FISHING -- Through today, anglers have caught 267 marked adults and 161 jacks fall Chinook and caught and released 1,142 unmarked fish in the lower Clearwater River, accordnig to an Idaho Fish and Game Departmetnt creel report. They caught and kept 861 adults and 671…
HUNTING -- During the first week of the main big-game hunting seasons, Idaho Panhandle hunters reported seeing a lot of moose and grouse and they saw more elk and elk sign than the past few years, according to reports for Idaho Fish and Game Department…
HUNTING -- Although there's still plenty of deer hunting opportunity remaining in 2013, the general modern rifle seasons in Eastern Washington ended in many units on Sunday with mixed results. Bottom line: Mule deer success rates are up in the Okanogan region while hunters still…
PUBLIC LANDS -- For sportsmen of all persuasions -- and the businesses and economy they support -- this is a troubling trend that's accelerating in Montana: Disputes over public access across private land in Montana on the rise The Public Land/Water Access Association, which advocates…
HUNTING -- Robert Estuar and his 11 year-old son, Tomas, took a gamble on whether roosters would be stocked at the Fishtrap release site for Saturday's opening of the Eastern Washington pheasant season. But they found birds and made the best of the day with…
HUNTING -- Hunting dusky grouse with a pointing dog is one part bliss and several parts misery and despair. Duskies -- the name given a decade ago to the former "blue grouse" east of the Cascades -- are notoriously fickle about holding to a point.…
ENVIRONMENT -- A new study looking at the impacts of climate change on the world’s ocean systems concludes that by the year 2100, about 98 percent of the oceans will be affected by acidification, warming temperatures, low oxygen, or lack of biological productivity – and…
TRAILS -- Farmers and disabled visitors could be allowed to used motorized vehicles on portions of two major state rail-trails under a proposal being considered by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. A public meeting is set for Nov. 1 in Ellensburg to discuss…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
