PRO-FISHING — Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum is in 11th place after the first day of fishing among the 50 anglers in New Orleans for the Bassmaster Classic . The three-day Super Bowl of bass fishing runs through Sunday at the Louisiana Delta. Palaniuk, the only…
FISHING -- Water discharge from Dworshak Dam near Orofino, Idaho, will temporarily decrease starting Saturday, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operations officials announced this afternoon. Discharge flow through the powerhouse will be decreased from approximately 11,000 cubic feet per second to 6,200 cfs on Saturday…
OUTDOOR WISDOM -- After attending last night's Fly Fishing Film Tour at the Bing -- a thoroughly entertaining evening of film that overshadowed the unpolished ramblings of the tour hosts -- I left knowing one thing for sure: The most common misconception about fishing is…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Despite Gov. Brian Schweitzer's call this week for Montanans to defy federal endangered species laws and kill wolves (see story), the state's game wardens aren't launching a war on the controversial predators. On Wednesday, Schweitzer announced he was done waiting for federal…
STATE GOVERNMENT -- Plan ahead today if you need something from a Washington Fish and Wildlife Department office -- or most other state government offices. Monday is the Presidents Day holiday and Tuesday is another furlough day for most Washington state employees. This will be…
FISHING-HUNTING -- The ice is almost gone from Sprague Lake this week, a harbinger of a new season to come. Here's the latest hunting fishing report, posted today by S-R columnist Alan Liere.
NATIONAL FORESTS -- The lottery drawing is coming up for summer reservations at a popular Forest Service “cabin” on the St. Joe River. Applications for staying at the former forest service employee home at Red Ives from Memorial Day weekend through Sept. 30 must be…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The annual Great Backyard Bird Count begins tomorrow across North America -- and in your own neighborhood, if you choose. Volunteers do a census on the birds in their yard or neighborhood and record the data online to create a huge database…
OUTDOOR IMAGES -- Linda Lantzy, an outdoor photographer who sports a classy "Best of Idaho" scenic images Facebook page includes some shots she couldn't resist from Washington's North Cascades, according to our Huckleberries blogger, Dave Oliveria. You can see her other favorites here.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- During a local birding foray Wednesday, Spokane Auduboner Kim Thorburn reported hearing a canyon wren sing at Deep Creek in Riverside State Park. “The winter and Bewick's wrens have already been at it for a week or two,” she said. “I also…
HUNTING -- Chronic wasting disease isn't getting the press it received a decade ago as the malady was being documented in deer and elk in several states and provinces. However, while stepped up testing programs from coast to coast are affirming that most areas remain…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Skagit Valley Herald photographer Scott Terrell saw something stand out among thousands of white snow geese grazing in a field of winter wheat as he drove along Fir Island Road in northwestern Washington Tuesday. It was his first sighting of a black…
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.…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Conservation groups are putting up a billboard in Eastern Oregon showing a dead wolf in a quest to send the person who shot and killed it to jail, according to an Associated Press story. Starting today, drivers headed east on U.S. Highway…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Congressman Mike Simpson fast-tracked wolf delisting legislation Monday by tacking language onto a federal budget bill that would strip Endangered Species Act protection from wolves. An Associated Press story origining from Eric Barker of the Lewiston Tribune says Simpson’s measure would reinstate…
FISHERIES -- This is a good time of year to see how trout are produced in Spokane for the updoming fishing season: It's before the fair-weather rush of school groups and prime time to see fish in all stages, including the egg stage. The Spokane…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The director of the Idaho Fish and Game Department has announced his retirment. Cal Groen will leave his post as the agency's top man at the end of March and return to Lewiston, where he plans to spend much of his time…
OLYMPIA -- Fifteen years after Washington voters banned using dogs to hunt cougars, lawmakers want to set permanent hunting seasons allowing licensed hunters to use hounds to track the cats, according to an Associated Press story. The proposed bill, sponsored by Rep. Brian Blake, D-Aberdeen,…
WILDLIFE -- Several of the 11 owl species that inhabit most parts of Idaho are already well into their courtship, according to Jim Lukens of the Idaho Fish and Game Department. They get the early start so the hatching of owlets will coincide with peak…
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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