SNOWMOBILING -- Bob Jones of Kettle Falls and Josh Rindal of Spokane are repeating their effort to follow Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race by snowmobile in February and March 2014. Here's a tidbit Jones filed from the trail: We just got into Nulato after a…
BOATING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has closed five water access sites along the Columbia River behind Wanapum Dam, where the water level has been drawn down in response to a cracked spillway. The closures affect the Yo Yo, Old Vantage Highway,…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has documented a minimum of 64 wolves in eight packs, including four breeding pairs for 2013, compared with 46 wolves in six packs with six breeding pairs in 2012. The survey results are in the…
FISHING -- The fish are still on their way, but the Washington is announcing spring chinook and steelhead seasons on the Wind River, a popular Columbia River tributary. Here are details from the Department of Fish and Wildlife: Action: The daily catch limit will be…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Progress! Groups reach agreement on protecting Idaho area as national monument The Idaho Conservation League, Wood River Bicycle Coalition, International Mountain Bicycling Association and The Wilderness Society have hammered out a proposal to submit to President Obama on designating the Boulder-White Clouds…
FISHERIES -- This isn't the first study to find that hatchery-reared salmonids tend to be inferior in one way or another to wild trout, steelhead and salmon, but it's the latest. The report is released a day after Washington designated three steelhead rivers to be…
HABITAT -- Weed control on private lands is important to everyone with an interest in wildlife and wild lands. Property owners can find out how to manage weeds and sign up for neighborhood cost-share assistance on Saturday, March 22, at a workshop offered by WSU…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- In the past week, readers have forwarded me several stories and videos, such as the one above, glamorizing the benefits gray wolves have provided in restoring the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park since the species was reintroduced in 1995. The information has…
TRAILS – A public meeting to discuss potential real estate development that could impact the popular trail system in High Drive Bluff Park is set for Wednesday, March 12, 6:30 p.m., at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 5720 S. Perry. The Friends of the Bluff group…
SNOWMOBILING -- Bob Jones of Kettle Falls and Josh Rindal of Spokane are repeating their effort to follow Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race by snowmobile in February and March 2014. See the complete diary and photos from their 2012 trip -- which marked Jones's 14th…
WINTER SPORTS -- Massive avalanches have been triggered at Crystal Mountain Resort near Mount Rainier as ski patrollers try to mitigate the huge unstable snowpack and make the area safe. The slides are damaging facilities at the mountain. See more photos and details here.
FISHING -- A good day of fishing at Lake Roosevelt will be followed by an even better week of eating. The world would be a better place if everyone had a friend with a fishing boat.
FISHERIES – Three tributaries of the lower Columbia River have been designated as “wild steelhead gene banks,” where it will no longer release steelhead raised in fish hatcheries, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has announced. Starting this year, WDFW will no longer plant hatchery…
FISHING -- Here's encouraging news for Columbia River steelhead anglers in the Ringold area of the Hanford Reach in today's creel report from Paul Hoffarth, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department biologist in the Tri-Cities: Fishing has finally improved in the Ringold area steelhead sport fishery.…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Seattle Bureau of the Associated Press copied a line from a Defenders of Wildlife news release into the lead of a Saturday story that robbed the public of balanced reporting on wolf recovery -- a hot topic -- in Washington. Shortly…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The map graphic above shows how some Washington wolves range far while others keep fairly small home ranges. I detailed the the relevance of Ruby Creek Wolf 47, which was captured in Pend Oreille County and fitted with a GPS collar last…
WOLVES Washington confirms 4 new wolf packs Wolf 47 works full-time for Washington wildlife researchers Idaho biologist develops way to track wolf pup survival rate Idaho Fish and Game defends silence on killing wolves Blog Video: Wolf attacks and packs away dog from yard in…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Methow Valley Sport Trails Association and community partners are sponsoring a free cross-country ski day on Friday, March 14 for people to explore the region's most expansive and varied system of groomed nordic trails. Trail passes will not be required on…
PREDATORS -- If you've ever wondered what it looks like when a wolf decides somebody's pet dog is going to be dinner, here you go. Warning: While its not gory, the video is unsettling. Question: Are you comfortable with the modern world of videoing, posting…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- You say you've never seen a Western screech owl in the wild? No wonder, says Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The 2014 Tundra Swan Festival is set for March 22 in the Pend Oreille River Valley and the main attraction is already flocking in. Bus tours hosted by the Kalispell Tribe are planned to Calispell Lake to view some of the thousands…
SNOWMOBILING -- Bob Jones of Kettle Falls and Josh Rindal of Spokane are repeating their effort to follow Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race by snowmobile in February and March 2014. See the complete diary and photos from their 2012 trip -- which marked Jones's 14th…
SNOWMOBILING -- Bob Jones of Kettle Falls and Josh Rindal of Spokane are repeating their effort to follow Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race by snowmobile in February and March 2014. See the complete diary and photos from their 2012 trip -- which marked Jones's 14th…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- It's instructive to notice the spin the Defenders of Wildlife is putting on the report on gray wolf recovery status in Washington, released today by state wildlife officials. Compare: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife just reported that gray wolves established…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Gray wolves established four new packs and expanded their territory in Washington over the past year, state wildlife managers told the state Fish and Wildlife Commission at a public meeting in Moses Lake today. Coming Sunday, March 9, in The Spokesman-Review's Sunday…
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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