STEELHEAD FISHING -- With 262,300 steelhead reported over Bonneville Dam for this summer run, the counts are subsiding. Now the fish are pouring upstream. Even though the fishing has been good in Idaho's Clearwater River -- four hours per fish caught -- the bulk of…
FISHING HISTORY – English scholars have a new run of information to explore in the Palouse, thanks to a Spokane couple. Washington State University has netted an historic collection of classic angling literature valued at $1.8 million. The unusually fine collection includes treasures such as…
HUNTING -- On the even of hunting seasons opening for species such as black bear, archery deer, doves and forest grouse, a hunter cooled his jets by writing a poem. He just sent it to me, so here it is to help the rest of…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- A brown bear cub that nosed around in an angler's tackle box stood out in the crowd for a few days along the Chilcoot River near Haines, Alaska. State Fish and Game biologists caught up with the bear, tranquilized it and removed…
STATE PARKS -- An Airway Heights couple has been named the state park system's "Hosts of the Year" in the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission's 2010 Volunteer Recognition Awards for outstanding volunteer service. John and Darlene Lundstrum stood out in during their second year…
FISHERIES -- The Inland Northwest netted millions for fish and wildlie habitat restoration from a total of $53 million grants recently awarded from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund primarily aimed at boosting endangered species. States must contribute a minimum…
BIG GAME HUNTNG -- Black bear hunters can test their bear species identification skills through a new interactive program on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website. The site includes information on how to identify black bears and grizzly bears, and gives hunters a…
HUNTING -- Fall is in the air, and hunters are gearing up for the woods. Although black bear seasons already have opened in some areas of Washington, Sept. 1 it the big kick-off day for bears hunting in notheastern Washington along with mourning dove hunting…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
