FISHING -- After years of closure, a sport fishery for sturgeon on Lake Roosevelt is scheduled to open this summer. However, area Indian tribes, which make their own rules on the Columbia River reservoir, already are sampling the fishery’s potential. The Washington Department of Fish…
HIKING -- America's leading lady in long-distance hiking will speak in Spokane on Saturday for a women's outdoor empowerment program. With the initial quota of 100 filled this week, free registration has been opened to another 50 participants. Record-setting hiker Heather “Anish” Anderson will be…
NATURE -- With landscaping and spring planting on our minds, providing habitat for colorful monarch butterflies can be as easy as providing a healthy serving of milkweed. This simple act to boost these delicate long-distant migrants can be done on a small scale in yards...
PUBLIC LANDS -- State and federal land managers are putting the torch to selected public lands as spring conditions help them reduce forest fuels before the summer wildfire season. The prescribed fires also improve habitat for a wide range of critters, including deer, elk and…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
