FISHING -- The number of steelhead climbing over Lower Granite Dam has slowed to 100-200 a day as the fish start hunkering in for the winter and the next big surge of movements in February or March. There should be plenty of fish to catch…
TRAILS -- North Idaho continues to get a steady stream of good press from its world-class rail trails -- the Route of the Hiawatha near Lookout Pass and the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes that runs from Mullan to Plummer. A Rails-to-Trails Conservancy publication recently…
MOUNTAIN PASSES -- The North Cascades Highway closed in the past hour (Tuesday evening) as Washington highway crews prepare for storms and heavy snow storms in the coming days. State Department of Transportation officials say they will reassess road conditions, avalanche danger and weather forecasts…
WATERFOWLING -- Wednesday is the dealine for hunters to let the state know whether they want to head down the slippery slope of allowing electronic decoys for waterfowling. Several waterfowl hunting guides have petitioned the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider allowing electronic…
CONSERVATION -- Although the discussion on the state's wolf plan caught most of the attention last week, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission also made a major land acquisition after years of support and negotiations facilitated by The Nature Conservancy and the Rocky Mountain Elk…
PREDATORS -- Idaho's wolf trapping season starts today to boost the take of wolves in areas where hunting hasn't been able to fulfill the quotas set by the state. Meanwhile in Montana, where the general rifle season hunting past the half-way mark, the public and…
DEER HUNTING -- Full disclosure: I didn't even SEE a buck during legal hunting hours over the weekend around my hunting niches in Northeastern Washington, but serious whitetail hunters were filling their tags as though the world was about to end. I saw does with…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission last week approved several proposals for legislation to be submitted to the 2012 Idaho Legislature. Amend 36-1510 to also allow youth under the age of 12 who are participating in the mentor hunt program to possess…
HUNTING -- The amount of money Idaho is taking in through the sale of nonresident deer and elk tags is down nearly $3 million from its peak in 2008, state wildlife officials say. Jim Unsworth, deputy director for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game,…
FISHING -- Fishing success continues to improve for lunker rainbows at Lake Rufus Woods downstream from Grand Coulee Dam, according to Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad's Family Guide Service. James Cato of Selah, Wash., fished with son Mike and guide Jeff Witkowski and one…
FLY FISHING – A fly fishing equipment expert representing several top company will be at the and a Hardy rods and reel collector will be on hand for Saturday’s anniversary celebration at Westslope Fly Shop in Spokane.
BACKCOUNTRY SKIING -- Professional skier Matthew Jamie Pierre died in an avalanche he triggered while snowboarding at the unopened Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort Sunday afternoon. Pierre, 38, of Big Sky, Mont., was snowboarding with a friend in the South Chute area when the avalanche…
MOUNTAIN PASSES -- The state Transportation Department has closed Chinook and Cayuse passes for the winter because of avalanche danger. The department says strong winds drifted snow Monday across both Highway 410 and Highway 123 on the east side of Mount Rainier. Access to the…
BIRDWATCHING -- Along with the first lowland snowfall, a snowy owl migrating to this area from the arctic was reported seen on the Rathdrum Prairie on Saturday by Inland Northwest Birders. On Sunday a different snowy owl was photographed along Wolf Lodge Creek and the…
SKI RESORTS -- The weekend storm dumped 21 inches of new snow on the Montana-Idaho border, giving Lookout Pass Ski and Recreation Area the jumpstart it needs to start operating its lifts and open for the season at reduced rates starting Friday (Nov. 18). Lookout…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Two of three California condor chicks that hatched in the Grand Canyon of Arizona earlier this year are doing well, including one that recently took its first flight from the nest. The other surviving chick is flapping its wings and hopping around…
All.I.Can. Teaser 2 from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo. ADVENTURE FILMS -- Voted best full-lenght feature film at the recent Banff Mountain Film Festival, All.I.Can. takes ski movies to another level. Here's a mini-review from Spokane Mountaineer Steve Reynolds: “All.I.Can” just released, some already saying the…
THE LAND -- The Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute is sponsoring a free public lecture “Latest Pleistocene Geologic History of Upper Grand Coulee” by Dr. Patrick Spencer on Thursday, (Nov.17), 7 p.m., on the Eastern Washington University, Cheney Campus, in Science Building,…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- A woman scouting for deer during Washington's early deer hunt details her tense encounter with two wolves that apparently were defending their deer kill near Lake Chelan in this blog post by Andy Walgamott of Northwest Sportsman. No shots fired. I admire…
WILDLIFE WATCHING – Veterans and active military are being honored with a special eagle-watching cruise set for Nov. 26 on Lake Coeur d’Alene. The free two-hour partyboat cruise to view the annual congregation of bald eagles is organized by the U.S Bureau of Land Management…
DEER HUNTING -- Nothing resembling the buck above showed its face to me in the whitetail thickets of northeastern Washington today. Less than one week to go in the 2011 late buck hunt.
CONSERVATION -- The Inland Northwest Land Trust, which works quietly with landowners to preserve the landscape with conservation easements and other methods, will hold its annual meeting and Harvest Party Monday, 5:30-7 p.m. at the Community Building lobby, 35 W. Main Ave. in Spokane. INLT…
WILDLIFE – Three hunting groups are supporting the state of Oregon in a lawsuit trying to overturn state authority to shoot wolves that attack livestock, the Associated Press reports. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, the Oregon Hunters Association, and the Oregon chapter of the North…
WINTER SPORTS -- Pick up season lift passes for your favorite mountains, talk to vendors, enter to win outdoors gear and get free info on outside in the winter on Saturday (Nov. 12) at the annual Winter Sports Kickoff, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at REI, 1125…
CONSERVATION -- Check out these local conservation-related events scheduled for this weekend: Friday -- Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival at Gonzaga. Saturday -- Dishman Hills group celebrates 45 years of conservation.
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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