Top Landers Outdoors Blog posts in 2015

OUTDOORS — The most-viewed post on my Outdoors Blog in 2015 – indeed, the top originally written post by any of the newspaper bloggers — was an April Fools Day story entitled “ Huckleberry picking to be banned in Idaho Panhandle Forests .”

For those of you still pondering that one, YES it was a joke.

The viral interest in the post indicates how seriously Inland Northwesters take their right to pick huckleberries.

Other most-viewed Outdoors posts in 2015 include:

2. Huge swath of North Idaho North of I-90 close because of wildfires .

3. Hunters may be tapped to kill Montana bighorn herd .

4. Sockeye salmon suffer infections in warm Columbia River .

5. Ducks Unlimited dumps credibility along with writer who criticized donor .

6. Montana changes big-game tagging law after elk hunter cited .

7. Lolo wolves killed to give famous elk herd a break .

8. Bull elk battle to the death east of Coeur d’Alene .

9. Chewelah man, Trophy State of Mind video host, convicted of illegal hunting in Montana .

10. She does it again! Anish sets self-supported Appalachian Trail hiking record .

11. Salamander spotlights ignorance of Idaho lawmakers .

12. Photo shows Hog Canyon Lake littering suspect .

13. Video proof: Getting too close to moose is stupid .

14. Whopper rainbow caught in NF Clearwater River .

15. Well, well, guess where I found my lost hunting dog?