weighed 740 pounds -- that's heavier than the combined…
FISHING -- Anglers fishing the Clearwater River are enjoying a healthy increase in the number of steelhead returning, according to the Idaho Fish and Game Department. After a lackluster season in 2013-2014, the number of “B-run” steelhead is up in 2015, and anglers are taking…
PUBLIC LANDS -- State and Federal scientists have spent many years and millions of dollars documenting the compelling reasons why the United States should avoid drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. I visited the refuge in the early 1990s and...
HUNTING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has set seasons for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goats for 2015, adding moose tags for the Panhandle Region and adding new hunts farther south for bighorn sheep. The new rules will include the following changes: Panhandle...
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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