HUNTING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Department has just posted its big-game hunting season proposals for the Panhandle region, based on biologists surveys and adjustments after taking comment from hunters at recent public meetings. The proposals that will go the the Fish and Wildlife…
BIRDWATCHING -- Reservations are filling for field trips during the Othello Sandhill Crane Crane Festival scheduled for March 25-27. The are excellent educational opportunities on field subjects ranging from Ice Age Floods -- check out the guided hiket through the Drumheller Channels National Landmark --…
HUNTING – Barbed-wire fences have scarred, crippled or killed wildlife ranging from birds to elk since it was stretched across the West beginning in the 1870s. But this photo suggests that a fence actually saved the life of one lucky buck or coyote in western…
SALMNG FISHING -- This year is not expected to be as good as last year, but the 2011 Chinook salmon return is on track to be the sixth best year since 1980. Most of the fish are still out in the Pacific Ocean, but the…
SALMON FISHING --Spring chinook, expected to be headed up the Columbia in good numbers, are catching a lot of angler attention already in the lower Columbia. Holding the bright, beautiful fish at left is Buzz Ramsey and his friend and guide Eric Linde with a…
WILDLIFE PARTS -- Furs, hides, antlers, traps and miscellaneous hunting and fishing equipment confiscated by Idaho Fish and Game Department officers will be sold in an auction April 2, at IFG's Clearwater Regional office, 3316 16th St., in Lewiston. View the items beginning at 8…
WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT – The beat goes on for Washington Fish and Wildlife police in the 10 far-eastern counties, according to the weekly report obtained today. Illegal possession of painted turtles, dispatching injured deer, citing anglers from Hog Canyon to the Grande Ronde all were in…
FISHING -- The short-lived early season brown trout bite has been on at Liberty lake. Washington Fishand Wildlfie Department police report seeing anglers with limits of brown trout last week at the recently opened Spokane County Lake. Brave ice-fishermen were still catching fish on the…
HUNTING/FISHING -- The Idaho Conservation Officers Association has set its 2nd youth conservation camp for Aug. 15-19 and expanded the number of camper slots to 36. Insiders recommend that kids sign up now if they’re interested fishing, hunting, tubing, zip lines, target shooting – and…
FLY FISHING -- "We've seen a significant amount of Skawala stonefly nymph activity throughout the day," Jim Gallagher reports this morning from the Yakima River. "In the afternoon, with a little warming, there have been adult skawalas on the water surface. Most success has been…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- The U.S. Forest Service has scheduled public meetings this month to explain the details and intent of the recently proposed draft Planning Rule. If put into law, the rule would serve as a national blueprint for how hundreds of individual forest plans…
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION – The Pullman, Washington Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual fund-raising banquet on March 26 at Banyan’s Restaurant, 1260 NE Palouse Ridge Road on the WSU Golf Course. Doors will open at 5:30, with raffles, games and silent auctions during the…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The 2010 annual report on the Northern Rockies gray wolf poplation released this week by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seems to have given everyone some ammunition. Overall the wolf population has remained roughly the same. However, while Montana and Wyoming…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Ah, Sunday -- time to relax and perhaps put a little energy into local conservation efforts by sending an e-mail to your state representatives to support funding for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program. As I explained in my Thursday column, Gov.…
HUNTING -- Feral hogs have been reported in Idaho where the Bruneau River enters CJ Strike Reservoir. With turkey hunting still a month off, some hunters are heading out for an early season target. Here are the rules just clarified by Idaho Fish and Game:…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Washington Department of Natural Resources is trying to take steps to keep state lands from becoming dumps. The agency has posted an interactive map on its website showing locations of more than 200 sites that experienced illegal dumping last year on…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Montana's wolf population increased about 8 percent in 2010 while Idaho's decreased about 16 percent, according to reports released today by state wildlife agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Montana has just announced that at least 566 wolves inhabit the…
SKIING -- If your dog has any pull around the house, its probably game for trying the skijoring demo at Mount Spokane on Sunday. Meet at 2:15 p.m. on the nordic ski trails where Linder Road passes ski trail Junction 1 (skiers an tell you…
HUNTING -- A series of photos of a rare calico (piebald) whitetail buck killed in 2008 is recirculating on the Internet and e-mail. While it's a legitimate photo and trophy, it's moving around, as usual, with fabricated info. If you're interested in the details, here's…
HUNTING -- Proposed changes to Idaho's 2011 big-game hunting seasons are being presented in meetings throughout North Idaho this week, starting in Kellogg and Coeur d'Alene. Still to go are: Tonight: Sandpoint, Bonner County Fairgrounds, 7 p.m. Saturday: St. Maries, Eagles, 8 a.m. Details of…
WILDLIFE -- An exotic furry critter resembling a cross between a beaver and a muskrat is gaining ground in the Pacific Northwest, and that's not something to get all warm and fuzzy about. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released videos this week about thegrowing…
BIRDING -- The fish-eating great blue heron dwarfs seed-eating songbirds in size, but the diminutive willow goldfinch will continue to reign in greater stature as the Washington State Bird. Proposals at the State Legislature to replace the finch with the GBH as the state bird…
FISHING -- The race is on between wild rainbow trout and hatchery-raised trout, as Washington State University researchers measure their speed to see who's fastest -- and most likely to survive in streams and lakes. Which fish do you think wins most of the races…
HUNTING -- My faith has been restored in stories going viral through email and the Internet. This photo of the pending world record whitetail buck seems thoroughly verified and on the up and up. Finally! Word is out, from impeccable sources, that the buck was…
OUTDOOR IMAGING -- Professional landscape photographer Tim Cooper will present a free program on capturing outdoor scenes on camera Monday, March 14, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Spokane REI store. Cooper, a Rocky Mountain School of Photography instructor, will explain how he captures dramatic photographs…
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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