FISHING -- Steelhead and whitefish seasons will close on the upper Columbia River and tributaries on March 31 to protect steelhead spawning, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department said announed Wednesday. The closure affects the mainstem Columbia from Rock Island Dam upstream to Chief Joseph…
FISHING -- The International Fly Fishing Film Festival coming to the Bing Crosby Theater on March 25 will be a benefit for a boat access site on the Spokane River. That's reason enough to go, but showgoers won't be disappointed. The films are cool.
FISHING -- The earliest spring chinook fishing to be approved for Idaho waters will begin April 25. The state Fish and Game Commission Tuesday approved seasons and rules for the spring salmon season during its meeting in Boise. The rules are based on a projected...
HUNTING — A bighorn sheep die-off caused by disease has triggered the closure of hunting for the animals just outside Yellowstone National Park. Montana Wildlife officials said Monday that at least 34 bighorn sheep have died in the pneumonia outbreak that began late last year...
POACHING -- The buzz around Blue Mountains big-game hunting circles suggests that two Asotin County men charged with illegally killed a pair of trophy bull elk got off easy this week with fines totalling $6,000 apiece. Fines for the crimes committed could have totaled about...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
