FISHING -- Anglers will have at least four more days to fish for hatchery-reared spring chinook salmon on a section of the Columbia River stretching 163 miles upstream from Bonneville Dam to the Tri-Cities area. Citing the late timing of this year’s run, fishery managers…
FISHING -- Idaho's spring steelhead fishing season closes today in most waters. The Little Salmon, from its mouth upstream to the U.S. 95 Bridge at Smokey Boulder Road, remains open until May 15. Meanwhile, the spring chinook fishing season opened April 22, but only about…
WILDLIFE -- The ponds at the Dishman Hills Natural Area are easy to find this time of year, since hikers can often hear them long before they see them. Chorus frogs are in full song. Outdoor photographers Jaime and Lisa Johnson had a similar experience…
FISHING -- An angler died on the opening day of the lowland lakes trout season in Washington when he jumped into a lake in northeast Washington to save his fishing rod. The Stevens County sheriff’s office says the rod slipped out of the boat Saturday…
FLY FISHING -- Fly fishers will find plenty of action in Ellensburg this weekend, and the won't have to put on their waders. The Fly Fishing Film Tour The 2012 "Fly Fishing Film Tour," which already has been in Spokane and Sandpoint, will make a…
WILDLIFE -- Coyotes defending a den of pups are not tolerating dogs coming through their territory between High Drive and Hangman Creek. After my story about a Thursday attack on a dog was published today, The Spokesman-Review has learned of at least three coyote attacks…
HIKING -- A trio of aggressive coyotes took on two Labrador retrievers running loose with their owner on the South Hill bluff trails Thursday, sending one dog to the vet for a chest full of stitches. Arch Harrison said one of the two dogs he…
RESERVOIRS -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was 1231 feet this morning. The spring runoff has begun and the level of Lake Roosevelt has begun rising. Over the next week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation predicts the level will rise 1-2 feet per day. See…
WILDLIFE -- After reading my blog about the moose poaching case on Beacon Hill, a woman who lived in this area from the 50s through the 70s wrote to say she never knew there were moose around Spokane. It's not she wasn't observant. Moose are…
SPOKANE-- Two brothers suspected of illegally killing a cow moose with archery gear on the north side of Beacon Hill in Spokane Valley around April 10 have been identified from the search warrant served in the case by Washington Fish and Wildlife Police. Donald Gilbrech…
RIVERS -- In an interview for a television broadcast, U.S. District Judge James A. Redden, who presided over the Northwest's biggest salmon lawsuit for nearly a decade, said the Snake River's four hydropower dams should be breached to help wild salmon. Redden made the comments…
RIVERS -- Ding Dong the Dam is Gone.... That's the report from Olympic National Park. The decades-old project to remove Elwha Dam and return the Elwha River to the once flourishing run of jumbo chinook salmon has hit a milestone. The dam is gone. We…
FISHING -- Washington’s new 2012-2013 fishing regulations pamphlet is available online and coming to license dealers around the state. The rules in the new pamphlet don't take effect until May 1. That means old rules apply to Saturday's season opener at many of the state's…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- "The Owl and the Woodpecker," an exhibit of insightful photos and information about wonders of the bird world, will open at the Spokane Public Library starting Saturday (April 28) through July 6. This exhibit examines the intertwined life histories of owls and…
PUBLIC LANDS – Discounts on fees for popular North Idaho Bureau of Land Management recreation sites are available through May 15. The first fee increase since 2005 will start May 16 at areas around Lake Coeur d’Alene to help maintain the facilities. Daily rates will…
ANGLING -- Bass fishing at Lake Coeur d'Alene is getting national attention this week as the North Idaho lake was listed No. 9 in Bassmaster magazine's list of the top 100 bass fishing lakes in the United States. Only seven Northwest waters made the list…
FISHING -- Sea lions on the lower Columbia River are learning to take advantage of rules requiring anglers to release wild chinook salmon. The video above shows anglers netting a nice chinook. But as they readied to remove the hook and release the fish, a…
HUNTING -- A bull elk killed by a hunter in Pennsylvania in 2011 has been confirmed as the state record by the Boone and Crockett Club. An official measurer determined a final score of 442-6/8 B&C non-typical points, which ranks 9th among all non-typical elk…
TROPHY HUNTING -- A Rocky Mountain goat taken by a hunter in 2011 in British Columbia has been named a world record for its species by the Boone and Crockett Club. Kentucky resident, Troy M. Sheldon traveled to the Sitkine River region of British Columbia…
OUTDOOR COMPETITION -- The 8th annual Leadman Triathlon will launch high on Silver Mountain on Saturday for a 13.4 mile triathlon down \and dirty race to Kellogg. Athletes will start in five different heats, beginning on top of Kellogg peak at 11 a.m., descending 4,000…
HUNTING -- Steve Solberg of Spokane was grousing in good humor on April 15 that he'd passed given his brother, Jeff, first shot at an opening day gobber then ended up coming home empty-handed himself. "Seeing your brother finally bag a nice gobbler on opening…
TRAILS -- I'm working late today, after taking the morning off to give a little TLC to a local hiking-biking route. Portions of the route were overwhelmed by spotted knapweed a few years ago before I started spot-spraying the weeds as they emerge in spring.…
FISHING -- Steelhead aren't making that big early spirt up the Snake and into Idaho this year. The run numbers over Both Bonneville -- as well as the few hundred a day that were marching over Lower Granite last week -- are hovering around the…
SALMON FISHING -- Rain predicted for this week is forecast to cause a big surge of runoff in the region's rivers. It won't be pleasant for a lot of people. But the silver lining could be tamer rivers when the late-arriving spring chinook salmon finally…
FISHING -- Some anglers know they don't have to wait for the "opening day" at many of the region's lowland trout lakes. Sprague Lake is one of many lakes open for fishing year round. You'll travel a long way to find fish that are any…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
