RIVERS -- If you thought Craig Goodwin, pastor of Millwood Community Presbyterian Church and outdoor photographer, caught the Spokane River at a masterful moment two weeks ago, you'll be glad he's been going back to the same spot to capture the river in other moods,…
FISHING -- Starting Wednesday, Oct. 8, anglers must keep all the fin-clipped hatchery steelhead they catch in the upper Columbia River and portions of five tributaries up to their daily limit of two. Fish managers want to thin out the big numbers of hatchery steelhead…
FISHING -- Hanford Reach anglers must keep all fin-clipped hatchery steelhead they catch up to their daily limit starting Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has just announced. The rule applies to the Columbia between the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco and…
FISHING -- Last week was the best fishing of the season for the record or near record run of fall chinook that's piled into the Hanford Reach of the Columbia below Priest Rapids Dam. Anglers averaged 2.2 salmon per boat, up from 1.9 fish per…
SKY WATCHING -- For the price of being up most of the night, sky watchers in the West will be treated to a lunar eclipse early Wednesday, Oct. 8, starting shortly after 1 a.m. The Full Moon will slide through the dark shadow of the…
FISHING -- Steelhead anglers have thousands of good reasons to fish the Clearwater River, not the least of which is the opening of the catch-and-keep season upstream of Lewiston that starts on Oct. 15. Here's a just-posted report from Joe DuPont, Idaho Fish and Game…
OUTDOORS -- Join the North Idaho folks from Selkirk Outdoor Leadership and Education (SOLE) and NoLi Brewhouse for the kick-off of a community fund-raiser for youth outdoor education programs. The event is set for 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, at Idaho Pour Authority, 203…
WILDLIFE -- The Pocatello Zoo is holding the contest to name a grizzly bear that was moved into the facility after it became too accustomed roaming around rural residences in Wyoming. The 2-year-old female grizzly that was recently relocated to the zoo from the Shoshone…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Looks like Washington wildlife officials are planning to turn the other cheek after tonight's public meeting on wolf management in Colville. The West Side public will have an opportunity to discuss wolf management with Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife leaders during…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The new Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forest Visitor Maps and Clearwater NF Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) are available in paper, as usual, but new this year the forests' map publications are avaiable for mobile device such as an iPad, iPhone,…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
