POACHING – Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials are seeking tips to help them nab poachers involved in killing two bull moose on or around Oct. 29. The bulls were killed within 25 yards of each other in French Gulch near Frost Peak in…
FISHING -- Nice try. Even Washington fish biologists couldn't tell just by looking. But they were skeptical, so they did some tests.... The photo above shows a fish submitted as a potential Washington state record brown bullhead after being caught this fall from Lacamas Lake…
TRAILS -- A federal judge has decided to temporarily close down trail access to off-road vehicles in sections of the Salmon-Challis National Forest pending a review of the forest's travel plan, the Idaho Statesman reports. The order issued Tuesday follows a February ruling that the…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The first wolf confirmed in western Oregon in 65 years has been roaming Douglas County for a week as wildlife official track its exploration in the high Cascades by satellite. The 2-year-old collared male, dubbed OR-7, has been staying mostly in the…
ENDANGERED SPECIES – Washington’s proposed Wolf Conservation and Management Plan will be presented and discussed during the state Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting today, starting at 9 a.m. at the Ramada Spokane Airport, 8909 W. Airport Dr. Public comment will be taken during the afternoon…
SALMON FISHING -- Anglers got some thrills last month from the Yakama Tribe's 15-year effort to reestablish coho salmon in upper Columbia tributaries. This year's count of the late-spawning salmon into the upper Columbia region is the highest in 78 years, and more are still…
PUBLIC LANDS -- National parks will be waiving entrance fees to celebrate Veterans Day weekend, Nov. 11-13. The Park Service is waiving fees for a total of 17 days in 2011. The Veterans Day weekend fee waiver is the last scheduled for the year. Fee-free…
FISHING -- The sturgeon population in the lower Columbia River continues to dwindle and state officials have started talks on how to tweak back sport-fishing seasons for 2012, according to Allen Thomas of the Vancouver Columbian. Brad James, a Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife…
FISHERIES -- It's November, the season of love for chum salmon, which are beginning to head into South Puget Sound streams to spawn. The annual event is greeted by nature lovers who have numerous areas where they can watch the spectacle. A good option is…
CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING -- Some people were surprised by the forecast for snow today. But cross-country skiers are ready to gear up for it at the annual Nordic Ski Sale and Gear Swap at Fitness Fanatics, 12425 E. Trent in Spokane Valley . The buying starts…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The Big Year, a humorous film based on the more tedious true story (and book of the same name) is flying high at movie theaters across the country. The movie follows birders devoting 12 months to setting a record for logging as…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
