FISHING -- Starting Saturday, upper Columbia River anglers will be able to tap a bounty of chinook and coho climbing over Priest Rapids Dam, the Washington Fish and Wildlife has announced. A coho keeper season is being opened from Priest Rapids to Chief Joseph Dam…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Applicants are being sought to fill up to seven vacancies on a 15-member Resource Advisory Committee that helps guide decisions on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. The committee’s duties include recommending projects and an average of more than $500,000 a year in…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A female wolf that's become too comfortable hanging around homes and domestic dogs near Ione will be captured and put in a Western Washington wildlife park, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials say. The capture, which is planned for this week,…
MOUNTAINEERING -- Barbara Polk Washburn, first woman to climb the highest peak in the United States, died in Massachusetts on Sept. 25 at the age of 99. The climb of Mount McKinley was less about breaking barriers than about building a relationship with her husband,…
FISHING -- It's been a good year for Columbia River spring chinook, a record year for sockeye, a record or near-record year for fall chinook, and now the latest about coho.... drum roll, Please: "The 181,514 adult coho counted at Bonneville Dam through Sept. 30…
RIVERS -- Not to be taken for granted, the Spokane River should inspire all of us to be caretakers of our natural resources. Thanks to Craig Goodwin, pastor of Millwood Community Presbyterian Church and outdoor photographer, for giving us this visual reminder. See a story…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- According to a new study, the World Wildlife Fund estimates that the overall number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish declined 52 percent between 1970 and 2010. Previous surveys released in 2012 pegged the decline at 28 percent, but a closer…
FISHING -- Idaho Fish and Game officials plan to make a bed with hopes that kokanee wil lay (eggs) in it. A multi-year project to improve kokanee spawning habitat in Lake Pend Oreille is getting started as barges haul and dumping small gravel along a…
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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