FISHING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering current freshwater or saltwater fishing license holders the opportunity -- before July 20 -- to upgrade to a combination license for under $27. The upgrade will give those anglers all the fishing privileges of…
HUNTING -- Washington hunters have the option to download the state's 2014 hunting regulations into their smartphones. The cool thing is that the application will zero in on the unit from which the phone is being used, if you desire. The cautious reminder: you need…
FISHING -- A friend just sent me this photo of and invited me to come out to this "hot spot" and go fishing with him, indicating timing was right if I could break away. Would you accept?
BOATING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife public access site at Newman Lake will be closed June 3-5 to allow treatment of the lake with herbicide to control Eurasian milfoil and other aquatic invasive weeds. The Newman Lake Flood Control Zone District, under…
SHOOTING -- Long-range shooting enthusiasts can push away from the reloading table and test their skills in a four-event series that start Saturday, May 31, at the new Rock Lake Rifle Range, 2356 Glorfield Rd., St. John, Washington. A Fun Shoot to introduce others to…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Washington State Parks have a fee-free access day coming up. Here's the list of 11 days in which the Discover Pass is not needed for vehicle entry in 2014: Jan. 19 and 20 – Martin Luther King holiday. March 19 – Washington…
FISHING – Starting Saturday, May 31, anglers will get two more weeks to catch hatchery-reared spring chinook salmon and steelhead in waters of the Columbia River stretching more than 160 miles upriver from Bonneville Dam. Recreational fishing closed in that area May 9, but fishery…
FISHING -- Be patient. High water closes more fishing access sites, stretches of rivers in Montana Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has closed a number of fishing access sites along the Clark Fork, Bitterroot and Blackfoot rivers in Western Montana due to high water. --Missoulian
Updated 2:50 p.m. -- IFG corrects itself and says there will be no second drawing. -- RL HUNTING -- Sportsmen who have applied for Idaho controlled hunts for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat tags can see if they were chosen by going to the…
WILDLIFE -- Decisions, decisions. Idaho delays plan to kill ravens to save sage grouse for a year The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services missed its deadline to complete an environmental review of Idaho's plan to kill up to 4,000 ravens to help increase the…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Ed Cairns had a great critter-watching experience at the upstream end of Twin Lakes near the Washington-Idaho border. "Five moose eating and swimming in the video. "Lots of birds, even a couple of Great Blue Herons.....one is sitting on the fence line…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Check out this nature experience near Sandpoint on May 31.
PUBLIC LANDS -- Spokane County Parks Department has created an access and management plan for the 1,066-acre Antoine Peak Conservation Area in Spokane Valley. The plan will be presented in an open house meeting tonight, May 28, 4 p.m.-6 p.m., at Mountain Gear Headquarters, 6012…
BICYCLING -- Riverside State Park was bustling with bicycles over the holiday weekend for the annual 24 Hours Round the Clock Mountain Bike Race. The event attracted 720 riders including 123 teams and 34 solos, plus a big crowd of supporters camped out for the…
FISHING -- We'll know by fall if the attempt to salvage court-settlement-doomed steelhead smolts by stocking them in Sprague Lake will be good for fishermen -- or whether the 369,000 million smolts being stocked will simply be dying and feeding bass, gulls, cormorants and pelicans.…
WATERSPORTS – Boaters can find out where to launch their boats or tie up for a weekend on the water with Washington Water Cruiser, a new FREE app launched by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO). The app maps all state-owned boat launches…
RIVER RUNNING -- Rafters and paddlers soon will be riding the rails to a popular floating and whitewater stretch of Idaho's North Fork Payette River. On Saturday, May 31, the Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad, also known as the Thunder Mountain Line, will debut the…
FISHING -- Anglers who long for a reel-screaming tug on their lines should take a minute to put their names in the hat of a contest for $7,500 expense-paid slots on a team in the Western Outdoor News Los Cabos 2014 Tuna Jackpot. Of course,…
PUBLIC LANDS -- See the rugged Wind River Range of Wyoming from the perspective of backpacking geologists in a free program Tuesday, 7 p.m. at Jack & Dan's Bar and Grille, 1226 N. Hamilton St. in Spokane. Geologists Andy Buddington of Spokane Community College and…
FISHING – If you haven’t been able to catch your own spring chinook in this year’s run, Columbia River tribes are selling them fresh from their nets this weekend for the first time in four years. A two-night commercial gillnet fishery is tapping the largest…
GEOCACHING -- The Colville National Forest and partners in the Upper Columbia region are setting up a summer geocaching game geared to families. From Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day, a number of easy to access geocaches will be located throughout the Colville National Forest…
BOATING -- Columbia River runoff is pouring into Lake Roosevelt,raising water levels and bringing more boat launches into operation. Boaters must be aware that rising water levels pick up logs and debris on the shoreline and cast it afloat where it can be a hazard…
WILDLIFE WATCHING — The death of a grizzly bear in Glacier National Park is a reminder to hikers and climbers that spring and summer trekking across steep snowfields can be hazardous. A member of the Glacier Park road crew found a male grizzly bear dead…
FLY FISHING -- Spring runoff came relatively early last year and fly fishers were already finding good stream conditions by Memorial Day weekend. This year you'll need to be careful not to get swept away. Sean Visintainer of Silver Bow Fly Shop has these observations…
FLY FISHING -- Silver Bow Fly Shop guide Sean Visintainer offered a class on fly fishing the Spokane River last month and it filled in a heartbeat. He scheduled another class and it filled quickly, too. So he's offering another session on June 3 to…
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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