TRAILS -- Members and friends of the Spokane Mountaineers and the Newman Lake Property Owners Association will be working Saturday, May 20, on a new trail in the McKenzie Conservation Area at Newman Lake. Volunteers are needed to help with the project. Trail workers will…
FISHING – About 1,400 white sturgeon averaging 10-inches long were released as an experiment into Rufus Woods Lake on Wednesday, according to a media release from the Colville Tribe. The alligator-like young fish had been collected as larvae from wild adult sturgeon from Lake Roosevelt…
OUTDOOR TRAVEL -- The section of US 20 between Mazama and Diablo -- known as the North Cascades Highway -- has been cleared of snow and is open for the summer season, Washington Department of Transportation officials announced this week. Work to clear the winter...
HIKING -- The arrowleaf balsamroot first catches our attention with its big showy yellow blooms marking springtime. But as they fade, another yellow eye-catcher arises. The heartleaf arnica bloom is peaking in Riverside State Park this week. Good places to view it include the short…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.