HUNTING/POACHING -- Three Australians on a North Ameican hunting trip have been sent packing, but not before Idaho officials fined them thousands of dollars for elk poaching and told the bad apples they could never return to hunt in Idaho and virtually anywhere else in…
MOUNTAIN ROADS -- The Washington Transportation Department decided today to close the North Cascades Highway for the winter. The 37-mile section of Highway 20 was temporarily shut down Nov. 15, and the department made it final today with heavy snow in the forecast. The highway…
HUNTING/POACHING -- Hunters relished wintery conditions that coincided with the onset of the rut last week. Conditions were good for filling a tag in the final days of the late rifle whitetail buck hunt, which ended Saturday in northeastern Washington. Poachers seemed to like the…
FISHING – Anglers along the Snake and Grande Ronde rivers have been leaving a lot to be desired in the categories of ethics and compliance with fishing rules. On a recent boat patrol along the Snake River upstream from Clarkston, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions at the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite Inland Northwest ski area or the road to get there.…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Montana is considering the sale of 7,280 acres of its lands in northeastern Montana’s Daniels County, 49 tracts ranging from 5 to 360 acres, according to the Billings Gazette. “Over the years, landowners and others in Daniels County have urged the Department…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite North Idaho ski area or the road to get there.…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite Washington ski area or the road to get there. WASHINGTON…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite Montana ski area or the road to get there. MONTANA…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite British Columbia ski area or the road to get there.…
ADVENTURE FILMS -- Adventure lovers have been feasting at a very full plate of films in Spokane during the three-day run of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at the Bing Crosby Theater. The lineup of films was selected Friday morning by Mountain Gear…
WINTER SPORTS -- Silver Mountain Resort has just announced it will open lifts for skiing on Monday morning, moving up the date four days from an annoucement made a few days ago. Steady snowfall in the region's mountains this week has given skiers and snowboarders…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center will begin issuing regular avalanche advisories on Friday mornings beginning Dec. 16, said Kevin Davis, Forest Service hydro tech in Sandpoint. The center is working on a new website with information that will be available to smartphones.…
WINTER SPORTS -- Officials from 49 Degrees North ski area have just announced that a big dump of snow in the past 48 hours will allow them to open chairlifts and start their season on Saturday. Schweitzer Mountain Resort and Lookout Pass also will be…
CONSERVATION -- Two Washington lawmakers led a bipartisan group of 131 sponsors to introduce legislation Thursday to assure an administrative rule protecting 58.5 million acres of wild roadless areas on America's public lands Led by Sen. Maria Cantwell and Rep. Jay Inslee of Washington, a…
DEER HUNTING -- I saw my first buck yesterday as I walked my dogs near my house at 4 a.m. -- in my neighbor's driveway just south of Spokane. Nice five-point whitetail with nose to the ground, lifted only to let my dogs know he'd…
OUTDOOR MEDIA -- The Field & Stream magazine bloggers have posted several items of notable interest to Inland northwest sportsmen, including a national story from Congress that directly impacts our wildlife resources. Conservation Roundup: Sportsmen lose millions for wildlife as Congress cuts budgets Exploring Idaho's…
EARTHQUAKES -- Earth-shaking news from northcentral Washington today.A 4.6 mag. earthquake occurred in Omak, Wash., today at 5:09 a.m., and was ~11.9 km deep, according to Andy Buddington of the Spokane Community College geology department. See the seismogram from the SCC station above. I wonder…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center began daily avalanche forecasting this week, and the season has started with a bang. An avalanche watch went into effect last night as new snow has piled up in the Cascades and Olympics over the past…
ADVENTURE FILMS -- Adventure, humor, awareness and awe, plus a good dose of pucker factor, are coming to Spokane this weekend in a road show of top outdoor adventure films. And if you don't already have tickets, you may be out of luck. The cream…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Obama administration is calling for 18 new wilderness and conservation area declarations in Idaho, Washington and seven other Western states, according to a report released Thursday by the secretary of the Interior. The administration apparently hopes that significant local support that's…
OUTDOOR TRAVEL -- A world-wide online pole has named a new list of seven wonders of the world. Check it out and see if you agree. I'm thinking the people who voted on this have not been to the Grand Canyon.
WINTER SPORTS -- Schweitzer Mountain Resort announced today that it will open for the season on Saturday, the earliest opening for the resort since 1984. About 20 inches of snow was reported at the resort this morning. That combined with the work of a snowmaking…
SPORTSMEN'S ACCESS -- Washington Fish and Wildlife Department officials say they plan to use a $1 million federal grant and at least $400,000 from big-game hunting application fees to improve recreational access to private lands in Eastern Washington. WDFW is one of 11 agencies nationwide…
WATERFOWLING -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has a new waterfowling website ready for hunters to take advantage of the best forecast fall flight of ducks since 1955 -- and the foul weather that's ushering them southward and into our region. The site has…
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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