HUNTING-FISHING -- Idaho Fish, Game fee increase hobbled by landowner-tag provision Fees for hunting and fishing in Idaho have not increased for a decade, and the Idaho Fish and Game Commission asked the Legislature to allow such fee increases and to find new sources of...
RIVERS -- Looking at Mount Spokane from town yesterday, I realized I've skinned up and skied to the top of the mountain and down in the past with more snow to work with on Memorial Day weekend. The snowpack situation is grim throughout the region,...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- North Idaho College at Sandpoint is offering a “Birds of Prey” class taught by ornithologist and author Brian Baxter on Saturday, March 14. The class starts at 9 a.m. with a short review in the classroom on families, distinguishing characteristics and birding…
PREDATORS — Idaho lawmakers have approved spending $400,000 to control wolves where they threaten livestock, pets or public resources. The Spokesman-Review's Betsy Russell reports that the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved the money Tuesday for the Idaho Wolf Depredation Control Board. The vote maintains the operating…
FISHING -- Had a great time of fly fishing, game-bird finding, otter watching and trout spawning observation Tuesday at Scablands Creek. No ticks detected, yet. Can that be true? Is it possible? Tip to fly fishers this week: Don't bother getting up early. Cloud cover...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The headline attraction at the annual Othello Sandhill Crane Festival has already arrived for the March 27-29 series of programs, field trips and banquets based out of Othello, Wash. Founded in 1998, the festival highlights the spring return of migrating sandhill cranes...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The 2015 Tundra Swan Festival is set for March 21 in the Pend Oreille River Valley and the main attraction is already flocking in. Bus tours hosted by the Kalispel Tribe's Natural Resources staff are planned to Calispell Lake to view some…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
