FISHING -- Starting Saturday, fishing for chinook salmon will be allowed at the Lake Chelan Project Tailrace to target fish returning to a net pen release area. The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department has announced the season will run Sept. 1-Oct. 15 from the railroad…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- The recent story of a bear protecting its cubs in the presense of humans calls for a review of basic procedures for walking in bear country: Bear spray is an effective deterrent to bear attacks. Bear spray is useless if not immediately…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.