HUNTING -- Throughout the fall deer and elk seasons, Idaho Fish and Game Department staff will be running check stations to collect data on hunter and angler success. Idaho Code requires that "all sportsmen, with or without game, must stop at Fish & Game check...
CONSERVATION -- Spokane County has sealed the deal to expand the McKenzie Conservation Area on the northwest shore of Newman Lake by 44 acres. The acquisition was funded through the voter-supported Conservation Futures Program and preserves tract of forest land that will allow for...
WILDERNESS -- The Idaho Forest Group based in Coeur d'Alene has joined local governments in calling on Congress to designate the Scotchman Peaks area as wilderness. The roadless area includes 80,000 acres north and east of Lake Pend Oreille straddling the Montana-Idaho border and including...
WILDLIFE -- The continuing bluetongue outbreak plaguing deer in the region has taken roughly 1,000 whitetails -- so far -- in Idaho alone, officials say today. During my interviews on Friday for a Page 1 story about the bluetongue outbreak in Eastern Washington, Idaho and...
CONSERVATION -- Dishman Hills Conservancy members are leading hikes in Spokane Valley to offer insights into some of the choice areas in the Dishman Hills Conservation Area. Click on the links for more info and to preregister. Oct. 10 Hike the Iller Creek Loop: 9...
FISHING -- The number of steelhead heading up the Snake River toward Idaho waters isn't as large as it's been in the past, but savvy anglers know that doesn't necessarily mean they'll catch fewer fish. With thousands of fish climbing over Lower Granite Dam, the…
FISHING -- Not a discouraging word comes from the Hanford Reach salmon fishery this week, according the Paul Hoffarth, Washington Department of Fish Wildlife fisheries biologist in the Tri Cities. Fishing for fall chinook in the Hanford Reach continues to be excellent. Harvest for the…
FISHING -- Hooking a chinook salmon from a kayak is one thing; landing it is another. Here's a video from Spilt Milt Productions from a day of fishing on the lower Columbia River that gives a little flavor to the task. But any kayaker know…
RIVERS -- About 70 volunteers picked up tons of junk along the upper Spokane River on Saturday during the annual UpRiver Scrub organized by the Northwest Whitewater Association. "We picked up our usual strange array of garbage and trash," said club co-organizer Paul Delaney. "Notable…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- In the past two months, I've written about hikers and hunters who have defended themselves in a grizzly bear attack by using bear spray as well as by using a handgun. The latest case involves an alternative that's even more creative if...
WILDLIFE -- My Saturday front-page story about the drought-stoked outbreak of bluetongue that's killing hundreds of deer in the region caught some attention on Saturday, and so did the accompanying photo of a dying white-tailed deer. Some people are criticizing The Spokesman-Review for publishing the...
RIVERS -- About 300 paddlers and supporters advocated removal of the lower four dams on the Snake River on Saturday with a peaceful Free the Snake protest that staged near Lower Granite Dam. The conservationists converged on the lower Snake to protest what they call four "do-nothing...
MOUNTAIN BIKING -- Three days and 13 events kicked off today at the Silveroxx mountain biking festival at Silver Mountain's Mountain Bike Park. It's not too late to head over to Kellogg to get the gondola ride up for the Moon Snuggle Night Ride tonight!…
HUNTING/FISHING -- Free hunting, fishing and shooting activities for women -- taught by women -- are being lined up for the Ladies Day Out promotion at the Post Falls Cabela's on Oct. 10. "These events are geared for ladies of all skill levels," said Kristi...
HUNTING -- The well-publicized Montana grizzly bear caught, radio-collared and released to near Idaho on Aug. 4 has been shot and killed by a hunter near Wallace, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed. The bear was shot Wednesday evening, said Phil Cooper, Idaho Fish...
WILDLIFE — A North Idaho woman who was found guilty in connection to the death of a hunter's trained gyrfalcon has been sentenced to community service. Kootenai County District Court Judge James Stow on Monday ordered 60-year-old Patti MacDonald, of Hauser, to complete 20 hours...
TRAILS -- It was weeds versus we the people at a special meeting called in response to an under-the-public-view attempt to close a portion of the John Wayne rail trail that runs from the Columbia River to the Idaho state line at Tekoa, Washington. Here's...
WILDLIFE -- It's the same disheartening "Fed-bear Dead-bear" story retold this time with an additional little twist of human denial at best, or maybe just stupidity. State wildlife officials have captured and euthanized two food-conditioned black bears west of Kalispell, but they say someone else…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- An elusive mountain lion took up a very public perch atop a 35-foot utility pole in the California desert this week. The big cat apparently got spooked by a bus of screaming school children and clambered up the wooden power pole Tuesday…
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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