FISHING -- Idaho fishing licenses expire this week and 2016 licenses are required starting Friday, Jan. 1. A few recently adopted rules also will take affect on Jan. 1. The state's 2016-18 Fishing Pamphlet is online and should be available at license dealers this week....
INVASIVE SPECIES -- Underwater barriers in Crater Lake are being floated as one idea to slow the invasion of millions of non-native crayfish that are threatening a salamander known as the Mazama newt. The crayfish also threaten the Oregon lake's famous water clarity. “It’s still...
RIVERS -- Avista Utilities will start the annual drawdown at Lake Spokane (Long Lake Reservoir) on Thursday, Dec. 31. Operators expect to lower the reservoir's water level up to a day over a two-to-three week period, until it reaches its winter elevation of 13 to…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
