PADDLING -- The Little Spokane River's flows are still unseasonably high, but they've dropped to a pleasant level. I joined a group of canoeists Sunday at flows of 300 cfs and we effortlessly floated from St. George's School to the takeout near the confluence of…
PREDATORS -- Idaho's proposed hunting-trapping plans for controlling wolves are detailed online. The same website asks viewers to complete an online survey rearding the proposals. Idaho Fish and Game officials say they will survey 1,000 randomly selected hunters and 2,000 members of the public about…
PUBLIC LANDS -- A Clearwater National Forest Service crew leader and 23 volunteers from the North American Pack Goat Association made major improvements to an Idaho stretch of the Lewis and Clark National HistoricTrail last weekend. The organization established in 2001 to promote packing with…
HIKING -- Maria Trujillo Vogel and her husband, Cary, tried to ride the trail to Blossom Lake on the Idaho Montana Divide east of Prichard,Idaho, on their mountain bikes last weekend for an annual July trip. "Left the bikes half way because we had to…
MARINE MAMMALS -- A newborn calf has been spotted among one of the pods of killer whales returning to the Puget Sound. The Kitsap Sun reports the baby orca was seen Wednesday, when a majority of the three pods of killer whales returned to the…
BIG-GAME HUNTING -- Idaho resident elk hunters who didn’t draw in any controlled hunt permits can pick up a general season tag now that the controlled hunt drawings are over. Tags for elk zones subject to a quota went on sale Sunday. Resident quota elk…
CONSERVATION -- Very little good news is coming from the national hunting, angling and conservation groups that keep an eye on the U.S. Congress and it debates deficits, debt ceilings and revenue shortfalls. On the chopping block today are projects that have protected water quality,…
SKIING -- The Phase1 plans for the proposed expansion of Lookout Pass Ski Area is being watched by the Stevens Peak Backcountry Coalition. Here's the group's latest update, and a map. In a related topic, the coalition posts this update on the Idaho Panhandle National…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
