PUBLIC LANDS -- The Idaho Panhandle Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) is seeking applicants to fill up to 11 vacancies in the 15-member group. Committee members participate in collaborative decision making and distribution of funding for some projects on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. The committee’s…
BICYCLING -- The Spokane Bike Swap and Expo is set for Saturday, April 9, -- one day only this year -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. The swap enables cyclists to buy or sell...
HUNTING -- The hot issue of providing more Idaho big-game tags for auction is on the agenda for the state Fish and Game Commission meeting Thursday in Boise. The money could help boost some wildlife management programs, but the potential for greediness can creep in...
PUBLIC LANDS -- A little reality check for state politicians promoting federal land-grabs dropped into Wyoming on Friday. Federal legislation to transfer control and even ownership of federal land to states has got the attention of the National Wildlife Federation, a sportsmen’s conservation group whose…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee says it supports a federal proposal to remove Yellowstone-region grizzly bears from Endangered Species protections, a goal wildlife professionals have been working toward for decades. Make no mistake: the chorus criticizing last week's U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
PUBLIC LANDS -- A few warm and sunny days, pent up interest in fishing, shed hunting and scouting for turkey season have brought many visitors to the lower elevations front-country of the region's national forests. But it's the season to be especially wary of road...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Keen wildlife observers come home with a mountain of information, even if they never see the critter. Here's a recap from Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson after he and his wife, Lisa, had close encounters with a family of mountain lions he…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Hunters, anglers, hikers, nature lovers, huckleberry pickers -- all you should take note of this issue. Stumping for the Republican presidential nomination in Idaho Saturday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says the federal government should get out of public lands management. He...
HUNTING -- Bird dogs love getting out -- even in rainy weather -- regardless of YOUR training schedule. Only five more months before grouse season opens. Are you two ready? Here's why you should be thinking about training now.
FISHING -- Pelican populations that are taking a heavy toll on some fisheries will be targeted for reduction in Idaho, state Fish and Game Department officials said today. The agency released a 10-year draft plan aimed at reducing the American white pelican population in the…
FISHING -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission this morning voted to eventually increase the limit of hatchery-marked rainbow trout from five a day to 10 a day at Lake Roosevelt. Wild redband trout with intact adipose fins would have to be released, with an...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The main attraction is already arriving for the Othello Sandhill Crane Festival, which is set for March 18-20 with a series of programs, field trips and banquets based out of Othello, Washington. Birder Becky Lyle of Ritzville visted the Scooteney Reservoir area…
OUTDOOR OPTIONS -- March is a challenging month for recreational decisions. Go high for snow or go to the Eastern Washington scablands for wildflowers. You can't go wrong. Just go.
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- In a move that could pave way for limited hunting, grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region are being recommended for delisting from Endangered Species Act protections. Federal wildlife officials say this marks a major milestone in the recovery effort for Yellowstone-area grizzly...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Comments on the latest Idaho lawmaking effort to take control of federal lands were mostly against the measure this week, but committee members approved it anyway -- because they have an agenda. S-R Boise reporter Betsy Russell followed up on a Lewiston…
NATURE -- An important fundraiser is set for Saturday to boost the wildly popular youth outdoor education program at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. As I pointed out in my Sunday story, about 160 schools from around the region take advantage of the free science and…
FISHING -- As detailed in my column last week, the Washington Fish and Wildlife commission is scheduled on Friday to consider a petition that would raise the daily catch limit for hatchery marked rainbow trout to 10. The catch would be that wild redband trout...
FISHING – Starting Thursday, March 3, anglers can fish for bass, walleye and channel catfish without daily catch or size limits from the mouth of the Columbia River 545 miles upstream to Chief Joseph Dam. The emergency rule approved by the Washington Department of Fish…
FISHING – Another good return of hatchery chinook salmon to the Columbia River is forecast this year, but expected low returns of coho could put a damper on salmon fisheries in the river, along the coast and in Puget Sound. Forecasts for chinook, coho, sockeye...
FISHING -- Rumors have been flying online this week that the state is planning to use gillnets to catch northern pike in Lake Spokane. The rumors are false, officials say. Avista is in the planning stages with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and…
FISHING – A six-week series of free localized fishing seminars begins this week at Mark's Marine in Hayden. All of the seminars are set for Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., at 14355 N. Government Way. The series will kick off Thursday, March 3, with an overview…
WILDERNESS -- Hecla Mining Company has scheduled three town hall meetings to discuss its proposed mine that would drill for silver and copper deposits under the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in Northwest Montana. The meetings to update communities on the Rock Creek Mine project will be...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- People seem to love the wild turkeys that are multiplying in some neighborhoods around Spokane, or they hate them. Often these people of polarized views live on the same block. My Sunday Outdoors story outlined the challenges, as well as why the…
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...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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