FISHING -- A sockeye fishery for Lake Wenatchee has just been announced, and it will open Saturday (Aug. 3). Washington Fish and Wildlife officials say enough fish are moving into the Chelan County lake to allow a season with a limit of two sockeye, 12…
CAMPING -- Fires and charcoal barbecue grills -- even in designated campsites -- have been temporarily banned in Washington State Parks starting today to coincide with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources ban on outdoor fires announced on Tuesday. The statewide ban is in…
HABITAT -- Keep your fingers crossed, ranchers, farmers and hunters. Maybe this will work -- and yellow starthistle will be next! WSU researcher puts cheatgrass enemy to test in Idaho Ann Kennedy believes ACK55, a bacteria that naturally occurs in soils, is a natural enemy…
FISHING – Opposition appears to be brewing against the proposal to keep Badger Lake in the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department's trout management program. The Spokane County lake, one of th state's top trout producers for many decades, is among three lakes in Eastern Washington…
HUNTING -- Setting fall waterfowl hunting seasons is on the agenda for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Friday and Saturday (Aug. 2-3) in Olympia. Wolf issues will be discussed, including several proposals to amend state wildlife interaction rules to incorporate measures from Washington’s…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Federal land managers offer free entry to parks, forests, U.S. Bureau of Land management lands, refuges and other national interest lands where fees are charged on certain holidays scattered through the year. The next freebie is Aug. 25, the National Park Service…
ENDANGERED SPECIEDS -- A new wolf pack with pups has been confirmed in the Oregon portion of the Blue Mountains, according to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department. The two wolves discovered earlier this year in the Mount Emily Unit have reproduced, department officials confirmed…
CAMPING -- "Bear spray left in car. Becomes bomb. Very impressive." That's a post with the photo above from Hal Herring in Montana, who performed an unintentional science experiment by leaving a canister of bear spray in the back of his Subaru open to direct…
HUNTING – Young hunters can apply for a limited-entry youth waterfowl hunt at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge during Washington’s youth waterfowl hunting weekend at the end of September. Applications will be accepted Aug.1-15 from licensed hunters under age 16. Hunters will be allowed to use…
FISHING -- The chart above gives an indication that the early stage of the steelhead run continues to trickle over Lower Granite Dam at a lower than average rate, but still with promise of good fishing. Steelhead are moving over Bonneville Dam on the Columbia…
FISHING -- The recently resolved Lake Lenore poaching case involving 242 fish illegally gillnetted by four Western Washington men, stood out for the jail time and fines handed down by the Grant County District Court. However, poaching cases at the many scattered fishing lakes in…
FISHING -- Media attention and angler outrage may have factored into last week's successful prosecution of four Western Washington men who were caught on April 6 gillnetting 242 prized Lahontan cutthroat trout from Lake Lenore, a prized "quality fishery" south of Coulee City. Grant County…
FISHING -- The word from kokanee researchers at Dworshak Reservoir: Get out and a few big ones now -- like the 16.5-incher pictured below -- or settle for lots of smaller ones in the next few years. Idaho Fish and Game Department has finished its…
FISHING – Badger Lake in Spokane County is among three lakes in Eastern Washington proposed by state fisheries biologists to be treated with rotenone, ridding the waters of various undesirable species so the lakes can be restocked with trout. The Fish and Wildlife Department has…
FISHING -- Justin Davis of Richland landed this largemouth bass -- 3.6 pounds, 17.5 inches long -- on Saturday while fishing at Sprague Lake. Scott Haugen of Four Seasons Campground said Davis caught the lunker in 5 feet of 75-degree water at 10 a.m. using…
HUNTING -- I marvel at my English setter, and all the various faithful breeds preferred by my friends. Here's one angle on why. If you can… Start the day without caffeine. Always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains. Resist complaining and boring people with your…
NATURE -- Moths come in a stunning spectrum of colors and varieties, and there's no better time to set your radar for them than now, during National Moth Week. The authors of “Moths of Western North America” estimate that 7,000 to 8,000 named species of…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- A relaxing evening floating the river with friends two weeks ago took a turn for the worse for Sydney Sainsbury, who was attacked by an otter about 200 yards east of the Madison River Bridge. The otter, she said, was relentless as…
FISHING -- There's more than one way to catch those bass and crappies hiding in the shade of docks around the region's lakes. The video above is the first part of a series on "How to Shoot Docks and catch crappies on lakes, rivers and…
FISHING -- In an effort to protect fish from the stress of low stream flows and high water temperatures, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will prohibit fishing from 2 p.m. until midnight on parts of the Clark Fork and all of the Bitterroot River, excluding…
BOWHUNTING -- Gail Martin, the Walla Walla innovator who built Martin Archery from a small operation making strings and fletching arrows with his bride at their dining room table in the early 1950s into a full-blown three-generation bow manufacturer known across the globe, died Sunday…
HIKING -- With the wildfire season kicking into high gear, be sure to call ahead before leaving on a backcountry trip -- and have an alternate plan even if you get a green light. Jim Czirr of Spokane sent in this report after returning from…
Route of the Hiawatha rail trail a treat for visitors List of other wild options for treating summer guests Field reports: Badger slated for rotenone... warm weather prompts angling restrictions... Avery pub-grill destroy by fire... Junior Rifle Team open house... Kettle Crest trail reconstruction underway...Fire…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Spokane birder Kim Thorburn treats us to her July 10 observation of Spokane River bald eagles of the year taking their first flight from their nest in Riverside State Park. This morning I watched the maiden flight of the second Riverside State…
WILDLIFE -- If you need a little levity in your day, check out this hillarious video of British commentary voiced over footage of critters doing their natural thing. Not even a sourpuss could watch this without laughing.
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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