FISHING -- A portion of the popular St. Regis Road (Forest Highway 50) with access to the St. Joe River will continue to be closed through Monday noon for culvert replacement in the Bear Springs and Float Creek Area. That means anglers headed for the…
POACHING -- An Island City, Oregon father and son were arrested last week by Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division troopers following an investigation into the unlawful taking of two bull elk in the Wenaha Wildlife Management Unit in northeast Oregon. The Wenaha Unit…
PUBLIC LANDS -- As the Idaho Panhandle National Forests gear up to revise their forest management plansfor the next 15-20 years, conservationists are sizing up the potential impacts on recreation and wilderness. Brad Smith of the Idaho Conservation League will give a presentation about the…
FISHING -- The recent heat wave didn't kill the fishing for triploid rainbows at Lake Rufus Woods. Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad's Family Guide Service reports catchig fish trolling flies behind a Mack’s Lures Smile Blade or an action disk by Wigglefin.com or even…
WATERFOWL HUNTING -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider a petition to allow use of battery-powered spinning-wing decoys for hunting during a special conference call meeting Friday, 8:30 a.m. This didn't come up at the recent meeting the Fish and Wildlife Department had…
DEER HUNTING -- Hot weather and a brief cooling trend followed by record or near-record hot weather greeted archery hunters out for the opening of whitetail hunting seasons the past week in western states. Then came the full moon: Deer activity really slowed for hunters.…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering a unique opportunity see the view and drive across the top of Dworshak Dam – the tallest, straight axis, vertical, concrete dam in the United States – on Saturday (Sept. 17), from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The national Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 aimed at stopping lawbreakers who disturb public land, water and wildlife on motor vehicles such as ATVs. “All-terrain vehicles are popular and powerful tools, with a valid place…
FISHING– Anglers will have to clear off the lower portion of the White Salmon River in southwest Washington for 12 hours on Saturday (Sept. 17) to allow an interagency clean-up team to remove derelict boats, camping gear and other debris before Condit Dam is breached…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.