FISHING -- Columbia River anglers fishing for fall chinook in the Hanford Reach upstream from the Tri Cities have had lots of elbow room and low rates of success so far this season. But numbers from last week indicate the tide is changing. "Fishing continues...
FISHING -- An update on the potential for reintroducing chinook to the Columbia River upstream from Chief Joseph will be presented Tuesday during the Northwest Power and Conservation Council meeting at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. The council, which, in part, helps direct hydropower ratepayer...
WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT -- A retired fish and wildlife officer from Alaska has become the new chief of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police. Steve Bear stepped into the Washington position on Sept. 1. He had retired as Colonel for the Alaska Wildlife Troopers...
HUNTING -- Wildfires are likely to impact many hunters this year, but hunting seasons will not be closed, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say. Sportsmen should monitor the federal Incident Information System -- InciWeb -- before heading to their hunting spots to make…
WILDLIFE -- Birds and critters can’t heed health agency warnings to take refuge indoors from the pall of wildfire smoke smothering the West. They’re stuck outside, coping with bad air quality much as they deal with weather extremes throughout the year. “Wildlife appears to be...
FISHING -- Here's an unexpected consequence of wildfires and smoke impacting the region: Only “essential” workers are allowed to be on the job at Bonneville Dam, and that does not include the fish counters. Consequently, as Columbia River fish managers and anglers are desperately trying...
RIVERS -- This year, in its first full summer season, more than 231,000 people floated the Deschutes River through the Bend, Oregon, Whitewater Park passageway channel on inner tubes, kayaks or paddleboards. The Bend Bulletin reports that’s roughly 2,200 floaters each day between May 15...
FISHING -- Anglers can keep all the trout they want for the next five weeks at five Eastern Washington lakes scheduled for rehabilitation this fall. Seasons have been extended and size and daily limits suspended for gamefish at three lakes in Stevens County and two…
HUNTING -- After 90 stitches patched him together, a bowhunter tells how his Montana elk hunt went downhill as he and his partner startled a grizzly bear feeding on a carcass. Here's the story from the Associated Press: HELENA, Mont. – A grizzly bear mauled…
STATE PARKS -- A plan to move the Mount Spokane State Park equipment maintenance shops to a 40-acre site safe from flooding will be presented at a public meeting a 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, at the CenterPlace Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery…
TRAILS -- A Seattle native and former Boston College cross-country runner has traversed the 2,190-mile (3,524-kilometer) Appalachian Trail in record time after a sleepless, 37-hour sprint to the top of Maine’s Mount Katahdin in gale-force winds, the Associated Press reports. Joe McConaughy, known on the...
WILD FIRES -- Hikers, camper and hunters planning backcountry trips have to be more than a little aware of the the fire situation that's plaguing the Northwest this month. I was packing for an extended trip in the Indian Heaven Wilderness near Mount Adams this...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The first wolf from the Sherman Pack was shot today in an effort to stop wolf attacks on cattle in Ferry County, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports. The Sherman Pack was associated with a confirmed cattle kill on Colville...
TRAILS -- The Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association is devoting proceeds from its annual fundraiser this year toward restoration of the John Wayne Trail and its connection to the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. The Gala set for 6 p.m. on Sept. 9 at the...
HUNTING -- Forest grouse hunters can help wildlife biologists get a handle species that are remote and difficult to study by depositing wings of their birds in wing collection barrels stationed around Eastern Washington. Below are locations of wing barrel locations currently out in Region…
HUNTING -- With hunting seasons for deer, elk, upland game birds, waterfowl and other migratory birds getting underway this month, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has posted its annual online guide to hunting opportunities throughout the state. WDFW's Hunting Prospects report, available at...
Idaho big game hunters have been on a roll in recent years with a top-10, all-time deer harvest in 2016, an all-time record whitetail harvest in 2015, and a top-five, all-time elk harvest in 2015. Generally, good hunting will continue in 2017...
HUNTING -- Generally good upland bird numbers highlight the following Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department prospects report on 2017 hunting seasons for pheasant, grouse and partridge. Upland bird season starts today, Sept. 1, with mountain, sage and sharptail grouse along with partridge. Pheasant hunting…
HUNTING -- Montana's 2017 big-game hunting forecast was posted this week by the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department. Here it is. A key part of your hunting season preparation should be researching animal population trends and data from the past year. That’s where we…
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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