HUNTING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife special permit drawings for deer, elk and moose hunting seasons have been conducted and results are available online. To view drawing results, hunters must access customer accounts at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov and click the Special Hunts link on…
HUNTING -- The fate of many deer, elk and moose hunters is being decided today as computers carry out Washington's 2017 big-game special permits lottery drawings. The drawing is scheduled for today with results available online on Friday or Monday, Fish and Wildlife Department officials…
FISHING -- A perfectionist in the world of custom fly fishing rods from bamboo to graphite has left the world, but not before leaving his mark on the sport. Here's the news from the Associated Press: HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Tom Morgan, a past owner...
WILDLIFE -- As cattlemen, politicians and wildlife biologists look into reports of Ferry County cattle killed, possibly by wolves or other predators, a wolf researcher is planning to sue Washington State University for curbing his comments on wolf management that has led to lethal wolf…
HUNTING -- The largest elk recorded by a hunter in Montana continues to be on display at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation headquarters in Missoula. See it now before the hunter packs it up and takes it home. Montana resident Steve Felix shot the bull...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- For the second consecutive year, a Spokane man's motion-activated trail camera has captured images of a wolf in Mount Spokane State Park, confirming sightings of wolves and wolf tracks that nordic skiers have been reporting with more frequency for several years. The...
MARINE MAMMALS -- The Trump administration on Monday threw out a new rule intended to limit the numbers of endangered whales and sea turtles getting caught in fishing nets off the West Coast, saying existing protections were already working. The new rule had been proposed…
HUNTING -- The secrecy protecting deep-pocket bidders at trophy big-game hunting tag auctions mysteriously stepped up around 2013 after the record bid was made for a bighorn sheep tag. A February New York Times story -- well worth reading -- on bighorn sheep hunting and...
FISHING -- The public boat ramp at Fan Lake in southwestern Pend Oreille County will be closed June 19-23 for minor renovations, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. During the week long closure, a WDFW crew will remove and replace broken ramp planks…
FISHING -- A 60-year-old fisherman from Georgia has drowned after falling in a creek in south-central Montana. Carbon County Sheriff Josh McQuillan said the man was fishing with two friends on Monday afternoon when he fell while trying to cross Rock Creek south of Roberts…
FISHING -- The sport fishery harvest for spring chinook in the mainstem Clearwater, Middle Fork Clearwater and South Fork Clearwater rivers have been met so they closed on June 11 and will not reopen, Idaho Fish and Game Department officials say today. Spring chinook fishing...
CLIMBING -- The Selkirk Mountains in Idaho continue to open their arms to adventurers willing to tough out spring transition conditions in the high country. On Sunday, Bryson Williams of Spokane and North Idaho resident Benjamin Read boot-slogged with ropes and other climbing gear four…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended President Trump “revise the existing boundaries” of the Bears Ears National Historic Monument and call on Congress to dictate the terms of how parts of the area should be managed, The Washington Post reports today. Some...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Having raised children and puppies, I can't help but be astonished every year at the discipline born in young wild creatures. Fawns instinctively fold into motionless mats on the ground after feeding and stay put for hours until mother returns. Coyote pups…
FISHING – The white sturgeon anglers are able to catch and keep for the first time in a new Lake Roosevelt fishery are healthy to eat, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist says. The Washington Department of Health lists the Columbia River reservoir...
FISHING -- For the first time in more than 15 years, Pacific Lake north of Odessa, Washington, is full of water -- good news that didn't escape the region's fisheries biologists. A winter and spring of far-above average precipitation has brought back a hint of...
NATURE -- It's a colorful time to visit the Little Spokane River Natural Area. Lupine on the slopes and yellow iris along the river are blooming in profusion. The lupine is native; the iris originated in upstream yard landscaping many, many years ago and flourished…
PARKS -- Work to erase more than a mile of road illegally bulldozed into the South Hill bluffs city parklands in mid-April has concluded today, according to the City Parks Department and Avista. Land Expressions was contracted to regrade, hydroseed and replant trees and shrubs...
FISHING -- Restrictions on summer steelhead fishing in the Columbia River Basin were announced today in response to projections of the lowest returns in 37 years. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says fish managers expect about 130,700 summer-run steelhead will return to the…
FISHING -- Montana fisheries biologists found fewer large trout in a stretch of the Yellowstone River that was hardest hit by a fish-killing parasite last summer, according to the Associated Press. Fish, Wildlife and Parks biologist Scott Optiz says the number of brown trout between…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Gray wolves -- possibly a pack-- appear to be checking out territory west of the Cascades in eastern Skagit County, according to photos, tracks and other sign, federal officials say. If observations prove to be true, a pack in Western Washington would…
THREATENED SPECIES -- Trump administration officials are devoting more time to "reviewing" outdoors-related policies that others have hammered out before them. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is ordering a review of federal efforts to conserve the imperiled sage grouse to ensure that officials in 11 Western…
MOUNTAINEERING -- Denali National Park climbing rescue rangers, God bless them, got a workout this week in two separate life-threatening incidents on North America's highest peak. Following are reports from the Associated Press regarding the rescue of two climbers in separate incidents on Denali...
FORAGING -- If you're looking for some good news in the world today, head to the forests of northeastern Washington and North Idaho, where huckleberry blossoms are blooming in profusion. I hiked several areas this past week and saw for myself. And I've received photos…
FISHING -- National Park Service officials released information Tuesday about cleaning sturgeon on Lake Roosevelt that could get anglers in hot water. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police say the remains of Lake Roosevelt sturgeon cannot be dumped in deep water after being cleaned...
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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