FISHING – High stream temperatures in Western Montana have prompted emergency restrictions on the hours fishing will be allowed on the Bitterroot, Blackfoot and Clark Fork Rivers starting Friday. Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks officials said all fishing on the prized trout rivers as well…
FISHING – Spring chinook salmon fishing will close on the Grande Ronde River at Sunset on Sunday. he Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the closure on Wednesday after determining the southeastern Washington river “is experiencing extremely low flows and increasing water temperatures that…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Here's the latest poop on predators in the Inland Northwest: They appear to be well-fed. During one day of hiking north of Lake Pend Oreille, I came across two scats within five miles containing calf elk hooves. One was the scat of…
WILDFIRES -- If you need more evidence that some people are clueless if not stupid, just ask a firefighter in the Priest Lake area. Unattended campfires and dumping used charcoal briquettes in the woods after all the smoke and warnings about dry conditions? Are you…
PUBLIC LANDS -- No wonder some people want to take over federal lands for private interests. Turns out they're damned valuable. U.S. Interior Department: 1 in 4 jobs in Wyoming tied to federal lands In a report issued this week, the U.S. Department of Interior…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
