FISHING -- With spring chinook salmon passing Bonneville Dam in higher numbers than expected, fish managers from Washington and Oregon today agreed to extend the fishing season on the Columbia River for miles below and above the dam, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has…
GAME BIRDS – The Inland Northwest Wildlife Council is distributing pheasant chicks to people who have facilities to raise 25 or more birds for around six weeks before releasing them into the wild. The council provides the day-old birds in lots of 25 and charges...
MOUNTAINEERING -- A lofty goal to climb the world's 10th highest peak has transcended to an even higher calling for Jess Roskelley and his expedition after disaster struck Nepal last month. "After hearing the destruction caused by the earthquakes our team made the quick decision...
FISHING -- Salmon fishermen in the Little Goose Dam area of the Snake River will get another shot at spring chinook for three days starting Thursday, May 7, thanks to an unexpected bounty of fish headed upstream. The 2015 spring chinook salmon forecast was updated...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.