FISHING – A long list of activies will greet participtnes in the International Federation of Fly Fishers 50th anniversary fair Thursday through Saturday in Bend. Fly fishing experts, including Joan Wulff, will present 92 workshops on a wide range of skills. Exhibits and competitions are…
HIKING -- A wildfire in the Idaho Panhandle is affecting popular hiking trails northwest of Bonners Ferry. Here's the latest report from the Forest Service: Fisher Peak Trail #14 and dispersed campsites along that route are now closed due to increased fire activity from the…
WILDLIFE -- A mule deer buck with a rack to rival Medusa that was well known in various parts of Lewiston has died. Outdoor writer Eric Barker of the Lewiston Tribune has the story: Some fans called him Brillo, as in Brillo Pad, because of…
FISHING -- Salmon anglers have kicked off the 2015 Buoy 10 fishing season with some of the fastest early season fishing on record as chinook are funneling into the Columbia at record rates. And the prospects are bright for the majority of anglers who have…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Less than three days after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill approving the Boulder-White Cloud Mountains area for wilderness designation, President Barack Obama has signed the bill into law, ending a 40-year effort. Obama signed the Senates approval of H.R. 1138,...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Kathy Johnson's 2-year-old Grandson was bullied out of his kiddie pool this week in the wildlife-rich Painted Hills neighborhood of Spokane Valley. A bull moose took refuge from temperatures in the 80s Tuesday afternoon by sneaking into the Johnsons' backyard and cooling...
FORESTS -- Forest Field Day Highlights Salvage Operations, Thinning, Riparian Issues The Northeast Chapter of the Washington Farm Forestry Association is organizing a free all-day private lands forestry event on Saturday, Aug. 15, at a Colville-area property that was hit hard by a recent wind…
ENDANGERED SPECIES — Trail camera photos confirm that Oregon’s famous wandering wolf, OR-7, has fathered at least two new pups. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist John Stephenson said Thursday that brings to seven the number of wolves in the Rogue pack, which lives on…
CONSERVATION -- The best time to practice water conservation is before we really need to. Make it a habit. It's not a day too soon to stop wasting water at home and as a community -- for the good of our fish, wildlife and the...
PREDATORS -- Idaho Fish and Game will not conduct wolf control actions this winter in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, according to a press release Wednesday from Earthjustice. State wildlife officials have not yet issued a statement. Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law organization,…
FISHING -- Sockeye runs in Canadian waters area suffering the same warm-water woes as the salmon in the Columbia River system. British Columbia biologist: Warm water, low levels put Fraser River sockeye at risk The Fraser River in British Columbia is a gauntlet through which…
OUTDOORS -- A public gear swap for hunting, fishing and camping equipment is being organized for Aug. 15 by the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council. The swap will be held 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. at the council headquarters, 6116 N. Market St. in Spokane. Space is being…
WILDLIFE RESEARCH -- U.S. and Canadian researchers have found they can get a good idea of a grizzly bear’s diet over several months by looking at a single hair. The technique, which measures residues of trace metals, can be a major tool in determining if…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service released an alarming report illustrating the profound impact of rising firefighting costs on national forest conservation, restoration, recreation and management programs. If you're wondering why the Colville National Forest doesn't have...
HUNTING -- It's a lot like a witch hunt. Fueled by social media and anger over the boneheaded bowhunter killing of Cecil the tourist-attraction lion in Zimbabwe, the heat is being applied to every hunter who's posed with a critter, big or small, legal or...
GEOCACHING -- Spokane Geo Tour, a new GPS activity for visitors and locals, will debut with an event on Saturday, Aug. 8 starting at 9 a.m. at the Northbank Shelter in Riverfront Park. The tour involves an organized route of geocaches for participants to find…
PARKS — A three-judge federal appeals court panel has rejected a woman’s lawsuit over her husband’s fatal goring by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park, but two of the three suggested court precedent should be changed in a way that would allow her to…
FISHING -- Starting today, the Methow River is closed daily to fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight until further notice to reduce impact on fish stressed by warm water conditions. Here are details announced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Species affected: All…
WILDERNESS -- Acting quickly after Monday's committee approval, the U.S. Senate today unanimously approved a bill to officially designate the Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness in central Idaho. The quick action, which follows more than 40 years of debate, protects more than 275,000 acres of public land...
FISHING -- The Buoy 10 fishing season started with a bang over the weekend up from the mouth of the Columbia River for ocean-bright fall chinook and coho. Checkers found an average of nearly two coho kept per boat. A couple dozen fall chinook were...
CAMPING -- Be prepared for smoke and perhaps an aerial performance wherever you go camping or boating in the region this month during what's turning out to be a serious wildfire season. The photo above from Pend Oreille County goes with this report from Steve...
FISHING -- Washington fishery managers are working to minimize the effects of drought on fish at hatcheries across the state. More than a dozen of the 83 fish hatcheries operated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife are experiencing low water levels or high water...
FISHERIES -- The first sockeye salmon reached the Sawtooth Basin near Stanley on Monday, July 27 despite hot weather and warm water that prompted Idaho Fish and Game biologists to capture fish downstream to ensure survival of one of Idaho’s most endangered species. Department spokesman…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The stars may be aligning for Idaho wilderness: U.S. Senate panel sends Idaho wilderness bill to the full Senate On Thursday, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved sending Idaho U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson's Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill, S. 583,which...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today that wildlife biologists have been tracking a gray wolf that has likely dispersed from Oregon into Siskiyou County in northern California. The presence of this new wolf – whose sex and specific origins...
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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