FISHING -- As the graphs suggest, steelhead are moving over Bonneville Dam and heading up the Columbia, but a thermal barrier of warm water in the Snake River is keeping the fish from heading into Idaho. The chart for Lower Granite Dam shows low numbers…
HUNTING -- Because some controlled hunt already have started, Idaho Fish and Game just announced it will not include leftover tags for those hunts in a second drawing in late August. Rather than include them in the second drawings, which comes near the end of…
FORESTS -- Until a bridge is repaired, access to the Barnaby Buttes Trailhead and many prized huckleberry picking patches on the Colville National Forest will require a much longer drive for those used to accessing them off of South Fork Sherman Creek Road. The South…
FISHING -- The Newman Lake Open Muskie Tournament is set for Aug. 18 sponsored by Mountain Muskies, the local Muskies Inc. chapter. Registration starts at 6 a.m. at Newman Lake Resort. A mandatory meeting for participants starts at 6:45 a.m. Competition runs 7. a.m.-5 p.m.…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Ospreys are going to grab a little of the spotlight Sunday (Aug. 5) during the popular Festival at Sandpoint musical extravaganza. Biologist Janie Fink, founder of Birds of Prey Northwest, will present a program with live raptors during the Festival’s Family Day…
HUNTING– The 2012 Washington State Duck Calling Championship is Aug. 25, sponsored by the Washington Waterfowl Association, Yakima Valley Chapter. The event, a qualifier for international competition, will be held at Columbia Park in Kennewick. Contests include: Washington state Duck Calling Championship, open only to…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
