RIVER RUNNING -- The Idaho County sheriff's office says a Missoula man died Wednesday in a rafting accident on the Lochsa River in north-central Idaho, according to the Lewiston Tribune. Keegan Seth Ginther, 29, died after three or four people had been thrown from a…
BACKPACKING -- Women (especially) looking for hiking inspiration can score big with a book by an iron-woman who worked her way up the hiking status ranks before setting the supported Appalachian Trail women's record of 57 days to cover 2,175 miles. That's a brisk average…
CRITTER WATCHING -- I take no responsibility for this: Two robins were sitting in a tree. "I'm really hungry," the first one said. "Me, too," said the second. "Let's fly down and find some lunch." They swooped to the ground and found a plot of…
FISHERIES -- Managers at Dworshak National Fish Hatchery say they have destroyed 332,000 juvenile summer steelhead since April to protect the rest of the hatchery’s fish from a deadly virus. In April, 240,000 steelhead were destroyed after IHNV was confirmed in some rearing tanks by…
FISHING -- Starting Friday, all chinook and sockeye salmon with external floy (anchor) tags attached must be immediatly released if caught by anglers in the upper Columbia River system, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department announced Wednessday. The rule will be in effect through Oct.…
FISHERIES -- The Western Division of American Fisheries Society says four lower Snake River dams and reservoirs present a significant threat to existence of wild fish. The group approved a resolution making that point Wednesday during its meeting in Portland. Read the full text of…
FLY FISHING -- Okay, so I made a little fun in my column last week of a colleague's excitement over finding a single salmonfly in downtown Spokane. The discovery pales to the days when clouds of salmonflies fed a Spokane River teeming with trout. But…
SHELLFISHING -- After a five-year struggle lost by commercial harvesters, recreational crab fishers in Puget Sound have been offered a much-desired fixed season from July 1 until Labor Day, with no quotas for total take. Commercial crab harvesters must now take a back seat to…
NATIONAL PARKS -- Yellowstone National Park still delivers for wildlife watchers. A Spokane family just back from several days in the great Montana-Wyoming park said that among all the wildlife they saw, they were blessed with 24 bears sightings, half of them grizzlies. To top…
NATIONAL PARKS -- Some of the biggest rock avalanches in years have been roaring off Mount Rainier the past several days, kicking up billowing clouds of dust and propelling rivers of muddy debris nearly two miles down the volcano’s flanks, according to an Associated Press…
BICYCLING -- More than 600 tandem cycling enthusiasts are freewheeling to Spokane Friday through Sunday to celebrate the holiday weekend in the 26th annual Northwest Tandem Rally. The Spokane Regional Sports Commission is helping organize the event. Based out of Mukogawa Ft. Wright Institute, the…
FISHING -- Idaho Fish and Game Department officials are taking public comments through July 8 on proposed changes to fishing rules. All proposed rules are available on the Fish and Game website . Comments may be submitted at the links on the web page. Highlights…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Reports are coming in this week from national forests in central Montana and northcentral Washington, where officials say they have staggering road damage from spring runoff this year. Word to the wise outdoorsman: Call ahead to for forest road conditions. The Okanogan-Wenatchee…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- While it might seem to harbor a different sort of foul to the uninitiated, the Colville Sewage Treatment Plant has been a hot spot for birders looking for passing waterfowl and shorebirds. But some birders who recently violated the no-driving rule at…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Outdoor recreationists have stumbled into illegal backwoods marijuana growing sites on several occasions already this year. That's prompted a warning from Forest Service officials: Marijuana operations pose significant threats to forest visitors, so it is very important for all national forest users…
FISHING -- Anglers planning to fish Montana waters can get useful information from the revised Montana Fishing Guide organized online by the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks Department. Althought he site lacks some of the immediacy and detail of some fishing shop sites, it has…
CONSERVATION -- Here's a tip o' the hat to a volunteer crew of 14 members of the Spokane Fly Fishers who idled their fishing rods Saturday. Instead, they took up shovels to boost the future of fish in a northeastern Washington trout stream. The club's…
WATER SPORTS -- Wintersport Ski Bike & Board is organizing a huge water sports demo day at Newman Lake Resort on Friday. Liquid Force pros Arron Reed & Bob Soven will be on hand as well as Liberty Lake Mastercraft. Visitors can try new 2011…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Obama administration's nomination of former American Rivers CEO Rebecca Wodder for assistant Interior secretary of fish, wildlife and parks is being opposed by a coalition of industry and agricultural groups, as well as the Idaho Water Users Association. American Rivers has…
OUTDOOR JOBS -- A few months ago, I wrote a story for college-age students who might be interested in what the Sierra Club calls The Best Intership on Earth. The key: You had to make a video application. Check out the vide above to see…
OUTDOORS -- Spokane is Near Nature, Near Perfect, and the Evergreen state has some of the most diverse outdoor recreation opportunities in the nation -- the foundation for a vital outdoor tourism industry. Yet state officials are shuttering the official tourism agency that unifies its…
STEELHEAD FISHING -- It's not even a trickle yet coming up over Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River -- just a couple a day -- but this year's steelhead run continues to pick up steam into the Columbia. Late for sure, but they're coming.
FISHING -- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks has decided against extending the float-fishing season on Rock Creek east of Missoula. Rock Creek closes to fishing from boats beginning July 1, but this year FWP considered a three-week float fishing extension because unusually high river flows…
HUNTING -- Public opinion on gray wolves remains sharply split as Montana and Idaho prepare to resume hunts for the predators after Congress removed their endangered species protections. Montana wildlife commissioners meet July 14 to adopt a quota of 220 wolves to be killed during…
EXTREME KAYAKING -- Oregon's Multnomah County sheriff’s office says it took 14 emergency responders more than an hour to rescue a kayaker injured Sunday at the base of Bridal Veil Falls, according to an Associated Press report. Robert McKenzie,19, of Eugene suffered a back injury…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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