FISHING -- Idaho's first specific coho fishing season opened Friday on the Clearwater River and before the weekend was over, the state had a new record for coho salmon. Ethan Crawford caught a 9.4-pound coho in the Clearwater and had it officially weighed, according to…
HUNTING — A unique annual elk hunt in a national park began Saturday. The Grand Teton National Park’s annual elk reduction program will run until Nov. 2. Congress allowed the “controlled reduction” of elk when the park was created in 1950. Hunting is not allowed…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho is asking President Barack Obama to hold off designating a rugged swath of central Idaho as a national monument. Simpson tells the Idaho Statesman that he’s asked the president for six to eight months to give…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The controversial Jumbo Glacier resort in the Purcell Mountains near Invermere, British Columbia, is in a holding pattern after its environmental certificate expired on the weekend, but resort officials say they’re still on track to open the day lodge and a lift…
FISHING -- The North Fork of Clearwater River Road 247 will be closed starting tomorrow, Oct. 21, at milepost 39.3, at Flat Creek for the removal of an aquatic organism barrier culvert, the Clearwater-Nez Perce National Forests announced today. The road closure will run no…
OUTDOOR TRAVEL -- A 10-mile stretch of North Cascades Highway in northcentral Washington will be closed for 34 hours starting Tuesday morning, with no detour route. From 6 a.m. Tuesday through 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21-22, Highway 20 will be closed between Granite Creek and…
SHOOTING -- Exposure to lead at shooting ranges is a poorly monitored health risk that's affecting shooters and people who work at the facilities in some areas, according to a story in the Seattle Times. Indoor, outdoor, public and private, gun ranges dot the national…
HUNTING -- Following a bird dog's nose through pheasant country is one of the most vigorous, intense, satisfying and rewarding forms of hiking. And the results can be delicious.
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.
FISHING -- A good tale about steelhead will earn somebody $1,000 next month. Trout Unlimited has launched an essay contest for authors angling for the cash prize and a spot in TROUT Magazine. Entries must focus on wild steelhead and be no more than 500…
WINTERSPORTS – Used equipment and new but year-old products will be coming out of closets and warehouses for great deals at annual ski- and winter-gear swaps in the next two week. The following fundraisers help finance area ski patrols and racing groups: 49 Degrees North…
FISHING -- In a milestone for Snake River system salmon fisheries, the state Fish and Game Commission has approved a coho fishing season for the Clearwater River -- the first specific coho season to be set in Idaho. The season for coho with clipped and…
WINTERSPORTS -- Winter conditions are finally starting to bare their teen in the high mountains. Beartooth Pass on the Montana-Wyoming border is closed for the winter and significant snowfall is forecast today for the Washington Cascades. Forecasters say 3-to-7 inches of snow are possible in…
WILDLIFE -- The case against a Texas man accused of illegally discharging a firearm in Glacier National Park this summer, when he shot a grizzly bear he said was charging him, went no further than his not-guilty plea in a federal court late last month,…
TRAILS -- The Spokane River Centennial Trail at Sullivan Bridge is being closed during the daytime hours this week because of construction. The closures started today, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and will continue through Friday, Spokane Valley engineers say. Workers are building a protective…
FORESTS -- A burning issue will be discussed in Colville on Oct. 22: “Fires and Forests, East of the Cascade Divide” will be presented by John F. Marshall sponsored by the Panorama chapter of the Society of American Foresters, Northeast Chapter of the Washington Farm…
HUNTING -- Looking at some of the nice bucks taken on the Oct. 11-12 opening weekend of the Washington modern rifle deer hunting season can prompt sportsman to rethink their grousing about the lack of perfect conditions. Sure it was dry and warm. Success rates…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Why did the deer cross the road and risk its life against speeding vehicles? Because it wanted to get to the other side, the way it evolved to move from cover to feed, bedding spot to water, and summer range to winter…
FISHING -- Angling pressure for fall chinook decreased last week at the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River, but the catch rate continues to be high at 2.2 fish per boat, according to the following report from Paul Hoffarth, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife…
HUNTING -- As Washington has been scaling down its pheasant release program the past few years, other states are looking at giving pen-raised birds the boot. Wyoming mulls future of pheasant farms Since 1937, Wyoming has been raising pheasants on two farms to be released…
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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