FISHING -- Silver Bow Fly Shop is offering a one-day fly-fishing course for beginners. When: March 14, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Cost: $30, includes all gear Instructor: Dave Dana Contact: Silver Bow Fly Shop, (509) 924-9998.
WINTERSPORTS -- The snow level at Crater Lake National Park was at a record low for this time of year -- and nearly 80 percent below average. Park Ranger Dave Grimes told the Medford Mail Tribune that the official snow depth at park headquarters was...
WATERSPORTS — Demand is growing for natural scenic value and good fishing, as indicated by crowd attempting to be among the chosen ones to float a famous Central Montana River this season. Less than 15 percent of applicants seeking to float the scenic Smith River…
FISHING -- An Idaho fish is leading the charge up the Columbia River. The first spring chinook of the year was counted moving over Bonneville Dam on Feb. 26. The wild fish is headed back in an attempt to spawn in the Lochsa River...
HUNTING/FISHING -- The workshops an panel discussions planned for the Saturday, March 7, session of the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Rendezvous in Spokane tackle interesting topics. See Sunday Outdoors stories about the BHA and what it's all about on Friday and Saturday. Sign up for...
WATERSPORTS -- Whitewater paddlers have been enjoying an early season throughout much of the Northwest, knowing that it might be a short one with the dearth of snow in the mountains. But the kayakers in this just-posted video are taking on huge water in the...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Turning a cold shoulder to the social and economic issues of wolf recovery, five environmental groups including The Lands Council based in Spokane say they have filed a lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program. The groups are...
PREDATORS -- Trappers in Montana have killed 77 gray wolves and hunters have shot 127 so far this winter — a total of 204 animals — as the season for the animals nears its end, the Associated Press reports. The final tally for this winter’s…
HUNTING -- Idaho hunters have until Sunday March 8 to comment of proposed changes to state big-game hunting rules and seasons. Biologists from across the state will answer questions about the proposals during two live web chats set for Wednesday, March 4, from 11:30 a.m....
THRILL SPORTS -- Oregon BASE jumper Blake Burwell racked his brain for a new way to fly off a 3,000-foot cliff in Norway last June. "Normally, we just, you know, jump. But it just seemed like a good idea to have some friends join in."...
RIVERS -- Spokane nature landscape photographer Charles Gurche is giving us a new way to look at the Spokane River that many of us think we see every day. Check out his Spokane River Impressions photo exhibit at the Dodson's Jewelers Gallery, 516 W Riverside...
TRAILS -- Trails through the sage-steppe scablands of Eastern Washington are among the first to welcome hikers and mountain bikers in March. Sunday was a perfect day to bike the single-track and double track through along the basalt-rimmed canyon and blooming buttercups of the Odessa-Pacific...
FISHING – A six-week series of free localized fishing seminars begins next week sponsored by Mark's Marine in Hayden. All of the seminars, as follows, are set for Thursdays starting at 6:30 p.m. at 14355 N. Government Way: March 5 – Bass fishing with Tony...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.