PUBLIC LANDS -- Sullivan Lake is a great option for getting out this weekend to enjoy fall colors -- on the forest and on the fish! The Western larch needles are turning yellow and the crimson-colored kokanee are running from the lake into Harvey Creek…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- As predicted, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife-sponsored public meeting on wolf management held Tuesday in Lynwood had a different tone than the similar meeting held Oct. 7 in Colville. The public in Lynnwood blasted the state for killing any wolves…
FISHING -- Idaho's first specific coho fishing season opens today on the Clearwater River. You can keep coho regardless of whether their adipose fins are clipped or unclipped in the mainstem or designated sections of the Middle Fork and North Fork below Dworshak Dam. But…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Although the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services fudges on the issue, the mountain caribou is the rarest big game species in the United States and therefore the most endangered. So capturing a photo of a Selkirk mountain caribou isn't just a big…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Recent rains and flooding have caused a washout on Forest Road 438, also known as the Beauty Creek Road. The route is temporarily closed while Idaho Panhandle National Forests crews repair the damage between mile marker 1 and mile marker 4.4. Flood…
FISHING -- I, too, have had days like this with my fishing buddies.
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
