FISHING -- A bill to authorized a Washington steelhead license plate to raise money for steelhead management programs appears to be stalled in a committee. Anglers may want to step up and chime in with support. Legislative research indicated the plate could appeal to enough…
WINTERSPORTS -- Every group has its share of dipsticks who cast a bad light. In this case it's one snow machiner who snubs a sign and common sense to ride up a snowdrift and over the recently restored roof of an historic structure at Mount Spokane...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Oregon wildlife officials say the state's wolf population increased at least 36 percent through 2015 to a minimum of 110 wolves. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife released its annual 2015 Wolf Report on Monday after completing late-winter surveys to establish…
FISHING -- Lake Cascade has produced another Idaho state-record yellow perch, this one weighing 2 pounds, 15.36 ounces to top the previous of 2 pounds, 11.68 ounces also caught in the reservoir north of Boise. The lunker perch --15 5/8 inches long with a girth...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Apparently feeling alone in their brazen bid to take control of federal public land, Utah legislators are courting any greedy Idaho lawmakers who will listen up. Utah lawmakers told Idaho lawmakers at an informational meeting Monday that Idaho is among the states...
RIVERS -- Spokane River advocates have petitioned the Washington Department of Ecology to increase its minimum summertime flows for the benefit of river recreation and fisheries. “We are asking Washington state to ‘go with the flow,’ amend its inadequate flow rule, and protect the people’s…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Wildlife biologists have been in the air in northeastern Washington and the Idaho Panhandle recently trying to keep track of of the last remaining caribou in the lower 48 states. The woodland caribou are the country's most imperiled wildlife species. The band...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Creating a bird-friendly backyard attracts a good crowd to your neighborhood.
POACHING -- A Dayton man has been banned from Wild Horse Island in Flathead Lake and lost his hunting privileges for three years for hunting violations and illegally collecting bighorn sheep horns. The Missoulian reports that Michael Filipek pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing bighorn sheep…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
