Green Tunnel from Kevin Gallagher on Vimeo. HIKING - Under the trail name "Fester," Virginia hiker Kevin Gallagher hiked the 2,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Then he compiled some 4,000 photos into a stop-motion video called Green Tunnel, which gives a view of the…
BICYCLING -- The most popular spring and SUMMER organized bicycle tours have filled or are filling fast. I have a story coming Sunday with a calendar of the most popular local and regional events through August. The Seattlet o Portland ride (STP), July 9-10, which…
The Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show kicked off today and runs through Sunday at the Spokane Fair and Expo Center. The show has something for every member of the family, including fishing ponds and staffed shooting ranges for the kids. In this photo made this…
FISHING -- Eat your chicken livers out, Southern boys. A huge channel catfish caught this month in Oregon's Willamette River proves that we got salmon... and big cats, too. While fishing with heavy gear at Riverfront Park, Drew Beaty of Salem landed a 3-foot-long channel…
FLY FISHING -- The annual North Idaho Fly Fishing Expo presented by the Kelly Creek Flycasters is expanding to two days this year and moving from Clarkston to Lewiston. The event, which covers everything from beginning fly-casting instruction to advanced spey casting with two-handed rods,…
TRAILS -- The Indiana Avenue road extension project will limit access to the Centennial Trail and paddle-boat launching near Mission and Flora from April through July 4. Route changes in the area include new names for some of the roads, Spokane Valley officials said. Since…
RIVER RUNNING -- This warning just came in from the local whitewater rafting email list for paddlers heading down the Spokane River into the Devil's Toenail Rapid near the Spokane Rifle Club: A tree with a large rootball is hung up in the pour-over, river…
CONSERVATION -- Idaho is offering several new specialty vehicle license plates this year, including one that benefits mountain biking programs and one to help manage Idaho's premier wilderness areas. The wildernes plate, sponsored by the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation, benefits trail maintenance and wilderness stewardship…
OUTDOOR YOUTH -- A local follow-up to yesterday's post on outdoor-related summer jobs for youths: The Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area soon will be hiring for 10 Youth Conservation Corps positions for youths 15-18 years old. Work starts in June . The youths work 40-hours…
NATURE WATCHING -- January's warm streak was cruel, luring buttercups to bloom prematurely west of Spokane. But now they're blooming with confidence around town, and birds are flocking in all around us. Spokane Auduboner Kim Thorburn takes a special interest in the Swanson Lakes Wildlife…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- With spring migration in full tilt, it's difficult to overlook the large white swans mixing with other waterfowl in the region's lakes and wetlands. But it's easy to miss the dintinction between the trumpeter swans and the tundra swans. This article in…
CONSERVATION -- The 4th annual dinner and auction fundraiser sponsored by the Friends of Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge is set for March 27 from noon to 4 p.m. at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln St. in Spokane. The events helps fund Turnbull’s environmental education…
CONSERVATION -- "Nothing says 'excess' like Vegas and a four axle, 40-foot long strech "Hummer" limousine," said Phil Hough of Sandpoint, who's visiting Sin City this week for a conservation conference. "No, this was NOT the airport shuttle we took," said the spokesman for the…
HUNTING -- The Big Horn Outdoor Recreation Show doesn't open until tomorrow, but hunters already have been bringing their trophy antlers, horns and heads for measuring by official Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young scorers. In addition to getting an official score, Big Horn…
WILDLIFE -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the country’s 553 national wildlife refuges, plans to hire more than 2,000 young people this year, as it did in 2010. Now's the time to apply for a summer job on a national wildlife refuge…
WINTER SPORTS -- A guided full-moon snowshoe hike at Mount Spokane is set for Saturday, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The trip, sponsored by REI and Spokane Parks and Recreation, includes transportation and all snowshoeing equipment for $31 ($27 for REI members). Generous snowfall in the past…
HUNTING -- An Idaho Senate panel dropped a bill aimed at gutting the Department of Fish and Game’s authority to regulate where hunters can drive their all-terrain vehicles. The Senate Resources and Environment Committee rejected the measure this week, while also shooting down legislation that…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival, canceled in February by a storm that closed the school, is rescheduled for Friday at Gonzaga University. Several winning festival films will be shown at the Jepson Center, Wolfe Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- In past years, Washington and Oregon have been little more than footnotes in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual report on western gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. However, the 2010 report gives the relatively new breeding packs in those states…
WILDLIFE -- The Idaho Legislature seems willing to take a step backward in regulations designed to protect the state's priceless wild elk herds. Elk ranchers who sell meat and charge hunters to shoot trophy bulls inside fences convinced a Senate panel to relax requirements to…
WINTER SPORTS -- Some snowmobilers seem to enjoy breaking the law and offending others more than the sport itself. Backcountry skiers recently documented snowmobile tracks in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Leavenworth. Sadly, they got little reaction from the local Sheriff or Forest Service when…
STATE PARKS -- The latest step in a long effort to expand the downhill ski area at Mount Spokane State Park will be explained in a public workshop with time for public comment tonight, 6:30 p.m., in Building 17 at Spokane Falls Community College, 3410…
WINTER SPORTS -- I wish I could say it's uncommon for people to chase wildlife on motor vehicles, but it's not. I've seen it often, and heard about it more often. And some people, such as the snowmobiler above in Colorado, are bold enough to…
PADDLING -- Supporters of the proposed Spokane River Whitewater Park in Peaceful Valley are still plugging along at getting approval for all the various permits. Spokane Parks and Recreation Department had organized an e-mail list to help people stay up to date on progress. Click…
CONSERVATION -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an international leader in the cause for clean and healthy waterways, will be in Sandpoint on May 18 and Spokane on May 19 to promote cleaning up and protecting two of the inland Northwest’s signature waterways. “Robert F. Kennedy…
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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