WILDLIFE -- The American bison officially became the USA's national mammal today when President Barack Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act into law. Following at least four years of effort by Western lawmakers, the beefy beast joins the ranks of the Bald Eagle as...
PUBLIC LANDS – A Missouri couple that quit their jobs to visit all 59 major national parks in one year is in Washington this week during their sweeping journey of the country. In this state, they are planning to visit their 40th, 41st and 42nd…
MARINE LIFE -- Researchers in Oregon and Northern California are finding that droves of baby sea stars are returning to the shores after whole populations of starfish along the West Coast were decimated by a wasting disease over the last two years. The Eureka Times…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Anti-noise activists are rising in a chorus to oppose helicopter tours in Glacier National Park. Mary T. McClelland last week released an open letter to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell on behalf of Friends for a Quiet! Glacier Coalition, which calls...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The secret to wildlife watching is getting to a good spot and hanging out. Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge south of Cheney is a good place to start, as wildlife enthusiast Carlene Hardt has discovered in recent years. Here's a note to go...
BICYCLING -- In case you're planning ahead, the Route of the Hiawatha rail trail for bicycles is scheduled to open for the summer season near Lookout Pass on May 28.
FISHING -- Fishermen who find their casts are falling short may be able to find fulfillment in technology. This video shows how anglers in New South Wales used a drone to fl their lure out past the surf and drop it to feeding tuna. Once...
FISHING -- More than 800 youths are taking half-hour shifts today to catch fish and go home with a rainbow trout dinner -- as well as a new fishing rod and reel -- during Kid Fishing Day at Clear Lake. Families that want the exposure...
WILDLIFE – A huge Montana nature reserve added a 47,000-acre historic ranch to its patchwork of lands along the Missouri River on Friday, a significant step in a privately funded effort to stitch together a Connecticut-sized park where bison would replace livestock and cattle fences…
WILDLIFE -- A pet-friendly 5K fun run/walk will be held in Spokane Valley on Saturday morning, May 7, to give the public a chance to meet a lovable working dog while supporting the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department's Karelian Bear Dog program. The run/walk will...
PUBLIC LANDS -- When a few Idaho lawmakers say federal public lands would be better off in state control, look at the state's record. "Since Congress gave land to Idaho at statehood, the state has sold two of every five acres to timber companies, cattle…
RIVERS -- It's back to the drawing board for Columbia and Snake River dam operators to reduce impacts to endangered stocks of salmon and steelhead -- and proposals to remove some Snake River dams are back on the table. For the fifth time, a federal...
PADDLING – A series of paddling clinics for canoes, kayaks and sea kayaks on flatwater and rivers will get underway next week in an annual skills program offered by the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club. The first in the series is the Flatwater Canoeing Clinic...
HUNTING -- If grizzly bears are removed from the endangered species list, Montana wants to be ready with a hunting plan. State wildlife officials this week released draft regulations for grizzly bear hunting in anticipation of the federal government removing the grizzly from the endangered...
FISHING -- Bigger numbers of spring chinook over Columbia and Snake River dams this week has translated into better salmon fishing in Idaho waters, says Joe Dupont, Idaho Fish and Game regional fisheries manager in Lewiston. "Things have certainly improved since last week," he said…
WILDLIFE -- Up to 4,200 eagles a year could be gone with the wind under a new federal wind energy plan. The Obama administration is revising a federal rule that allows wind-energy companies to operate high-speed turbines for up to 30 years, even if means...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- More than three decades of insight on grizzly bears and their interface with the public is heading over the horizon. USFWS grizzly bear specialist looks back on his career Chris Servheen, 65, who served in the hot seat as the federal government's…
CAMPING -- The Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks' Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program is sponsoring a muzzleloading and primitive skills weekend workshop just west of Thompson Falls on June 4-5. Register now at fwp.mt.gov. Participants will experience a 1800s style mountain man camp and learn to…
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...
DOGS -- Ticks have been known to go where the sun don't shine, but this is a first in my book. Check your dog -- thoroughly.
TRAILS --The citizen council that advises the Forest Service on the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail will meet Wednesday and Thursday, May 4-5 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, Washington. The PNWT runs 1,200 miles 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.
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