CITY FISHING -- An 17-year-old boy fishing for trout and bass by the Loof Carrousel at Riverfront park surprised a crowd of onlookers and himself Saturday by hooking a 42-inch northern pike. Passersby got in the water to help him get the lunker ashore after…
ADVENTURE RACING -- Starting from Silver Mountain, the Expedition Idaho adventure race is off and running/biking/paddling for 500 miles around a mostly uncharted course in North Idaho. Two of the 13 registered teams are less than 50 minutes apart heading into segment three partway through…
CAMPING -- With bear problems under control, Graham Creek, a popular dispersed camping area near the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River has been reopen for public use, Idaho Panhandle National Forests officials announced this morning. Graham Creek, 14 miles north from I-90 on…
LAKES -- Dana Strode reports the Pollution Control Hearings Board granted a stay on the herbicide permit issued to control native aquatic plants in front of several properties on the Spokane County lake and popular trout fishery. Strode is one of seveveral property owners who…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- While lots of eyes and camera lenses are out there trying to get a handle on the growth of northwest wolf packs, a remote camera in Oregon came up with at least one solid find: The Imnaha wolf pack in northeast Oregon…
FISHING -- While the decades-out weather forecast poses big challenges to cold-water fisheries, this year's high cool water spells good news for endangered Snake River sockeye salmon making their amazing 900-mile return from the Pacific to the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho. The fish started showing…
FISHING -- Native cutthroat trout are likely to feel the heat from climate change. A new study shows a changing climate could reduce suitable trout habitat in the western U.S. by about 50 percent over the next 70 years, with some trout species experiencing greater…
PADDLING -- As Bob Whittaker of Republic ran his kayak down the Kettler River Gorge between Orient and Barstow, last weekend, Andy McConnell shot a series of photos. Then McConnell "stitched" them together with a photo software program to create this fascinating panorama that lets…
BOATING -- Officials pondering the Pend Oreille River Water Trail Concept Plan are seeking comments through the month in an online survey. The plan would help develop and promote water access, activities and tourism on a 70-mile stretch of the river from the Newport area…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
