FISHING – Two sections of the Snake River below Little Goose Dam and Clarkston will open to fishing for spring chinook salmon Thursday, April 24. Two other sections of the river below Ice Harbor Dam near Pasco and below Lower Granite Dam will open April…
TRAILS -- The Ferry County Rail Trail's Curlew Lake Trestle across the north end of the great fishing lake has been re-decked and is being opened for public use. Ferry County Rail Trail Partners and the county commissioner’s Rail Corridor Committee will dedicate the bridge…
FISHING -- Trout Derby reset by Roosevelt levels OUTFISH – The annual Two Rivers Spring Trout Derby at Lake Roosevelt has been postponed because of this year’s deep drawdown of Lake Roosevelt, said organizer Dan Kieffer. The event, originally set for next weekend, April 26-27,…
DOGS -- It's not hunting season and there are no tennis balls around so... Teri Pieper of Twisp has an endless source of entertainment in this Lab. Next: The entire tree!
WILDLIFE – The Inland Northwest Wildlife Council will be distributing pheasant chicks to people who have facilities to raise 25 or more birds for around six weeks before releasing them into the wild. The council provides the day-old birds in lots of 25 and charges…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.