PUBLIC LANDS -- Target shooting on the Wenas Wildlife Area will be restricted to the hours between sunrise and 10 a.m. from May 22-Sept. 30 because of fire danger, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. The department has restricted target shooting on…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A gray wolf was photographed in February by a trail cam between Leavenworth and Stevens Pass, state and federal biologists have confirmed. The confirmation is another piece of mounting evidence that the wolves are advancing their recovery toward the West Side of...
PARKS -- Today is the last day for the $15 per vehicle access fee to visit Mount Rainier National Park. The park will start increasing camping fees on Friday, May 22. Annual passes, which are good for one year, will rise, first to $40 Friday,…
WATERSPORTS -- The Spokane River has opened to recreation from the Spokane Street Bridge downstream to the boater safety cables above the Post Falls Dam. River flows have dropped sufficiently to allow all of the spillway gates at the hydroelectric facility to be closed, Avista…
BOATING -- The level of Lake Roosevelt is likely to fluctuate in the 1,248-1,252 feet elevation range through the end of May, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says. That could keep Memorial Day weekend boaters and campers on their toes, especially if they're beach camping....
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The annual pleas are coming from Idaho, Washington and Montana fish and wildlife agencies as birds and big-game animals are bringing of this year's crop of offspring. "IF YOU CARE, LEAVE THEM THERE," says the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department for...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
