PUBLIC LANDS -- As the snow recedes in the mountains this spring, more and more carnage resulting from 2015 wildfires is showing up on national forests. Here's thelatest report from the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests in Central Washington: On April 27, there was a landslide just…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Volunteers are needed to inventory invasive weed species in the Lightning Creek area north of Clark Fork, Idaho, in a program organized by the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. With a grant from the National Forest Foundation, volunteers will be trained...
FISHING -- The cutthroats are looking up and that means the dry fly fishing action is looking up, too, on area trout streams. Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley, which has scheduled seminars to help anglers tune in to the action, also posted this...
PUBLIC LANDS -- A gate has been opened temporarily at Escure Ranch allowing motor vehicles to drive the rough road less than three miles into Towell Falls, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Spokane office says. The 14,000-acre BLM Rock Creek Recreation Area site about…
NATURE -- Members of the Dishman Hills Conservancy are leading a variety of group outings to acquaint more people with the expanding conservation areas in Spokane Valley. Among them: Hike and Sketch, May 7 Saturday, with artist Megan Perkins. Meet 11 a.m. at Camp Caro...
GEOLOGY – The local chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute is involved in three public educational events this month. Friday, May 6, lecture -- “Spokane Before, During, After Glacial Lake Missoula Outburst Megaflood,” 7 p.m., Lair Auditorium, Building 6, Spokane Community College. Free. Details:...
GAME BIRDS – The Inland Northwest Wildlife Council is distributing day-old pheasant chicks to people who have facilities to raise birds for around six weeks before releasing them into the wild. The council provides the birds in lots of 25 and charges a fee to…
MOUNTAINEERING -- The bodies of a renowned mountain climber and expedition cameraman who were buried in a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found. The widow of Alex Lowe said in a statement Friday that two climbers attempting to ascend the 26,291-foot Shishapangma in...
FISHING -- A Fly Fishing Gear Swap will be held for anglers to by and sell used gear will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 14-15 at Silver Bow Fly Shop parking lot in Spokane Valley. The swap allows anglers to sell their lightly…
HUNTING - A Columbia Falls man has been given a one-year deferred jail sentence for shooting in the direction of other duck hunters last October after he had warned them against traveling through duck decoys he had set up along the Flathead River. The Daily…
FITNESS -- It's a wrap for a perfect record of finishing every Bloomsday since the beginning in 1977. I've never done it for a time, but rather for the celebration of fitness with 45,000 other winners. Another step toward being ready for the next good...
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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