FISHING -- The Spokane River's struggling native redband trout are in the news for more reasons that one this week. As stream flows hit their seasonal lows in the Spokane River, Avista Utilities begins a to-do list of work on their dams and on the…
SPOKANE RIVER -- Every regulator with a clue seems to agree that plans to build up to 30 docks at the Coyote Rock development are a bad idea for the Spokane River. The river has emphasized the sentiment -- see photo above -- as spring…
MOUNTAINEERING -- Two climbers were plucked from the summit of South Goodsir Tower in Yoho National Park on Sunday in the highest helicopter rescue on record for the Banf, Yoho or Kootenay national parks. Parks Canada spokesman Omar McDadi said two climbers who used a…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- Hikers in the Teanaway area of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest are being warned to watch out for an aggressive mountain goat. Spokeswoman Nancy Jones says the forest has received six or seven complaints since June, most recently last weekend. The goat is…
CAMPING -- Double the life of the ice in your cooler during long camping trips by wrapping it with your sleeping bag when not in use. Better yet, I dedicate an old rectangular sleeping bag to the cooler and leave it on to insulate all…
PAY TO PLAY – Washington’s first general hunting-fishing license fee increase in a decade kicks in Sept. 1. Now’s the time to buy and save on most licenses – but you might want to hold off on buying some youth, senior or disabled licenses, which…
BOATING -- Idaho’s $7 invasive species sticker, which is required on all boats and inflatables longer than 10 feet, cannot be transferred from one vessel to another, Idaho Parks and Recreation officials say. A story in the Sunday Outdoors section (Aug. 7) suggested otherwise, noting…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.