SALMON FISHING -- Spring and summer chinook salmon seasons across Idaho will close at the end of fishing hours Wednesday. The closure affects the main stem of the Clearwater River, the Middle Fork Clearwater River, the South Fork Clearwater River, the Lochsa River, the Snake…
WATERFOWLING -- Duck and goose hunting in Washington this fall will be roughly the same as last year under the season adopted last week by the state Fish and Wildlife Commission approved. Statewide duck hunting season will be open Oct. 15-19 and from Oct. 22-Jan.…
HUNTING -- Waterfowl hunters are being asked to responded to a survey on Idaho hunting season options by the end of the week. "We’ve had some requests for more late season duck hunting, and we’re asking hunters statewide to weigh in on which way they’d…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Perhaps the Internet will usher civility into the meetings the Colville National Forest is conducting to inform the public about proposed revisions to its management plans. The meeting at Colville two weeks ago was, as one man put it, “a freak show”…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
