ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A Spokane-area man has been sentenced to six months in prison for shooting and killing a grizzly bear in northwestern Montana last year, according to the Associated Press. Shalako Katzer of Mead and federal prosecutors previously reached a deal that called for…
FISHING -- "What happened to the 370,000 hatchery steelhead stocked in Sprague Lake in 2014?" That's been a frequently asked question among anglers this spring. Mitch Byrd of Spokane reeled in the answer this week. Those truckloads of West Side steelhead that needed a home...
FISHING -- Not yet. The first attempt to delist one of the 13 species of Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead protected under the Endangered Species Act has been denied by federal authorities. The decision made public Thursday by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries cites...
FISHING -- Washington is closing it's Snake River spring chinook fishing seasons. One stretch has closed while the other season will end on Monday, May 30. Here are details from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Locations: A) Below Ice Harbor Dam: Snake River...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
