PUBLIC LANDS -- People dumb enough to ignite fireworks on public lands this time of year don't read the rules, so they probably don't read the newspaper either. But for everybody else, here's the deal...
FISHING -- Fisheries managers are seeking public input through July 25 on proposals for changing the daily catch limit on trout at Lake Roosevelt to further protect native fish. Currently, anglers fishing the Columbia River reservoir behind Grand Coulee Dam can keep five trout (hatchery...
HUNTING -- No matter how rich you are, read the hunting regulations. That apparently is the bottomline in the saga of the wealthy big-game hunter who used a special tag to illegally kill a semi-tame trophy bull elk in an area closed to shooting branch-antlered...
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation went on the record this week in opposition to transferring federal public lands to states. Here's the policy statement and explanation from the Missoula-based conservation group of 220,000 members: In light of recent legislative efforts seeking the...
TRAILS -- An information gathering and hike geared to introducing newcomers to the Rocks of Sharon area of the Dishman Hills Conservation Area is set for Saturday, June 25. The activities will start at 9 a.m. at the Stevens Creek Trailhead off the Palouse Highway....
FISHING -- South Fork of the Salmon River’s Chinook season can be fun and frustrating, says Roger Phillips, Idaho Fish and Game public information specialist. The season opened June 18, and anglers play an anxious game trying to time their fishing trips with arrival of…
TRAILS -- "The beargrass bloom is amazing right now," Mount Spokane State Park Manager Steve Christensen said today. "This is the weekend to come up and enjoy them. They're as good as I've ever seen them." There's more than one reason to head up soon...
PUBLIC LANDS -- The St. Joe Ranger District Travel Management Plan will be going into effect soon, designating where motor vehicles can go and where they are prohibited. The Forest Service selected Alternative D Modified, and motorized users came out quite well. Maybe better than…
FISHING – Beginning July 1, a sport fishing season for hatchery sturgeon will open in Wanapum and Priest Rapids reservoirs, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department announced Tuesday. For the first time in two decades, anglers will be allowed to retain sturgeon in this section…
FISHING -- Sockin' it to the preseason forecast -- the Columbia River sockeye count at Bonneville Dam continues at a record pace (since at least 1938), says Joe Hymer, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife salmon specialist. Through June 20, a total of 132,854 sockeye...
CRITTERS – If you see a moose wearing a radio collar in Eastern Washington report the sighting to wildlife researchers to boost a multi-year moose study. Report these factors: Time and location of sighting, Color of collar, Number of moose in group, Whether calves were…
FISHING -- A chinook salmon with a mouth deformed by sores and tumors was caught June 9 in the Little Salmon River by Idaho angler Clinton Kingston. The springer certainly generated some discussion ranging on topics that ranged to the possibility of exposure to radiation...
INVASIVE SPECIES -- As the school year comes to a close, the Washington State Invasive Species Council is asking teachers and parents not to release classroom pets, insects, fish or aquarium plants into the wild. “Most of the classroom animals released into the wild will...
FISHING -- So you procrastinated and you're fishing for something for Dad before Sunday. You're in luck! Artist/illustrator Deanna Camp is scheduled for a signing of Elusive Trout, her new book collaboration with Spokane-are author Paul Quinnett on Saturday, June 18, at Ritter's Garden &...
PARKS – Vehicle access through Logan Pass on the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park opened for the season today. Park road crews have finished snow removal, debris clean-up, guard rail installation, facility preparation, and have assessed snow conditions and determined that the road is...
WILDERNESS – Advocates for the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness, including a county commissioner and a timber industry representative, have been in Washington, D.C., this week lobbying Congress. The 88,000-acre area northeast of Lake Pend Oreille has received widespread support, including an endorsement by the Bonner...
TRAILS – The Idaho Trails Association is recruiting volunteers for June 25 to work on Fault Lake Trail 59 in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest north of Sandpoint. The group will be cleaning out water bars, cutting brush and other cleanup chores. The Fault Lake…
INTERNET – Hackers inserted links to violent images on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department’s website on Monday forcing the site to be take offline for several days. It's currently down on Thursday afternoon. Department officials said the hackers probably didn’t access to confidential customer...
PUBLIC LANDS -- An ill-conceived bill introduced by Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, to let states "experiment" with millions of acres of federal lands has been approved on a party-line vote by the House Natural Resources Committee. The opinion that Labrador is ignoring...
PREDATORS -- Idaho Fish and Game is asking for the public’s help in determining who is responsible for removing and killing young wolves from a den in North Idaho. The incident occurred in Kootenai County, about 15 miles from Coeur d’Alene, in the Sage Creek...
CLIMBING -- Benjamin Read of Sandpoint compiled a short and very sweet video as he led Olivia Chantry of Spokane on her first scramble of Beehive Dome. The dome is a huge bulge of granite that catches your eye while driving up the Pack River...
HUNTING -- How much should we expect out of our bird dogs in return for food, shelter and good times in the field? Seems like the least they could do is take their turn at the wheel rather than loaf in the back seat on…
FISHING -- Sockeye salmon are surging into the Columbia River in record numbers, and that has fisheries biologists scratching their heads. Their forecast for this year is less than a fifth of last year's return. "Will this year’s actual return beat the preseason forecast?" ponders…
HUNTING -- A southwest Idaho man who illegally killed a trophy bighorn sheep has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $10,000. Paul Cortez, 53, of Nampa also received a lifetime hunting ban at his sentencing on June 6 in Idaho County Court....
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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