WILDLIFE -- Critters in one of Canada's signature national parks already face hazards from zooming traffic. And now... Canada's plan to spend $67M to widen highway in Banff park questioned Several members of an advisory group charged with making Banff National Park safer for wildlife...
HUNTING -- Eighteen lucky hunters will have an opportunity to hunt for deer this fall on the 6,000-acre Charles and Mary Eder unit of the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area in northeastern Okanogan County. Applications for the “limited-entry” deer hunt must be made by Aug. 14...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Deer are growing like crazy this month, young and old alike. Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson gives us a snapshot of the stage deer are in after capturing both of these photos in a single day. One photo shows a whitetail fawn…
RIVERS – The 34th annual Pend Oreille Poker Paddle is attracting entries from craft ranging from canoes to inventive human-powered contraptions is set for Aug. 8-9, sponsored by the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce. The family-friends event starts at Rotary Park boat launch under the…
PADDLING -- If you're considering a great exotic guided sea-kayaking and hiking adventure, take a tip from National Geographic Traveler, which gave high ratings to an Inland Northwest company that thinks globally. Compelling Corsica, a unique sea kayaking and mountain hiking adventure vacation from ROW…
PUBLIC LANDS – The Washington Recreation and Conservation office has awarded more than $110 million to 268 projects to build parks and boating facilities, provide access to shorelines, maintain trails and conserve working farms and important wildlife habitat. Spokane County will get $2.32 million for…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Boulder Cave Day Use Site on the Naches Ranger District has reopened after a year-long closure for site improvements. The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has scheduled a re-opening celebration for the popular attraction, including the trail built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in...
OUTDOOR CLUBS -- The history of the Spokane Mountaineers will be featured in this week's Wednesdays in the Woods program starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Riverside State Park Bowl & Pitcher Amphitheater overlooking the Spokane River. Mountaineers historian Chic Burge will discuss the club's…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Vehicle break-ins are not uncommon at state parks and trailheads around the region. That was the focus of a post I made in April after a local climber returned to the parking area to find his car window smashed. The post brought…
FISHING -- The sockeye salmon fishing season will come to an early end on the upper Columbia River after this weekend, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officials announced today. Half of this year's big run toward spawning grounds already has died because of warm water...
FISHING -- Despite an early facade of excellent sockeye fishing success, the third-largest run on record is in dire straits and Washington fish managers are considering a possible early closure of the prized season in the upper Columbia River. About half the sockeye run appears...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Two against one and the bald eagle still came out on top, according to photographer Davide Canales, who snapped this once-in-a-lifetime photo from his kayak on Prince William Sound in Alaska while on an 11-day expedition from Valdez to Whittier. He said...
WILDFIRES -- A mountain biker who answered the call in the wild is responsible for starting the Hull Fire that scorched more than 73 acres in the Boise foothills, according to U.S. Bureau of Land Management officials, who confirmed: A man was cycling in...
PARKS -- Hikers and paddlers are regaining most, but not all, access to the Little Spokane River Natural Area after trails and a trailhead were closed by a 176-acre wildfire that was ignited July 6. The shuttle service for paddlers offered by Spokane Parks and…
WEATHER -- The present El Niño event, on the cusp of attaining “strong” intensity, has a chance to overtake the record 1997 event, reports Jason Samenow, Washington Post weather writer. The 2015 El Niño — defined by the expanding, deepening pool of warmer-than-normal ocean water…
FISHING — Federal officials say 160,000 juvenile salmon from a fish hatchery in central Oregon were transported by truck to a hatchery in Washington in an effort to save the fish from unusually high water temperatures. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday said…
MARINE MAMMALS -- Researchers have counted 81 killer whales, including four babies born since last winter, in the annual July tally of endangered Puget Sound orcas. Ken Balcomb with the Center for Whale Research, which keeps the official census of Puget Sound killer whales for...
BICYCLING -- UPDATE 7/22/15 -- Event canceled for 2015 because of fire danger and considerations for private timber land involved in the routes, says race organizer Dan DeRuyter. Inland Empire Paper Co. and other private timber companies throughout the region have restricted public access...
FISHING -- Montana was the first of the Inland Northwest states to enact hoot-owl fishing restrictions to protect trout stressed by unusually low flows and warm water conditions. Oregon and Washington have both enacted emergency fishing rules for some waters that might help in some…
WILDLIFE WATCHING — A bison flipped a woman into the air as she posed for a selfie with the massive beast today, prompting Yellowstone National Park officials to step up warnings for tourists to keep their distance. The dangerous encounter was the fifth run-in between park-goers and...
WILDFIRES -- An expanding fire that broke out in Glacier National Park this week is a prime example of why hikers and campers need to call ahead, browse the Web and stay tuned in to the impact wildfires might have on their plans. Heck, just...
FISHING – A proposal for using rotenone to restore Badger Lake into a standout trout-fishing lake will be presented at a public meeting on at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, at the Spokane County Public Library, 610 First St. in Cheney. The treatment would…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Somebody may have learned a lesson in this critter encounter described by Catherine Temple, an avid birder from Clarkston: I watched an interesting interaction this morning between an osprey and great blue heron. The osprey was dive bombing and chasing the heron…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A cow on a grazing allotment near Cle Elum, Washington, was killed by a wolf, federal officials say. The cow’s carcass was discovered last Thursday by a Washington State University graduate student doing research on wolves. The kill was in the range of...
FISHING -- As good numbers of salmon continue to move up the Columbia and over Bonneville Dam, fish managers on Monday increased the in-season forecast for summer chinook and sockeye, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department reports. The updated forecast expects 120,000 adult summer chinook…
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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