LAND SAILING -- John Eisenlohr of Lakeside, Mont., raced across Nevada desert Wednesday to victory in one of the competitive mini-yacht classes in the Landsaiiling World Championships. He won the title in a sleek, silver rig he built using parts from hardware stores, beating out…
FISHING -- The record run of sockeye up the Columbia River has made way for a salmon season on Lake Wenatchee starting Saturday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has just announced. However, fires may block road access for the opener. Action: Lake Wenatchee…
HUNTING -- Idaho is considering more restrictions on hunting sage grouse, including closures on south-state areas where the number of males at breeding grounds has declined more than 50 percent in three years. Montana already has decided to close sage grouse hunting in some districts…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- "Two of my favorite things in our garden this morning," Spokane Valley pastor/photographer Craig Goodwin said Tuesday. "Tiger swallowtail butterflies and purple coneflowers. The blue flax to the left is a volunteer from some wildflower seeds I planted a couple years ago."
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- "Rubber boa: Pend Oreille county's only native constrictor," says Bart George, wildlife biologist with the Kalispel Tribe.
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- It’s official: a pair of California condors are raising a wild chick in Zion National Park, the first chick to be documented in Utah in the bird's recovery under endangered species protections. The nest is in a cavity 1,000 feet above a…
PUBLIC LANDS --Monday's afternoon thunderstorms led to many lightning strikes across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and surrounding lands starting several new fires, the Forest Service reports. Response crews were dispatched immediately. See the report on small fires also reported on the Colville National Forest. In…
THREATENED SPECIES -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission last week unanimously approved the nation's first state management plan for sustaining the largest member of the weasel family. The Management Plan for the Conservation of Wolverines in Idaho, developed by Idaho Department of Fish and…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Having a gorgeous state park to honor the Spokane River as it flows out of Spokane is a good reason to smile. This video -- produced by the Riverside State Park Foundation with performances by groovy park rangers, lots of local park…
TRAPPING -- Idaho is in a conundrum as trapping, protected in the state constitution, collides with the pleasure of letting pet dogs run free. Two graphic instances of pet owners watching their dogs die in body-clenching conibear traps in North Idaho has has a big…
FISHING -- Sounds like bucket biologists are back at work in Western Montana. The Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is investigating whether a fisherman’s report that he caught two pike in Lake Mary Ronan last month indicates a serious problem. Fisheries biologists plan to…
FISHING -- With a record run charging upstream, the catch limit for sockeye is being increased to six a day in the Columbia River upstream from the Tri-Cities. On Friday the limit was increased from four to six upstream from Priest Rapids to Wells Dam.…
HUNTING -- Having grown up in eastern Montana, where huge coveys of sage grouse were common sights, this is a jaw-dropper: The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a plan Thursday to close all or parts of 32 counties to sage-grouse hunting and to shorten…
OUTDOOR HAZARDS -- Lightning storms beat the odds over the weekend, killing two and injuring at least 10 in Rocky Mountain National Park. A woman was killed by a lightning strike on Friday and then on Saturday in the same area another person was killed,…
SKY WATCHING -- In case you missed it, Spokane photographer Craig Goodwin snapped this photo of Saturday's supermoon. Super moons appear larger because their orbit is closer to the earth. Supermoons can appear as much as 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than regular…
HUNTING -- The hot sunshine that sent most folks toward water on Saturday didn't deter a group of dedicated hunter education instructors, their students and a few good hunting dogs from hitting the field near Medical Lake to take their best shot. Jack Dolan,73, and…
WILDLIFE – Cougars have been conspicuously on the prowl recently in the Spokane area, resulting in dead llamas and a dead cougar. On July 4, Mike Sprecher, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police officer, investigated the scene where two llamas apparently were killed by…
SKY WATCHING -- The full moon tonight will appear to be unusually big. It's called a "supermoon."
FISHING -- A rocketing spike of sockeye salmon up the Columbia River set run records this week and prompted the Washington Department of Fish Wildlife to increase the daily limit of sockeye to SIX in the river upstream from Priest Rapids Dam (details below). That…
POACHING -- A Grant County jury this week found four Western Washington men guilty of illegally netting 194 whitefish out of Banks Lake on Dec. 5, 2013 But the best news is that the Grant County prosecutor doesn't plan to give them a slap on…
CAMPING -- The Lake Spokane Campground, formerly operated by the Washington Department of Natural Resources, has been closed by state officials as they fight a nearby wildfire in Stevens County. Other Riverside State Park facilities remain open. See the story. See more details on where…
OUT & ABOUT -- I've been out in the field, getting my Canadian Rocky Mountain high. I see some important news briefs need to be filed to catch up. Coming shortly....
HUNTING -- The first phase of reshaping Washington's 2015-2017 hunting seasons and rules is winding down. Since June 18, the Department of Fish and Wildlife has been inviting the public to post suggestions on a web form. The proposals will be considered during the development…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Looks like Spokane isn't the only city in the USA where people think it's OK to let their dogs leave calling cards wherever the urge strikes.
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Forget the curve ahead. Beware of the megafauna.
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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