STATE PARKS -- Riverside and Mount Spokane likely will be combined and full-time employees reduced by about 40 percent as Washington State Parks officials scramble to slash the agency’s budget. A shortfall from lagging Discover Pass sales has left state parks strapped for cash after…
WINTER SPORTS -- Community Cancer Services of Sandpoint and Schweitzer Mountain Resort will team to offer $10 lift tickets Friday as a fundraiser, with 100% of ticket proceeds to be donated to local cancer care, resort officials announced today. Schweitzer plans to have all 2,900…
FISHING -- Here's the latest fishing report from Lake Rufus Woods on the Columbia River downstream from Grande Coulee Dam. It comes from Anton Jones (above with a 9-pound triploid rainbow) of Darrell & Dad's Family Guide Service. This is a great time to fish…
STATE PARKS -- The Washington Parks and Recreation Commisison released a statement to the media Wednesday afternoon regarding its plans to reduce expenses by about $11 million. About 160 jobs are at risk among the agency's 516 full-time employees. Read on for the full statement.
BOWHUNTING -- Idaho archers have about two weeks to shop for a whitetail buck before Christmas. Rutting activity lingers in the West as Idaho Panhandle bowhunters take their last shot in a season that opens Saturday in selected units and runs through Dec. 24. They're…
WATERFOWL HUNTING -- Mikal Moore, state waterfowl biologist, compiled data Wednesday from the season’s first aerial waterfowl surveys over the Columbia River Basin on Monday and Tuesday. Bottomline: Northerns are here. “There a lot of new birds in the area, probably recently arrived, that seem…
WATERFOWL HUNTING -- After mechanical “Robo Duck” decoys were invented in the late 90s, Washington waterfowl hunters enjoyed a few seasons to sample their effectiveness. Many hunters liked what they saw as the wings caused movement in the air and water to lure waterfowl from…
KAYAKING -- A trio of kayakers raised the eyebrows of local officials recently by paddling over 90-foot Noccalula Falls in Etowah County, Alabama. See the story. The paddlers risked big fines and a tongue lashing by doing the stunt for a video -- "Watershed: Land…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
