FISHING -- Feast on the hatchery trout you catch at Lake Roosevelt, but let the wild ones go. New fishing rules are in effect to protect wild native redband rainbow trout on Lake Roosevelt and the Spokane and Sanpoil Arms of the 150-mile reservoir. Anglers…
TRAILS -- Eddie Vedder, front man for the rock group Pearl Jam, says the band plans to contribute $25,000 to the Ferry County Rail Trail Partners next surfacing project on the trail that runs from near Republic to the Canada border. The donation comes from...
BIRDING -- The best part about devoting a day to the Christmas Bird Count is the chance to socialize with local Audubon Society members and celebrate the sighting of an unusual bird. But some species are fairly predictable. Gary Blevins, Spokane Auduboner and biology prof…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.