FISHING -- A section of the lower Clearwater River will close to salmon fishing at the end of fishing hours (8:30 p.m.) on Sunday, May 17, the Idaho Fish and Game Department has announced. The Clearwater River will close to harvest of chinook from the...
WILDLIFE -- A judge has refused to block a plan to shoot more than 10,000 double-crested cormorants in the Columbia River estuary, the Associated Press reports. The plan was released earlier this year by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It wants to stop cormorants…
WILDLIFE -- A draft management plan for the Swanson Lakes, Revere and Reardan Audubon Lake wildlife areas in Lincoln and Whitman counties was released Monday for a 30-day public review on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website. A public meeting is set for...
HUNTING -- Regarding my Sunday story about a sociologist's research on women who hunt -- I'm haunted by that one observation. Of the 40 women hunters interviewed for the study, 39 are daughters of a man without sons. Sounds like the basis for a research…
HUNTING -- With the help of a sociologist's research, my Sunday Outdoors feature story related insights on the growing ranks of women hunters. Here's another insight gleaned from the women’s panel discussion at Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Rendezvous in Spokane in March: You...
FISHING -- The 2015 recreational ocean salmon fishing seasons have been announced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as follows: Effective dates and Locations: Marine Area 1 (Ilwaco) May 30-June 12 - Open seven days per week, 2 salmon daily limit. Release wild...
FISHING -- The spring chinook fishery on the Snake River in the Lower Granite Dam and Clarkston areas closed for the season tonight, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department says. Here's the official announcement: Action: Chinook salmon fishing to close on the Snake River. Species…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.