BACKCOUNTRY FILMS -- John Latta of the Stevens Peak Backcountry Coalition is reminding outdoor enthusiats that we're just a week away from the Winter Wildlands Alliance 7th Annual Backcountry Film Festival, set for next Friday (Nov. 11), in the Wolfe Auditorium at Gonzaga University's Jepson…
COLUMBIA RIVER -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was 1288.72 feet above sea level at 8:18 a.m. today. The reservoir's elevation is expected to remain in the 1287-1288 range over the next week. Lake Roosevelt currently is being operating for chum spawning in the lower…
SKIING -- Eat your heart out, backcountry skiers. The people doing the early Nov. 1 snow surveys on the Durrand Glacier in the Canadian Selkirks found plenty of snow -- and it looks like they haven't lost their form for turns in the months off…
STATE PARKS – A survey regarding mountain biking at Mount Spokane State Park has been launched by Washington State Parks. People who love the park should comment, even if they are not mountain bikers. Read on and I'll tell you why. The public has until…
HUNTING – Hunters have until Nov. 16 to comment in an online survey on two new proposals for 2012 hunting regulations being considered by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Electronic decoys: Several waterfowl hunting guides have petitioned the state to consider allowing electronic…
BIG-GAME HUNTNG -- Northeastern Washington's 15-day late whitetail buck hunt opens Saturday, and the deer appear to be rising to the occasion. The pre-rut is on. Local hunters I've contacted are seeing bucks moving with does and in some cases chasing does. See my outdoors…
FISHERIES — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA, is calling on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to independently confirm the presence of a deadly virus found in two Pacific salmon in British Columbia, the Associated Press reports Canadian researchers recently announced they detected infectious salmon…
BIRDWATCHING -- Ospreys were late to arrive in the Inland Northwest this year, and some of the fish-eating hawks are hanging around longer this fall, possibly because they got a late start producing their young. According to Coeur d'Alene Audubon Society Records, ospreys usually arrive…
OUR KIDS -- "Take a kid fishing" is an accepted slogan in the outdoor industry ... Most people agree that our world would be a better place if everyone took an interest in our children and made an effort to get them outdoors. But but…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
