FISHING -- Northwest Sportsman Magazine editor Andy Walgamott has an interesting tidbit about the illustration on the cover of the new fishing rule pamphlet (see item below this post). "With this year’s cover going unsold (previous issues’ have had ads for Pavati Marine and Alumaweld),…
FISHING -- Washington's 2011-2012 Sportfishing Regulations pamphlet is showing up at license dealers around the state. It's also posted online. The lowland fishing season opens Saturday at lakes such as West Medical and Fishtrap. But in a quirk of scheduling, the new rules take effect…
BIG-GAME HUNTING -- Washington's 2011 big-game hunting regulations have been out for nearly two weeks, giving hunters time to scope out the options. May 18 is the deadline to apply for special permits to hunt deer, elk, mountain goat, moose, bighorn sheep, turkey and cougar.…
RARE SPECIES -- Five days after discovering the first documented wolverine tracks in the Wallowa Mountains of Northeast Oregon, researcher Audrey Magoun has downloaded photos of two wolverines from a bait station camera. “They are clearly photos of two different individuals,” Magoun said. The photos…
FLY FISHING -- Once a Northwest fly fishing industry icon, Kaufmann’s Streamborn fly shops in Tigard, Ore., and Seattle, have unceremoniously closed, according to reports in The Oregonian and Northwest Sportsman Magazine. Lance Kaufmann started the business 42 years ago with his brother, Randall. Neither…
OUTDOOR NUTRITION -- Ah, it's lunch time here in the office. On the trail, it's always snack time. The new on-the-trail nutrition bars shown above look and taste somewhat like compressed blocks of birdseed, says The Gear Junkie in a whiff of understatement. Ingredients such…
MUSHROOMING -- The weather has been strange, but tasty morel mushrooms aren't deterred from popping up in the area forests. Here's a report from local forager Bill Edelblute: I picked 27 morels Saturday within 5 miles of Liberty Lake.
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Clearwater National Forests' attempt to block up public lands in the upper Lochsa drainage has a lot of supporters, including elk hunters. The hitch: finding land to trade to the timber company that owns the private land in the checkerboard ownership.…
FISHING -- The 20th annual Kiwanis Kid’s Fishing Day will be held at Moscow’s Hordemann Pond, 8 a.m. to noon, on Saturday to help families with kids discover the joys of fishing, Volunteers will be on hand to help young anglers, and Idaho Fish and…
SHELLFISHING -- After four years at Western Washington University, my daughter, Hillary, finally got out with a group of West Siders and learned how to dig clams. These are outdoor life skills you can't learn at home in Spokane. Next, she needs to find her…
TRAILS -- The Salmo-Priest Wilderness is on the Washington Trails Association's list of 10 signature projects for trail construction and maintenance in 2011. That means the little wilderness gem in northeastern Washington and a slice of North Idaho will be a destination for volunteers devoting…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
