BOATING -- The Blackwell Island public boat launch was reopened Friday as water levels on Lake Coeur d’Alene continued to drop, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced. Based on new stream flow predicitions, the launch facility should remain open for the season, said Kurt…
PREDATORS -- Plans for a wolf trapping season are being drafted in addition to the wolf hunting season scheduled to open this fall in the Idaho Panhandle. “Two years ago, hunters took 27 wolves legally in the Panhandle Region during the hunting Sept. 1-March 31…
RIVERS -- Idaho Rivers United and other groups are organizing a party and meeting to address the 'megaloads' industrial trucking operations using Highway 12 and the Lochsa-Clearwater river corridor. When: 5 p.m., June 18. Where: The Syringa Cafe at the River Dance Lodge on the…
BICYCLING -- The Bicycle Alliance is bringing its Hub & Spoke outreach tour to Spokane, and the group is inviting area cyclists to meet up at the Steam Plant Grill at 5:30 p.m. on June 23. The group plans to discuss how cyclists fared in…
FISHING– Public access to Chapman Lake south of Cheney continues to be blocked by a gate at the Chapman Lake Resort. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department stocked the lake with about 100,000 small kokanee fry last year plus 7,500 catchable-sized rainbow trout and 50…
FISHING– This year’s late runoff and deep drawdown at Lake Roosevelt has delivered a double whammy to trout and kokanee anglers. The prolonged increased flows and the reservoir’s low water levels likely have flushed significant numbers of carryover trout over Grand Coulee Dam, Washington Department…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Friday will be another furlough day for many Washington state employees. Washington Fish and Wildlife Department employees and offices are included, except that fish and wildlife police officers and other enforcement officers statewide are exempt. Friday is the last of 10 unpaid…
WILDERNESS -- The Bureau of Land Management is taking public comment through June 29 on its Wilderness and Wild & Scenic River Management Plan being developed for the six wilderness areas and 16 wild and scenic river segments designated in Idaho's Owyhee County by the…
HIKING -- The annual summer series of group hikes organized by the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness will is giving participants something to focus on besides exploring potential wilderness areas in the Cabinet Mountains northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. Each volunteer-led hike has its…
PREDATORS -- Stevens County officials have ranted about wolves and endorsed a coyote hunting contest, but free-running dogs are making the headlines for destruction to livestock and pets. According to the Association Press, after the latest attack by a pack of wild dogs killed a…
OCEAN FISHING -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has announced it will reopen the recreational halibut fishery in Marine Areas 3 and 4 (Neah Bay and La Push) to recreational halibut fishing for one day on June 16.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Grand Teton National Park’s most famous grizzly bear — dubbed 399 by researchers — is once again roaming the roadsides around Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park, and again with three new cubs at her heels. The Jackson Hole News reports…
KAYAKING -- An informal group of kayakers once again plans to share playboating fun and know-how in a HydroTherapy session, tonight starting about 5:30 p.m. at Dead Dog (below the bridge construction site on the Stateline). HydroTherapy sessions are free, grassroots, learning events for kayakers…
PUBLIC LANDS -- As the snow slowly recedes in the mountains, forest managers are discovering more and more roads damaged by the big snowpack and runoff. Idaho Panhandle National Forest officials say many roads that are open have soft shoulders that can be dangerous to…
CREEPY CRITTERS -- With a local girl being diagnosied with Rocky Mountain spotted fever, it's worthwhile for outdoors enthusiasts to reup our precautions against tick bites. Following is my Thursday column on ticks and precautions against tick bites. However, the following blog version includes numerous…
ENDANGERED SPECIES --A federal grand jury has indicted a Twisp, Wash., man for illegally killing two wolves near his property and trying to ship one of the pelts to Canada. After Tom D. White shot the wolves, his father told a Canadian tanner that he…
RIVERS -- Gathering snow melt fueled by a handful of sunny days will push the Clearwater River into flood stage at Orofino today, according to the Northwest River Forecast Center. The Snake River south of Asotin and the South Fork of the Clearwater River at…
FISHERIES -- Although the group is a bit off our inland radar, the Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory bodies are making important decisions that affect our ocean fisheries and the returns of salmon and steelhead to our inland waters. And the group is…
RIVERS -- The Clark Fork River was a foot over flood stage in Missoula on Tuesday, the Missoulian reports. The Montana river was predicted to rise another couple of feet by Thursday as rainfall and snowmelt increased flows. This isn't good news for anglers with…
PUBLIC LANDS – Saturday will be a thrifty time to visit Washington and Oregon national forests that require an access pass for popular recreation sites. In honor of "Get Outdoors Day," the Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service will waive the fees at sites…
WILDLIFE -- Northwest Sporsman Magazine editor Andy Walgamott has written a lengthy and informative story rounding up personalities, issues and process involved with wolves moving into Washington. From the the notes of a man who's been monitoring the Lookout Pack in northcentral Washington to the…
BOATING -- Idaho has set up 15 roadside invasive species boat inspection stations, including five in the Panhandle. The goal is to prevent the state-by-state spread of exotic zebra and quagga mussels. People transporting a watercraft near boat inspection stations are required to stop. When…
FISHING -- On June 5, two steelhead that had run up the Columbia River and into the Snake made their way up and over Lower Granite Dam. They are the harbingers of a good steelhead season that anglers will start targeting this summer. The steelhead…
BICYCLING – The Route of the Hiawatha near Lookout Pass will open Saturday for its 14th season, officials confirmed today. Lookout Pass Ski Area coordinates bus shuttles and bicycle rentals for the popular 15-mile rail trail that straddles the Montana-Idaho border. The trail opened three…
STATE PARKS -- Bare spots are yet to show through the snow covering the nordic ski trails at Mount Spokane, says Cris Currie of the Friends of Mount Spokane State Park. "There's debris all over the snow, but you can still ski and glide, and…
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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