WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This short video shows how a mimic octopus takes on various disguises in its quest for survival deep in the ocean. Very cool. I especially enjo the act of perambulating along the ocean floor as if the sea creature is running on…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- Robert Sanchez, a 10-year career Forest Service employee and University of Idaho alumnus, has been named District Ranger of the Republic Ranger District, based out of Republic, Wash. Colville National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West announced the appointment last week. Sanchez will…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- Gayne (pronounced guy-na) Sears, a 25-year career Forest Service employee and former animal packer and wilderness ranger, has been named district ranger of the Newport and Sullivan Ranger Districts, based out of Newport. Colville National Forest Supervisor Laura Jo West made the…
FISHERIES -- Northern pike will be on the program when the Northwest Power and Conservation Council holds its Aug. 9-10 meeting at the Kalispel Tribe’s Northern Quest Resort in Airway Heights. On the meeting agenda is the Kalispel Tribe's report on the problem of invasive…
CONSERVATION -- A free gardening class on Drought Resistant Grasses, Lawn Alternatives and Installing a Drip Irrigation System will be offered from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on six different dates this month at six Little Spokane Watershed Fire Stations: The class, being repeated due…
CAMPING -- Construction is blocking the best access to Elsie Lake Campground, a popular high lake in the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District. Forest Roads 264 and 2354 were closed last week. Work will continue to November. Option: Polaris Peak Road 330 is open, but…
OUTDOOR EVENTS -- Time's ripe for Schweitzer’s 5th annual Huckleberry Festival. With berries ready to pick at the 3,2000 foot level, the picking will gradually rise in elevation as the festivities kick off on Sunday (Aug. 7 From 8 a.m. -4 p.m. the resort above…
ADVENTURE RACING -- Only 10 days remain before the start of Expedition Idaho, the 400-mile uncharted adventure race teams from all over the world will be trying to cover in six days. The photo above shows a course official sampling portion of "the trail." North…
SALMON FISHING -- Beginning Sunday (Aug. 7), anglers fishing in ocean waters off of Ilwaco (Marine Area 1) and Westport (Marine Area 2) can keep up to two chinook salmon as part of their two-salmon daily limit. With that change, anglers will be allowed to…
BIG-GAME HUNTING -- The 2010 scouting effort and hunt to bag Washington's No. 1 California bighorn sheep will be featured on the Sportsman Channel's SOLO Hunters program on Aug. 7. The episode follows Arron Roth and his wife, Angie, as they log 23 scouting trips…
OUTDOORS PROGRAMS -- Free nature-themed movie presentations are being presented this month, starting Friday at the Dworshak Dam Visitor Center near Orofino, Idaho. Read on for the list of Friday and Sunday programs, ranging from bugs to grizzlies.
DEER HUNTING -- Hunters have until Aug. 17 at midnight to apply for an opportunity to hunt deer this fall on the 6,000- acre Charles and Mary Eder unit of the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area in northeastern Okanogan County. Applications for the “limited-entry” deer hunt…
RIVERS -- Paddlers are being asked to devote a few minutes to help thirsty plants when they visit the improved Barker Road bridge access to the north side of the Spokane River. The new landscaping at the access to help prevent erosion and improve the…
BOATING -- Three years in the making, a Pend Oreille River Water Trail plan covering 70 miles of the river in northeastern Washington will be served up -- along with snacks and beverages -- at an open house meeting Thursday (Aug. 4), 5 p.m.-7 p.m.,…
CONSERVATION -- This is a previous post updated with a response from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers: U.S. District Court Judge James Redden has once again rejected the federal government's plan to operate hydropower dams in the Columbia River basin without jeopardizing salmon, according to today's…
BACKPACKING -- Rangers have taken the rare step of capturing and killing a grizzly bear deemed a threat to human safety in Yellowstone National Park after the bruin menaced a hiker without any apparent provocation. Bear managers told Reuters the 4-year-old male grizzly was euthanized…
BACKPACKING -- The photo above shows Jeff Lambert of the Spokane Mountaineers in the last weekend of July along with Mirror Lake and Eagle Cap Peak from Carper Pass -- all popular backpacking destinations in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. The shot is worth a thousand…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- Crews from the Clearwater and Nez Perce national forests are just getting into the backroads where this year's whopping snowpack prevented access until late July. What they're finding isn't always pretty, as you can see from the photo above on Road 500…
HUNTING -- Here are a few timely Montana hunting tips and updates to help nonresident sportsmen with an eye on hunting in Montana. Thanks to Jim Mitchell of Montana Hunting & Fishing Adventures in Hamilton for the heads up on some of this. The new…
HIKING -- Striding along at a rate of nearly two marathons A DAY, Jennifer Pharr Davis has set an unofficial record for the fastest assisted hike of the entire Appalachian Trail from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia. She saw 36 bears,…
HIKING -- You think the late spring that continuted into summer screwed up some of your plans? How abou Jake Bramante, the young Missoulian who dedicated this season to becoming the first person to hike all 734 miles of trails in Glacier National Park in…
ENDANGERED SPECIES –Washington’s gray wolf conservation and management plan will take another step toward adoption Thursday when the nearly completed document – years in the making – is presented to the state Fish and Wildlife Commission. State wildlife officials will start their presentation to the…
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY -- National Geographic photographer Michael Melford -- who's made some famous photos of Alaska brown bears fishing for salmon -- gives a slide show during a lecture featuring funny and amazing stories about his work.
SALMON FISHING -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game will close the Chinook salmon season across Idaho on the evening of Wednesday Aug. 10 at the end of fishing hours. The closure affects waters of the Mainstem Clearwater River, the Middle Fork Clearwater River,…
SKYWATCHING -- The Landers family has a long history of planning camps in high, dark places for the annual Perseid meteor showers. The summer light show peaks around Aug. 12-13, but the best viewing tends to be right now. The full moon will come on…
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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