WILDLIFE -- An aerial effort to eliminate feral pigs is prompting a month-long partial closure of the Columbia Basin Wildlife Area in Grant County. Starting Friday, July 29, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will close public access to about 1,300 acres of the…
FISHING -- Fisheries are heating up in Montana, but not in the way anglers would prefer. "Hoot-owl" fishing restrictions will be enacted on many western Montana rivers and streams beginning Friday, July 29, because of warm and rising water temperatures, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks...
FISHING -- In a move to preserve more steelhead bound for the Snake River, fishermen in the lower Columbia River will be allowed to keep only one steelhead a day starting Monday. The daily limit has been two hatchery-origin steelhead for decades, but the change...
WATERSPORTS –The 35th annual Pend Oreille River Poker Paddle, featuring non-motorized vessels ranging from sleek kayaks to parade-float creations, is set for Aug. 13. The event will start at 8 a.m. at Pioneer Park Campground at Newport and finish 15 miles downstream at Usk by…
WATERSPORTS -- A boat name can reveal much about the personality of a boat owner. Are they into fishing? Reel Therapy on the boat’s transom certainly shows it. Do they have kids in school? What College Fund? says it well. Like to sing? In Harmony...
HUNTING -- A popular 9,000-acre hunter access property in Kittitas County has changed from the state's Hunt By Written Permission program to the on-line Hunt By Reservation system, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced. Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Wild Horse Wind Farm…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
