CONSERVATION -- An image of a common goldeneye painted with uncommon talent by Robert Steiner, an artist from San Francisco, Calif., is the winner of the 2012 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest. The artwork will be featured on the 80th federal migratory bird stamp, which…
FISHING -- Yes, the run is way below average, but as I've been pointing out, some fishermen are having a heyday catching steelhead on the Snake River, as fish movements picked up this week. Here's a report (and photo above) from Jeff Holmes, a writer/angler…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Some people are cheering and others are mourning Washington's mission involving a helicopter and gunman to kill six wolves this week and eliminate the Wedge Pack in northern Stevens County. Eliminating a pack is a milestone in Washington wolf recovery and management.…
PARKS -- To recognize National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Washington State Parks are offering free entry: The Discover Pass is not required. Saturday is one of 12 "free days" offered at State Parks each year. The final 2012 State Parks free days are scheduled…
RESERVOIRS -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was 1283.70 at 9 a.m. today (Sept. 28). The lake level is expected to remain in the 1283-1284 range through next week. These are only predictions are subject to change. Get daily lake level forecast by phone, updated…
HUNTING -- Tough times for deer in a corner of Wyoming, similar to the outbreak that swept through portions of Montana two years ago: Whitetail deer die-off in NE Wyoming worst in decades The Wyoming Game and Fish Department said epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD,…
HUNTING -- Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill banning hound hunting for bears in California, 16 years after Washington state did the same thing by voter initative. Both campaigns were primed and pumped by the Humane Society of the United States and other anti-hunting…
FISHING -- Get your hooks sharpened in the Lewiston-Clarkston area for th big spike of steelhead that's moved over Lower Granite Dam in the past two days -- nearly 3,000 on Wednesday alone.
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- Don't bite the hand that feeds wildlife. Chop it off. Montana wildlife agents euthanize five food-conditioned bears After neighbors complained about someone in Heron feeding bears, Montana wildlife agents investigated and found five, well-fed food-conditioned black bears that they had to kill.
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- "We don't know that we got them all, but we couldn't find any more," said Dave Ware, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department Game Division manager, explaining the agency's decision today to wrap up its mission to eliminate the Wedge Pack of wolves…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say a helicopter gunner killed the alpha male of a cattle-preying wolf pack today, concluding the mission to eliminate the Wedge Pack in northern Stevens County. The wolf was shot just south of the U.S.-Canada…
FISHING -- Time is running out for anglers at many of the Spokane-area trout lakes, some of which close for the season on Sunday . The rainless heat wave of August-September is keeping water temperatures unusually high, and the fish haven't picked up their fall…
HUNTING -- It's not news that the fields are dry and fire danger is extreme. But don't let your guard down when you go out hunting or recreating. One thoughtless moment in these conditions can be costly. Hunters, who have an especially big responsibility to…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Three wolves from the Wedge Pack in northern Stevens County were killed by a shooter in a helicopter today as the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife continued its effort to stop persistent attacks on livestock by eliminating the pack. Since early…
CONSERVATION -- One of the country’s biggest wildlife art contests will be judged in Ogden this week as the annual Federal Duck Stamp Contest comes to Utah for the first time in its nearly 80-year history. The event has been to the West only one…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Pro-wolf groups aren't all standing by as Washington Fish and Wildlife staffers try to eliminate the cattle-preying Wedge Pack in northern Stevens County. Here's a form letter being promoted by the Center for Biological Diversity: Dear John, Only seven wolf packs live…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Be sure to check ahead for possible fire restriction before setting out for a hunting or camping trip this weekend. Closures are in effect in some areas as fires continue to burn in the absense of fall rains that normally would have…
BOATING -- Lake Roosevelt's on-water fueling and minimal services will end for the season on Sunday (Sept. 30) at 5 p.m. at Keller Ferry and Seven Bays. Info: (509) 725-7229 or (509) 647-5755.
LAND FORMS – A free program on “Missoula Floods in the Northern Rockies,” will be presented Thursday, 7 p.m., at Spokane Community College Student Union Building. The program will be presented by Gene Kiver, a book author, retired geology professor and stalwart in the Ice…
ENDANGERED SPECIES – Shooting from a helicopter, a marksman with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killed two wolves in Northeast Washington today as part of an effort to eliminate a pack that has repeatedly preyed on livestock in a remote grazing area near…
FISHING -- Good fishermen always check the stomach contents of their fish to see what they've been eating, but few have had to drop the task at hand, go to the police and have the contents FINGER PRINTED to find out the source of the…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- A black bear sow and her cub have been frequenting the English Point recreation trail near Hayden Lake, Forest Services officials say. No reports of aggressive behavior from the bears have been received at the Panhandle National Forests headquarters in Coeur d'Alene,…
HUNTING -- Although I wasn't old enough to be allowed to carry a gun, I took my English Setter, Scout, out for some training at the Fishtrap Lake pheasant release site this morning, the second day of the new Geezer Pheasant Hunting Season. Scout found…
HUNTING -- Washington hunters returning with game from Wyoming or 16 others states and some Canadian provinces must have the meat and trophies properly processed to prevent possible spread of Chronic Wasting disease. CWD has been found in wild deer populations in Texas and Missouri…
HUNTING– Qualificed applicants have until Sept. 30 to sign up in a drawing for special access to hunting areas through the Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District’s Hunters with Disabilities Program. Disabled hunters must sign up in person at either the Forest Service’s Silver Valley Office,…
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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