FISHING -- State fishery managers in Washington and Oregon are rescinding a moratorium on sturgeon fishing in the Columbia River Basin starting Tuesday, Sept. 1. Water temperatures have returned to normal, ending the warm-water conditions that killed more than 80 sturgeon on the Columbia River...
HUNTING -- An archery hunter survived an attack by a sow grizzly bear while hunting in the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in the vicinity of Yale Creek near Sawtell Peak today, Aug. 31, the Idaho Fish and Game Department says in a preliminary report. The archer...
CLIMBING -- As an Adidas-sponsored athlete, Jess Roskelley of Spokane is featured in a new short film (below) that sums up his journey to become a climber in the shadow of his father and world-class climber, John Roskelley -- one of six mountaineers in the...
WATERSPORTS -- Although some sites remain closed because of wildfires, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is opening campgrounds, boat ramps and day-use areas at 13 sites in the North District of the park, National Park Service officials have announced. A reduction of wildfire activity in...
FISHING -- Idaho will open fall chinook salmon fishing season on parts of the Snake, Clearwater, and Salmon rivers on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as well as the second-ever coho season on the Clearwater River. The 2015 fall chinook forecast is 37,000 hatchery and naturally-produced fall...
FISHING -- Washington stretches of the Snake River will open for harvest of fall chinook salmon sportfishing on Tuesday, Sept. 1. Here are the details from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Locations: Waters of the Columbia River from the railroad bridge between Burbank...
FISHING -- Tucannon River angers will have new restrictions starting Tuesday, Sept. 1, in order to offer further protection to wild steelhead. Here are the details from from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Action: Rule changes for steelhead fishery and other game fish.…
FISHING -- The fall steelhead harvest season opens Tuesday, Sept. 1, on Idaho's Snake, Salmon and Little Salmon rivers. The Snake River will be open from the Washington State line at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers upstream to Hells Canyon Dam. The…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Mount McKinley, which reaches 20,320-feet above sea level, has a convoluted naming history that President Obama is clearing up this week. And with the publicity maybe more people will learn about the role sport hunters had in preserving the surrounding Alaska landscape...
WILDFIRES -- Following are recent posts on most of the Inland Northwest wildfires or fire complexes with links you can use to get maps and information on access and closures that's updated almost daily. Stay tuned... recent rain was nice, but the fires are still...
FISHING -- A seminar on fly fishing for steelhead will be presented by Sean Visintainer of Silver Bow Fly Shop from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. on Sept. 14. "Steelhead are trickling into the Clearwater River near Lewiston and will soon be entering the Snake and Grande...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.