HIKING -- A scenic spot in the Selkirks will be hard to reach this summer. Two Mouth Lakes Trail 268 on the Bonners Ferry Ranger District will be closed starting Monday, June 13, through the end of September, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests said today.…
FISHERIES -- A pilot project to study use of gillnets and electroshocking to remove carp from Lake Spokane has been called off after just a few days. The carp aren't making themselves available in sufficient numbers and the crews from Avista and the Washington Department...
HUNTING – The number of hunting days for antlerless deer hunting this season in northeastern Washington has been reduced because of concerns that a 2015 blue tongue outbreak severely reduced whitetail numbers in certain areas. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission voted on the proposed…
MOUNTAIN PEOPLE -- If you're new to the mountains of Washington as well as backpacking, backcountry skiing, wilderness and mountain lodges, you may not have heard of Bill and Peg Stark. But if you head into the Cascades and relish the most scenic peaks and...
HUNTING -- This time a Lab won the prize. In the past it's been a springer, or a German shorthair, a setter, Vizsla... That's the beauty of the Chukar Challenge fun hunt put on every few years near Medical Lake by the Spokane Bird Dog...
HUNTING – Members of the Washington National Guard and the Washington State Guard who meet state residency and other requirements can qualify for free hunting licenses under a new law that took effect last week. Here are details from the Washington Department of Fish and...
BIRDING -- A Colville Tribe member has been ordered to pay a $1,500 fine to devote 100 hours to building bird nesting boxes for killing a northern hawk owl that had been attracting scores of birders in January to a corner of the Indian reservation....
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.