Several groups opposed to the Upper Lochsa Land Exchange are hosting a letter-writing party to Idaho's congressional delegation beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday (Feb 6) at the Garden Lounge in Moscow. The proposed exchange would trade 40,000 acres of commercial timberland owned by Western Pacific…
BOATING -- Daryl Farmer, 39, from West Sussex, England, is planning an attempt to set another world record by solo rowing 2,100 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii as a competitor in the first Great Pacific Race beginning in Monterey in…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Digital photography has made it possible to shoot photographs in such quantity that virtually anyone will bag a good one sooner or later. But when it comes to wildlife, you'd better be ready for the action because it's often fleeting. To add…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- In December, Parks Canada posted this time-lapse video from a trail camera in Waterton Lakes National Park spanning over a four-month period when the area was closed to hikers as a result of flood damage. See how the animals took advantage of…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Before the panel's regularly scheduled weekend meeting, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will meet on Thursday with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to go over fish and wildlife policies. Then the commissioners will convene Friday and Saturday for a long and varied…
FISHING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking volunteers to serve on a new advisory group for state fisheries. Up to 15 applicants with knowledge of recreational inland fisheries for nonanadromous species such as trout, walleye, bass and panfish will be selected…
WINTER SPORTS -- Wednesdays and Fridays are "Ladies Days" at certain Inland Northwest ski resorts, with special deals and favors. Check it out here.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A hospital medical staff had a hoot overlooking this UPS driver's recent ordeal with a menacing wild turkey tom in Minnesota. Note to self: When sending important packages to turkey country, go with Fed-Ex.
WINTER SPORTS -- An insurance company compiled this list of safety tips for snowmobilers based on data of what most often goes wrong. Heed these guidelines and you'll stay out of the wrong column of the insurance company's statistics. Be aware of the conditions and…
PUBLIC LANDS -- John Roskelley, a Spokane mountaineer and former county commissioner, will be the keynote speaker at the first annual meeting of the Riverside State Park Foundation. The public is invited to the meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the…
BACKPACKING -- Most of us have marveled at the Radical Reels-type films of hard-bodied and sometimes weak-thinking adventurers challenging themselves to the limits of life and death to climb mountains or plunge off waterfalls in kayaks or cliffs on skis... whatever. That's why I find…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Richard Holm, author of “Bound for the Backcountry,” will present a program on the history of aviation in Idaho’s backcountry to highlight the Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation's eighth annual Winter Gathering and Fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 1, starting at 6 p.m. in the…
FISHING — U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is asking President Barack Obama to take action to restrict or prohibit the development of large-scale mining in the Bristol Bay watershed. The Associated Press reports that In a letter sent Thursday, Cantwell asked Obama to invoke a rarely…
HUNTING -- I'm getting few messages from wives of hunters after they read my outdoors column today, "Hunters need financial planning to cover expenses." They're pointing out that more and more women are going hunting, too. In fact, a survey last year found that about…
BOATING -- Producers of the 2014 Seattle Boat Show have changed their play, and will close their big production next week a day early so “exhibitors, event staff and showgoers can watch the (Super Bowl) with their friends and families.” The event will close at…
FISHING -- The chart above was just released by Columbia River fisheries managers. Get your tackle rigged.
HUNTING -- Washington's duck hunting seasons end on Sunday, Jan. 26. It's time to get nostalgic.
WINTER SPORTS -- The region's first bicycling event of the year will bring out fat bikes to celebrate Groundhog Day at St. Maries, Idaho. The Groundhog Day Fat Bike Festival is technically called Murmelteirtagfettfahrradsfest, which the organizers enjoy pointing out is a German-named ride on…
OCEANS -- Jamie Dahlke emailed this photo from her visit to Westport to remind inlanders that we really must make time in the winter to visit the Pacific Coast, and stay through sunset.
PREDATORS — State senators questioned the accuracy of Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s report on the number of wolves in Idaho during a hearing today in Boise. Officials say there were 683 wolves in the state at the end of 2012 and preliminary numbers…
WINTER SPORTS -- The annual Outdoor Retailer winter expo brings out the latest outdoor gear for a show in Salt Lake City. There's cool stuff to explore, and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell is speaking to the manufacturers and retailers on hand as the show opens…
HUNTING -- Idaho is looking to raise resident hunting and fishing license fees for the first time since 2005, but the plan in the works from the Department of Fish & Game would give loyal hunters or anglers who buy a license every year a…
PREDATORS -- I guess the old line can be revised based on the latest research: Montana -- where men are men, women are scarce and livestock is nervous, if there's a wolf pack in the neighborhood. U. of Montana researchers track cost of wolf predation…
WINTER SPORTS -- The trend toward more dogs, linked to the growing popularity of snowshoeing, is getting easier to track at Mount Spokane State Park. And sometimes you might track it into your car. Snowshoer Warren D. Walker posted several photos of dog poop he…
HUNTING -- Monday was a bittersweet day to be out with a bird dog. The last of Eastern Washington's upland bird hunting seasons -- for chukar and quail -- ended Monday afternoon. My English setter, Scout, is lean, rock hard, tough footed and season hardened…
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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