FISHING -- Extremely low returns of steelhead this season have prompted Washington to restrict steelhead fishing to catch-and-release on the main Snake River this season. In some Snake tributaries, such as the Grande Ronde, the emergency rules will allow a daily limit of one adipose...
FISHING -- Washington allows more net-pen salmon farming than any other state. The huge failure of a net pen with more than 300,000 Atlantic salmon in waters esteemed for Pacific salmon is causing the state to rethink the status of fish farms. Here's an update...
WILDLIFE -- An insidious pest is killing about 70 percent of moose calves across Maine and New Hampshire, The Boston Globe reports, and their deadly work is being aided by warming temperatures and shorter winters that allow the parasites to survive longer, scientists believe. "They...
PUBLIC LANDS – The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft decision consenting to exploratory drilling in the Green River valley, just outside the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument. A 45-day objection periods started on Tuesday. Permits would allow a Canadian mining company, Ascot…
HIKING -- My dog, Ranger, and I followed Idaho Panhandle National Forest Trail 563 on Saturday with a group led by the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness up to the abandoned lookout site of East Fork Peak. The route up the East Fork of...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.