NATIONAL PARKS -- The transition has begun at Yellowstone National Park. Pavement will soon be exposed. Seasonal road closures in Yellowstone NP begin Friday Over-snow travel season is drawing to a close in Yellowstone National Park, and on Friday, the East Entrance will close at…
PREDATORS -- With Montana's wolf season coming to a close this evening, hunters and trappers have reported killing 223 wolves during the state’s third season and the first that allowed trapping. That's an increase of 53 over last season's total. The general rifle wolf season…
WINTER SPORTS -- Be careful out there winter snow goers. The warm front with heavy wet snow is creating high avalanche danger in the region's mountains, as you'll see in this National Weather Service warning for the North Cascades issued Wednesday evening. The Idaho Panhandle…
WILDLIFE -- At least one bird species in the Inland Northwest was way ahead of the crowd on the procreation front, as I mentioned in today's Outdoors column. But birdwatcher reporting from Pend Oreille County Wednesday said they a raucus bunch of hungry nestlings proved…
FISHING -- Idaho Fish and Game fishery personnel has set up meetings to present the latest information on this year’s chinook salmon runs and discuss stratgies for managing the runs in the Snake, Salmon and Clearwater rivers. The meetings begin at 6 a.m. as follows:…
WILDLIFE -- Research underway in Washington, Oregon and Idaho seeks to understand more about a wilderness icon, North America's reclusive carnivore -- the wolverine. Last weekend we took a glimpse at how citizen scientists are helping Idaho Fish and Game monitor a range of carnivores…
FISHING -- Procrastinators lose in the quest to bunk in a Forest Service cabin along the St. Joe River, float a prized Idaho wilderness river or backpack through certain prized wilderness areas. This is the season for thinking ahead to summer adventures that require a…
RIVERS -- Photographer Gary Lane of Riggins, who does Salmon River rafting with Wapiti River Guides in Idaho, captured this image of a rare natural phenomenon that occurs in slow moving water in cold climates, such as January in the River of No Return Wilderness.…
FALCONRY -- For the first time in more than 40 years, up to two falconers in Idaho may once again get limited opportunity to capture and keep a wild peregrine falcon -- a species federally listed as endangered from 1970-1999. The Idaho Fish and Game…
CLIMBING -- Jess Roskelley of Spokane said Alaska climber John Frieh opened his eyes with his method of "Smash and Grab" climbing efforts (see the Sunday Outdoors story). They'll be explaining it in a free mult-media program starting at 7 p.m. Thursday (Feb. 28) at…
HUNTING -- The general season cow elk hunt is not proposed to return in the Idaho Panhandle this fall as Idaho Fish and Game managers stay fairly conservative with their recommendations for 2013 big game seasons. Increases in controlled hunts for antlerless elk and deer…
FISHING -- The Methow River in northcentral Washington will open to fishing for steelhead and whitefish on Friday (March 1), the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department announced moments ago. The agency also noted that two sections of the Okanogan River will CLOSE for steelhead fishing…
ENVIRONMENT -- Working up to the high-stakes trial that began this week, British Petroleum has been spending a lot of time and money advertising that the oil spill from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster has been cleaned up and everything is cool. Yeah, sure. Meanwhile,…
WILDLIFE -- This male golden eagle has worn a GPS “backpack” for eight years to provide information about home range size and habitat use in Eastern Washington, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Facebook page. Now at least 13 years old, he…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has a full agenda of wide ranging topics to cover at its meeting Friday in Moses Lake. Among the 15 agenda items, the panel will take public comments on proposed changes to hunting rules, consider adopting…
HUNTING -- As wildlife biologists try to wrap up winter surveys, the Idaho Fish and Game has scheduled public meetings around the state to discuss proposals for 2013 big game seasons and rules. Some of the proposals likely to emerge include: Increased black bear season…
RUNNING RIVERS -- My wife and I and a dozen friends in our would-be rafting group feel your pain if you didn't draw a coveted permit to reserve a launch date for one of Idaho's four famous wilderness whitewater rivers. We bombed, too. The competition…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I've seen flocks of American robins off and on around Spokane this winter, but nothing close to the locust-like congregations found earlier this month near Walla Walla. Carl Kjellstrand sent these two photos from the Walla Walla area and noted that the…
PRIVATE LANDS -- Hunters have a stake in the Conservation Reserve Program signup scheduled for May 20-June 14. The federal government expects the contracts to be highly competitive. The corresponding boost to wildlife habitat depends on the quality of the bids made by landowners. Nationwide,…
WINTER SPORTS -- A few snowmobilers continue to break rules and ride out of their approved zones and onto snowshoe trails and the downhill ski area at Mount Spokane. It's not a new problem, as this story explains. Snowshoers who have been finding tracks in…
FISHING – As a divisive debate on managing nonnative lake trout with native cutthroats and popular kokanee at Priest Lake continues, Idaho Fish and Game officials will hold a public meeting Thursday (Feb. 28) in Priest River. Biologists will present their evaluation of the fisheries…
Top recent outdoors-related stories in The Spokesman-Review include: First U.S. team to summit Everest reunites Field Reports: Biologists to present basics for Priest Lake fisheries plan Roskelley takes lesson from Frieh on smash-and-grab climbing Spokane Fly Fishing School teaches lasting lessons Out & About: Record…
TOURNAMENT FISHING -- Brandon Palaniuk, 25, of Rathdrum entered the third and final day of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic today needing to make up a 7-pound deficit. And he nearly did it! Palaniuk, who has a BASS elite champion ranking, finished as the runner-up in…
ADVENTURE TRAVEL – A program on kayaking rivers in France will be featured Monday (Feb 25) at 7 p.m. at Mountain Gear Corporate Office at 6021 E. Mansfield, Spokane. The program is sponsored by the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club. Club members Jim Nelson and…
FISHERIES – A federal judge in Oregon last week ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service did not err when it reauthorized a program targeting sea lions for death in the Pacific Northwest. The program intended to preserve endangered salmon by killing sea lions is…
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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