SALMON FISHING -- Harvest of adult chinook salmon in the North Fork Clearwater River and mainstem Clearwater River downstream of the Orofino Bridge will close at the end of fishing hours on Sunday. Adult chinook salmon are defined as 24 inches or greater in total…
MOUNTAIN RESORTS -- Schweitzer Mountain Resort will open its summer season on Saturday with food, outdoor games and activities, food, live music and FREE chair lift rides. Normally, hikers and mountain bikers would take advantage of this summer-opening special in conditions you might expect in…
SHELLFISHING -- Seattle Times outdoor writer Mark Yuasa dove head-first into the sport of goeduck harvesting last week. Read for insight on the technique his friends have developed for gathering the heavyweight of Pacific Northwest clams.
FISHING -- Another step has been taken toward restoring the fabled steelhead and salmon runs once the dams are removed from the Elwha River near Port Angeles. The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe’s new fish hatchery was completed May 13 and has received its first batch…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Bull elk are hanging out with the boys concentrating on being well fed and ready for the fall mating season. Their antlers are in full-growth mode as the annual crop of velvet-covered boney material sprouts from their heads. The remote trail cam…
OUTDOOR WRITING – The Outdoor Writers Association of America has just awarded 12 Norm Strung Youth Writing prizes totaling $1,700 to young, talented writers who tackled outdoor themes in prose and poetry. What's particularly notable to me is that this may be the first time…
SKIING -- Mt. Bachelor ski area near Bend, Ore., will open for summer skiing and snowboarding on July 1 with expanded holiday opportunities July 2-July 4 including intermediate and advanced skiing from the summit, snow and weather conditions permitting. Mt. Bachelor will be open for…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
