OUTDOOR SPORTS -- A family-friendly outdoor adventure festival on July 11 will offer introductions to a wide range of activities on and off the Spokane River on in Spokane Valley, along with music, freeride bike stunts and brews to create the festival atmosphere. Spokatopia will...
FISHING -- The sockeye and summer chinook fishing in the Brewster area of the Columbia River has been excellent. Depending on whether the river temperatures change, excellent could turn into phenomenal. Or, as Washington Fish and Wildlife Department regional fisheries manager Jeff Korth described it...
FISHING -- In recent weeks I've explored some of the fishing and hunting ramifications of water management in Washington, especially the unsustainable impacts of deep-well irrigation in central Washington. While listing the loss of water and fishing opportunity in Pacific Lake and other waters, I…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- Bison gored a woman and tossed a teenager into the air in Yellowstone National Park last week, the latest run-ins with the massive animals during tourist season in the popular landmark. The National Park Service says a bison gored a 68-year-old woman…
WATERSPORTS – The Little Spokane River shuttle service for paddlers will resume this summer with an expanded season that starts on Saturday July 4 and runs Saturdays, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., through Sept. 5. The shuttle is operated by Spokane Parks and Recreation Department to reunite...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Hot, dry weather has forced land managers to impose restrictions on camping, burning and access throughout the Northwest, as we rounded up in a story in Thursday Outdoors. Since then, more restrictions have come up, including: Weyerhaeuser closing its timberlands in Western…
PARKS -- Somebody could make a fortune on stir-fry bison this summer. Yellowstone Park gears up for 500,000 visitors from China Last year more than 300,000 people from China visited Yellowstone National Park and surrounding communities. Based on visa applications, that number could increase to…
Craig Dowdy of YJ Guide service and his wife, Melodie, fished with clients just downriver from Lower Granite Dam last week, catching 23 sturgeon in an eight-day stay. Although they did catch a 9-footer and one keeper, the biggest thrill came on June 20 when…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Paul Wik, state Fish and Wildlife Department district biologist in southeastern Washington, checked a golden eagle nest south of Asotin recently to determine the age of the chicks. Researchers plan to capture one chick pre-fledging to install a solar powered transmitter. Here's...
FISHING -- The International Federation of Fly Fishers will convene for their annual fair this summer in Bend, Oregon, the state where the group was founded 50 years ago. The theme for the gathering and exposition is “Experience All Things Fly Fishing,” with a long...
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.
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