FISHING -- The white sturgeon anglers have been catching with high rates of success in Lake Roosevelt's newly created fishery are big, tough critters -- and they're causing problems at fish cleaning stations, National Park Services officials say. "Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area’s fish cleaning...
FISHING – 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 9. Washington is offering two free days, Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10. Montana will…
A weekend rescue involving about 35 responders was called to help five men who were on the Spokane River in inner tubes and beyond their skill level. Worst of all, they wore no life jackets....
PUBLIC LANDS – The staff of U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, will hold an open house meeting to present information about the Idaho portion of the proposed Scotchman Peaks Wilderness today, June 6, at Hope Elementary School Gymnasium, 255 Hope School Rd. in Hope. Information…
WINTERSPORTS -- If you're tired of complaining about management of your favorite ski resort, here's your chance to buy your own resort in Montana. Blacktail Mountain overlooking Flathead Lake is listed for sale at $3.5 million. The mom-pop resort is on Flathhead National Forest Lake...
FISHERIES – Researchers trying to preserve native cutthroat trout in Yellowstone National Park say they are on track to eliminate non-native lake trout from Yellowstone Lake in about a decade. The National Park Service is trying to get rid of lake trout, which were discovered…
REFUGES -- Greg Sheehan, director of the Utah Division of Wildlife Service for nearly five years, has been named acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced today. Sheehan has more than 25 years of experience with…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT – A land acquisition to improve access and provide fish and wildlife habitat in the Wapato Reach of the Yakima River was approved by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission last week. The commission approved several land transactions and heard briefings on Snake…
ENVIRONMENT -- Emergency permits are available for in-stream work to protect property from expected high water throughout the summer in Eastern Washington, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. Under state law, all work that may disturb the bed or natural flow of streams…
PARKS – Crews are making progress plowing the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road, which traverses Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana. Park officials aren’t speculating when the road might open this year but say only a few more weeks of work remain. Plows got to work on...
CLIMBING -- The Chelan County Sheriff’s Office says a 19-year-old man is likely dead after vanishing into the snow beneath the summit of Asgaard Pass in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Leavenworth. Here's what's been released at this point as reported by the Associated Press....
CLIMBING -- Alex Honnold, 31, has been raising the bar to seemingly unreachable heights for rock climbers since he was a teenager. This weekend, we realized that we overlooked the possibility that he's simply not human. That's the only way mere mortals can sort out…
BOATING -- Two mussel encrusted boats were intercepted at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks watercraft inspection stations over the Memorial Day holiday weekend. “The interception of these boats over the weekend reinforces the importance of our efforts around Montana,” said FWP’s aquatic invasive species bureau…
FISHING -- Spring chinook fishing on portions of the Clearwater River and the Little and Lower Salmon Rivers will reopen Saturday, June 3, with several changes to the previous seasons that closed May 24, according to action by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. The…
WILDLIFE -- North Idaho outdoorsman Bob Legasa packed his ever-present video camera through Yellowstone National Park on a morning visit over the holiday weekend. Lucky us! Take a few minutes to see the wildlife bonanza Legasa captured in just a few hours of easing through...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Washington has released a revised "Protocol for Wolf-Livestock Interactions" that requires livestock producers to try at least two proactive deterrence measures appropriate to their operation before the state would consider using lethal control in cases of wolf attacks on cattle, sheep and...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Restoration of the illegal road cut into the South Hill bluff is in its third week, with hydroseeding and planting of native vegetation scheduled for completion next week. Avista reports that applications for the final permits related to the restoration project were…
ENVIRONMENT -- The Trump Administration announced today that it would withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Accord. The majority of the world's scientists are cringing. Representatives of sportsmen and wildlife groups are incredulous that they have to start from the ground up again to deal...
BITING BUGS -- In researching today's column on coping with biting insects, I noticed frequent references and praise to a relatively new and effective active ingredient for insect repellents that works on black flies as well as mosquitoes. While DEET, developed by the U.S. Army...
GAME BIRDS – The Inland Northwest Wildlife Council is giving the last call of the season to order day-old pheasant chicks for people who have facilities to raise birds for around six weeks before releasing them into the wild. The council provides the birds in…
BACKCOUNTRY -- Backcountry splitboarder Benjamin Read launched his drone on May 21 to give us a bird's eye view of the snowpack remaining in the east basin of Chimney Rock, an iconic pillar of granite in Idaho's Selkirk Mountains. In the latest access report, backcountry…
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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