DROUGHT/FISHING -- When the heat is on, good fishing practices can save prized fish. With record low flows and water temperatures in the ranges that stress trout, here are a few suggestions for catch-and-release fishing when water temps get well into the 60s: Catch and...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Wolves killed two adult cows near Chewelah this week, state wildlife officials confirmed today. The cattle were found dead on Thursday and today in the upper portion of the North Fork of Chewelah Creek in the Dirty Shirt Pack territory, said Nate...
DROUGHT/FISHING -- A story coming Sunday will looking into Western trout, salmon and steelhead fisheries that are in hot water because of drought and warm water conditions. Some anglers have wondered why there are not restrictions on the North Fork Coeur d'Alene, a prized cutthroat...
DROUGHT -- In a last-ditch effort to maintain negotiated summer water levels at Lake Coeur d'Alene, Avista is reducing Spokane River flows out of Post Falls Dam to the absolute minimum of 500 cubic feet per second. The median flow for this time of year...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.