PARKS -- A near-record stretch of temperatures above 90 degrees has cooked the Eastern Washington landscape to tinder dry conditions and land managers are gradually increasing the restrictions to help prevent kicking off another wildfire. The latest announcement is posted today as Lake Roosevelt National…
FISHERIES -- About 150 sockeye salmon are expected to make the epic 900-mile journey from the Pacific Ocean upstream past eight dams to Idaho's Stanley Basin this season, down from 595 last year. The numbers are low but Idaho Fish and Game fisheries managers are...
WILDLIFE – Steps to reduce the spread of elk hoof disease were approved among other actions by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission during its regularly scheduled meeting Friday and Saturday in Olympia. The meeting, which dealt largely with West Side issues, also was the…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
