FISHING -- The special fishery for triploid rainbow trout below Chief Joseph Dam on the Columbia River will close Aug. 26 at midnight, five days earlier than initially announced. State fishery managers decided to close the fishery to minimize the risk to wild steelhead moving…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Further clarification from today's outdoors column on the case of a North Idaho facing federal charges for shooting a grizzly bear in his yard on May 8. 2007 was a notably bad year for Selkirk grizzlies. One was killed by indiscriminant hunters…
FLY FISHING -- I posted the explanation for this photo of a two-mouth cutthroat trout caught Saturday by fly fisher Jay Kirchner in my blog earlier in the week. Here's the reaction from two North Idaho fisheries biologists, indicating the rarity of the catch --…
HUNTING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission adopted a 107-day waterfowl season for 2011-2012 during its meeting Wednesday. A youth hunt was set for Sept. 24-25. Read on for other details of bag limits and other seasons that begin in October.
STATE LANDS -- During the first six weeks of sales, Washington’s new Discover Pass raised $2,914,434 to support state parks and other state recreation lands, the state Parks and Recreation Commission reported Wednesday. That leaves much to be desired in making up for the $65…
FISHING -- Should the manufacturers of artificial fishing baits and egg cures use a chemical that kills small fish? Seems like a no-brainer, but Oregon is the first state in the region to deal with the issue The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reached…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Mountain goat watching has become an attraction luring hikers up the significantly steep 7-mile round trip to the top of Scotchman Peak northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. Unfortunately, some hikers are urinating on the mountain top and making food available to the…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
