WILDLIFE -- A trail cam photo that shows eight cougars in one frame (click "continue reading" below) has been going viral on Northwest websites and e-mail lists since a hunter shared it with friends on Christmas day. As usual, not all the the information in…
PRO-FISHING -- Rathdrum, Idaho, angler Brandon Palaniuk (pronounced "pal-a-nick") is catching some attention -- and perhaps some extra cash -- as he warms up for this weekend's Bassmaster Classic -- the Super Bowl of competitive bass fishing. An e-mail just received from a Bassmaster insider…
STATE PARKS -- The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission today OKed environmental considerations in the conceptual expansion proposals for expanding Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park. According to a press release just posted, the commission "issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance under the State…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A Washington state cattle group is suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to force the agency to review federal protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. Attorneys for the Washington Cattlemen’s Association say the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S.…
PRO BASSING -- Joey Nania, 19, of Liberty Lake headed out of the region this week with fellow Inland Empire Bass Clubber Art Acuff of Spokane Valley to begin the 2011 professional bass fishing season at the Central Open in Texas. After that, Nania plans…
WILDLIFE -- A coyote has become the 10th animal in Josephine County to test positive for rabies over the past 13 months. The coyote was found in the Cave Junction area, where seven foxes and one goat have all died from the disease. The other…
OUTDOOR TRENDS – The ebb and flow of hunting and fishing is detailed in a recently released federal report on hunting and fishing statistics. For example: The number of turkey hunters has increased at more than twice the rate of the growth of the U.S.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
