FISHING -- Northwest fisheries managers must respond faster to reduce fish kills of sockeye salmon in the Columbia River Basin if warm-water conditions return, a draft report on at last summer’s massive die-off says. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report released late last month…
FISHING -- Calvin Nolan landed a 34-inch long trout weighing 18.64 pounds to win the $2,500 top prize in the Rainbow Division of the 2016 Lake Pend Oreille Idaho Club K&K Spring Derby. John Jay landed a 36-inch long lake trout weighing 18.98 pounds to...
WILDLIFE -- Help "Keep Idaho Wonderfully Wild" by participating in Idaho Gives, a statewide day of online giving Thursday, May 5. Learn how to designate funds that benefit wildlife habitat and kids conservation programs at idahogives.org/Idaho-Fish-And-Wildlife-Foundation. Gifts made between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. may…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Idaho has maybe a 50 percent chance of being reasonable about the wisdom of a state attempt to take over federal public lands. Idaho's congressmen split on public lands policies Both of Idaho's U.S. House members are Republicans, but the two have…
HIKING – Seeing a mountain goat is a treat fora hiker that's expended the effort to climb into the habitat of these high-peak dwellers. Enjoy the view, but keep your distance, experts say. Hikers who have allowed mountain goats to get to their food or...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
