NATURE -- You could walk by it without noticing. One must get down on hands an knees or preferably on your belly, exposing yourself like bait for ticks, to really appreciate prairie smoke. The brick-red flowers nod gracefully in the breeze 4-8 inches or so…
FISHING -- Good reports have been coming from the annual mid-May salmonfly hatch frenzy along the upper Deschutes River in Oregon. But seeing is believing. Here's today's fishing report from fly fisher Nic Calero of Portland. He also posted photos if deep-red banded rainbow trout.…
FISHING -- With the rainbow trout spawning season winding down, two key stretches of the Spokane River reopen to fishing in June. But be careful... the stretches open on different dates just days apart. Here are the fishing seasons for the city-area stretches of the…
TRAILS -- The fourth annual Bay Trail Fun Run along Lake Pend Oreille is set for 9 a.m. on June 12 to raise funds for maintaining the popular route near Sandpoint. Participants will run/walk 5-kilometer or 10-K courses to support the Pend d'Oreille Bay Trail,...
TRAILS -- Snow recedes and exposes trails, expect to find downfall on many of the popular hiking routes in the region. The photo above captures a spot on Trail 9 to Revett Lake in the Idaho Panhandle National Forests near Thompson Pass. Volunteers from the…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
