RIVERS – Environmental groups are asking Gov. Jay Inslee to increase the summer time flows of the Spokane River, to improve recreation and to maintain the scenic falls in the middle of the state’s second-largest city. The groups on Tuesday asked Inslee to revisit an…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Members of the Idaho Fish and Game Commission are getting the cold shoulder from Gov. Butch Otter, likely for taking a stand against the governor's wishes to give more hunting tag options for the wealthy. The commission took its stand last fall…
RIVERS – Washington’s U.S. senators have proposed a bill that would prevent mining on about 340,000 acres of public land in the Methow Valley to protect water quality and salmon habitat. The legislation introduced Wednesday would withdraw U.S. Forest Service land in northcentral Washington from…
CRITTERS -- For the second year in a row, Idaho health officials say preliminary tests on dead ground squirrels south of Boise have come back positive for plague. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare is still confirming the diagnosis, but officials are asking the…
OUTDO – States are offering a chance to go fishing without the expense of purchasing a fishing license during Free Fishing Days this month Idaho Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 11. Washington is offering two free days, Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12. Montana will…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
