Photo galleries in Outdoors

• Working Man’s Retriever hunt

  January 20, 2012 Pro dog trainer Dan Hosford of Medical Lake and cameraman Mickey Hough of Spokane put in a long day of waterfowl hunting and dog training in mid-January 2012 along the …

• Aerial eagle assault

  January 18, 2012 Bald eagles generally seem to be at peace with each other as they congregate each winter to feast on spawning kokanee at Lake Coeur d’Alene’s Wolf Lodge Bay. But for …

• Snow-tubers living in the fast lane

  December 25, 2011

  Generations of snow sliders dreamed of a rope tow that would allow them to speed down hills in their sleds or inner tubes without having to trudge up the hill …

• White Christmas duck returns to Riverfront Park

  November 28, 2011 She’s back! A wood duck once again is bringing the “White Christmas” spirit to Riverfront park. Some have speculated it’s an albino, others have suggested the duck with the pink …

• Hiking Canada’s Lake O’Hara

  September 23, 2011 The 45 miles of trails in the basin around Lake O’Hara in are among the most scenic and coveted treks in Canada’s Yoho National Park. Strict quotas allow no more …

• Metaline Falls exposed one more time

  September 19, 2011 A rare Pend Oreille River drawdown behind Boundary Dam reached its low point last fall, exposing Metaline Falls for the first time in 27 years. In the morning of Sept. …

• Footloose on the St. Joe

  August 21, 2011 Starting on the Bitterroot Divide on the Montana-Idaho border, Outdoors editor Rich Landers and David Moershel of Spokane hike to the source of the St. Joe River in the heart … 1

• Paddling the Pend Oreille River

  July 18, 2011 Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club members learned about wildlife, habitat restoration and Native American heritage as they paddled the Pend Oreille River with representatives from the Kalispel Tribe and Pend …

• Fish Lake Trail mural vandalized

  May 30, 2011 Less that two weeks after it was virtually completed, the colorful mural in the tunnel on the Fish Lake Rail Trail near Marshall has been ruined by vandalism. Eastern Washington …

• Teach a kid to fish…

  May 8, 2011 About 95 volunteers from Spokane-area sportsmen’s groups treated around 900 youngsters to the thrill of fishing on Saturday during the annual Kids Fishing event at Clear Lake. The kids get …

• Fishing season opens

  April 30, 2011 Anglers — some lured by family tradition — were out in force today for the opening of Washington’s lowland lake fishing season. Outdoors editor Rich Landers brought back this keeper …

• Early spring hike along Bead Lake

  April 15, 2011 Some stretches of Bead Lake Trail 127 were still covered with snow on April 3 when 22 members of the Inland Northwest Hikers Meetup group made the 11-mile round-trip trek …

• Dishman Hills gets a makeover

  April 9, 2011 Workers from kids to senior citizens gave up the first beautiful Saturday of a soggy spring to pull weeds, build trail, obliterate unauthorized routes, groom a native plant garden and …

• Turnbull trumpeter swans

  April 3, 2011 Trumpeter swans were introduced to Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge south of Cheney in a series of cygnet releases that started in 1963. The first hatch of trumpeters documented in Washington …

• Learn about butterflies

  March 21, 2011 Butterflies are fascinating creatures that color our lives, especially when we plan in early spring to plant gardens with flowers that attract and feed them in our yards. Mark your …

• Bird dogs don’t hibernate

  February 25, 2011 The best bird hunting dogs can’t be shelved for the seven months between hunting seasons. Dan Hoke, bird dog trainer from Dunfur Kennel near Cheney, was in the lonesome Lincoln …

• 2011 Langlauf 10K nordic race

  February 13, 2011 Young and old, fast and not-so-fast skiers cruised over the 10-kilometer course for the 34th annual Langlauf cross-country ski race Feb. 13, 2011, at Mount Spokane State Park. The event …

• Langlauf: Nordic tradition at Mount Spokane

  January 25, 2011 For more than 30 years, the annual Spokane Langlauf cross-country citizens race has attacted high-caliber skiers — some of whom have advanced to the U.S. Olympic Team — to join …

• Eagle survives Little Spokane River rescue

  January 3, 2011 An exhausted immature bald eagle that had been soaked in the frigid waters of the Little Spokane River on New Year’s Eve was rescued by birders Tina and Judge Wynecoop …

• Eagle rescued from Little Spokane River

  January 2, 2011 An injured golden eagle that had been soaked in the frigid waters of the Little Spokane River on New Year’s Eve was rescued by birders Tina and Judge Wynecoop of …

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