SHOOTING – The Spokane Junior Rifle Team, which has produced several world-class shooters since it was founded nearly 50 years ago, will hold an open house for prospective members on Thursday, Aug. 21, at the Spokane Rifle Club’s indoor range along the Spokane River. “Many…
HUNTING -- Washington wildlife managers are conducting public meetings this week, including one tonight in Spokane, to discuss some of the issues being raised before any formal proposals are made for changes in the 2015-17 hunting regulations. Issues for discussion have been compiled from comments…
WATERSPORTS -- The Enterprise Boat-in Campground has been re-opened as the Enterprise fire has been controlled on Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. The popular campground for boaters southwest of Hunters is open on a first-come, first-served basis. "For your safety, we request that you stay…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Methow Valley and Tonasket Ranger Districts on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest have reopened many of the areas that were closed because of the Carlton Complex wildfires. Areas reopened on Sunday include: East Chewuch area Upper West Chewuch area, including Andrews Creek and…
WILDLIFE WATCHING --Don Sausser of Coeur d'Alene called Huckleberries Online Sunday to report a strange wildlife experience. He snapped this photo of an owl on his 10th floor apartment balcony only to find out that the owl had entered the home through an open door,…
HUNTING -- Portions of five roads in the Colville National Forest have been designated as routes that will be open to disabled hunters during the upcoming hunting seasons. The program allows motorized access into a gated road where other hunters must walk in, said Franklin…
FISHING -- A new “High Lakes” section of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department's interactive “Fish Washington” web site has is online with details to help anglers find fish off the beaten path. High lakes fishing has deteriorated in Washington over the past few decades…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This royal threesome of bull elk photographed in early July by Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson is probably polishing up its act, so to speak, for the rut, which is just about ready to kick into gear in elk country across the…
FISHING -- Silver Bow Fly Shop guide Sean Visintainer posted these photos to remind us that August is prime time for catching chunky smallmouth bass in the Snake and Grande Ronde Rivers. Says Visintainer: Bassin' is always a great alternative to trout fishing during the…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- While bears have a well-known taste for huckleberries, they also cash in on other fruits. This black bear sow appears to be giving its cub a lesson in the nutritional benefits of eating chokecherries, according to this great photo snapped this week…
PUBLIC LANDS -- This is bad news for the beginning of the college party season on the Snake River: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily closed the Illia Dunes beach and adjacent shallow waters today after routine water testing there showed elevated levels of…
PUBLIC LANDS — National Park Service officials say July 2014 was the busiest that Glacier National Park has ever seen. The park service’s statistics office says nearly 700,000 people visited the northwestern Montana park last month. The previous record for July was just shy of…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed that one or more wolves from the Huckleberry Pack in southern Stevens County killed 12 sheep Aug. 11 and two more Aug. 12 on private property off the Springdale-Hunters Road. The attack just…
CYCLING -- A year after its completion, Whitefish Mountain Resort’s Kashmir Trail has been named a model “Flow Trail” by the International Mountain Biking Association. The route is among 30 miles of downhill and cross-country trails at the Whitefish Bike Park. Once a year, IMBA…
HUNTING -- Organizers of a disputed predator derby aimed at killing wolves in central Idaho are asking for a five-year permit to hold the contest. The Idaho Mountain Express reports the group called Idaho for Wildlife applied with the Bureau of Land Management for a…
FISHING -- Hundreds of adult chinook salmon needed to create future generations have been killed after rainstorms sent sediment into a fish trap on the South Fork of the Salmon River in central Idaho. Officials tell the Idaho Statesman that the loss means significantly fewer…
CYCLING -- Whether you want to stay close to Spokane or travel across borders to new terrain, August and September offer a huge assortment of organized bicycling events to pique your interest in pedaling. Of note coming up: Tour de Lentil metric century, Aug. 23:…
FISHING -- Starting Monday, Aug. 18, anglers fishing in ocean waters off Westport can keep up to two chinook salmon as part of their two-salmon daily limit, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. With that change, anglers will be allowed to keep two…
WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT -- Washington Fish and Wildlife Police recently helped Montana Fish,Wildlife & Parks officers with a poaching case involving four large bull elk taken from a closed area in Eastern Montana, and multiple suspects living in the Grays Harbor, Pacific, and Thurston County areas…
TRAILS -- A North Idaho conservation organization has been leading group trips to acquaint the public with special backcountry areas this summer. Some choice Inland Northwest destinations remain on the schedule in August and September. Experienced leaders with the Idaho Conservation League have stepped up…
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. Washington State Parks also sets dates for fee-free entry. The…
TRAILS -- They're at it again on Mount Spokane. Volunteers who built a bridge over Burping Brook last year on the Mount Spokane State Park trails up from the Lower Mount Kit Carson Loop Road are building more bridges that will be especially helpful to…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Extreme fire danger has prompted the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to join Washington state agencies in prohibiting campfires in Eastern Washington, including in developed recreation areas. The federal agency's fire managers enacted initial fire restrictions in mid-July. Today they updated the…
WATERSPORTS -- The water level of Nine Mile Reservoir will be lowered 3 to 6 feet starting Friday to accommodate work underway at Nine Mile Dam. Avista Utilities is replacing original 1906 turbine generating Units 1 and 2, and associated equipment. The project requires the…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A coalition of 13 conservation groups has filed notice that it will sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to withdraw proposed protections for the wolverine. The federal agency announced Tuesday it was reversing course on climate change’s threat…
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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