Smoking isn't a vice when it comes to fish
FISHING -- I'm a devout non-smoker, but after a day of fishing for hatchery-raised steelhead at Rock Lake (Whitman County) I had to make an exception.
Outdoors blog archive for Jan. 11, 2016
MONDAY, JAN. 11, 2016
Photo: 'Sparky' the bison survives lightning strike 1
WILDLIFE -- 'Sparky' the bison took a bolt from a lightning storm and survived! Despite the apparent direct hit in 2013, the bison is still standing tall at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa, sporting Mother Nature's brand on its charred shoulder. Sparky joined...
Sportsmen join outcry to get thugs out of Malheur Refuge 52
PUBLIC LANDS -- Several sportsman's groups, including the Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and Theodore Roosevelt Conservation partnership have stepped up to call foul on the lawbreakers who seized Malheur National Wildlife Refuge facilities, noting that they are violating the public interest as well as the...
Free outdoor programs feature birds, parks, snowshoeing
OUTDOORS PROGRAMS – Outdoors-related free programs of note this week include: Indomitable Hellcat – program on Rosalie Edge and the Founding of Hawk Mountain Raptor Sanctuary for Coeur d’Alene Audubon Society, 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Lutheran Church of the Master, 4800 Ramsey Rd. Riverside...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.