BOATING -- The Q’emiln Park boat launching ramp on the Spokane River in Post Falls will be closed for the season beginning Monday (Nov. 14). The ramp, situated upstream from Avista’s Post Falls Hydroelectric Development, is closed each year in mid-November because of weather conditions…
COLUMBIA RIVER -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was 1288.31 at 8:06 a.m today. The elevation of Lake Roosevelt is expected to draft slightly and be operated in the 1286-1288 range over the next week, the Bureau of Reclamation says. The reservoir is being operating…
FISHING -- After reading my outdoors column on steelheading puzzles along the Snake River and tributaries, some readers are asking where they can go fishing on the Touchet and Tucannon rivers. Touchet River steelheading is allowed during the June-through-October gamefish season, as well as during…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A reader emailed me today asking where he could bring a friend from out-of-state to see a moose. Most of us who live in this region take moose for granted. We see them regularly, if not predictably. Seeing a moose for the…
DOWNHILL SKIING – Tired of paying big money for bad skiing? A condominium and home-rental company is offering a fix. ResortQuest, which has properties in Colorado, Utah and Idaho, is offering clients a snow guarantee that allows guests to move to one of its other…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
