GETTING OUT -- Several Facebook friends have confirmed what I've already experienced: Tick season has begun. I don't mind looking like a dork when I hike, so I don't hesitate to tuck my pant legs into my socks this time of year, especially when hiking…
FISHERIES -- Snake River dams will begin spilling water to help young salmon and steelhead migrate downstream to the ocean. The spills start Sunday at Snake River dams and Monday at four lower Columbia River dams. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the details…
SKIING -- The third annual “24 Hours of Schweitzer” has begun at Schweitzer Mountain Resort to challenge skiers and raise money for a good cause. The event has been moved further into spring for more daylight hours to rack up the vertical for bragging rights…
FISHING -- See what you missed: Here's the March steelhead fishing report for the Hanford Reach of the Columbia just released by Washington Fish and Wildlife Department fisheries biologist Paul Hoffarth. Read on.
CAMPING -- For the first time, Oregon is making popular yurts and cabins at state parks campgrounds available to visitors with dogs. The new feature begins next year, but the the state began taking reservations for pet-friendly yurts and cabins starting today. Read more from…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Although some conservation groups have agreed to settle ongoing litigation over wolf management in the Northern Rockies to keep Congress from acting on legislation to change the Endangered Species Act, Sen. Tester, D-Mont., said he'll press ahead on legislation if congressional action…
WINTERING WILDLIFE -- The growth and competition involved with the hobby of shed-antler gathering continues to pose concerns for wildlife managers throughout the West. Here's a distrubing KATU TV report from Washington's Oak Creek Wildlife Area, a major wintering area for the Yakima elk herd.…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center issued its final avlanche advisory of the season this morning even though deep snow still shrouds the region's mountains -- and the delayed corn-snow, wet-snow cycle has not yet begun. Generally, avalanche danger is LOW in the…
HIKING -- The annual Buttercup Hike, a decade's-old favorite, is set for Saturday, starting at 1 p.m. from Camp Caro. (Head south from Appleway on Sargent Road to the parking area). Dishman Hills Natural Area Association leader Michael Hamilton plans to give a natural history…
HUNTING -- The lack of a sustainable population of grizzly bears in Alberta once again prompted the province to cancel a spring grizzly bear hunt, according to todays story in the Calgary Herald. For the fifth consecutive year, the province's traditional spring grizzly bear hunt…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
