FISHING -- Note to self: Go fly fishing for cutthroats at Priest Lake this year. In the late 1970s, I wrote a story about the excellent cutthroat fishing fly fishers enjoyed for the Idaho state fish at Priest Lake an Upper Priest Lake. One day…
CAMPING -- State and federal agencies are beginning to solicit applications for volunteer campground host positions in some choice spots to park an RV for the summer. Here's a notice from an national forest in Idaho as an example of the offerings available in state…
PARKS -- A proposal to allow farmers and ranchers to occasional use Washington rail trails will be considered by the State Parks and Recreation Commission at a regular meeting Jan. 29 in Tumwater. The policy proposal would permit certain limited non-recreational motorized use of state…
WINTERSPORTS -- Lookout Pass ski area has had some record-breaking skier visit days in January, according to owner Phil Edholm. The resort off I-90 at the Idaho-Montana state line posted these numbers: Saturday, Jan. 17, single day attendance record of 2, 243 skier visits. Saturday,...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
