RIVERS -- The Spokane Riverkeeper, which keeps a watchful eye on the health and other issues along Spokane's most precious resource, is planning a whitewater float trip that will leave participants smiling and raise a little money, too. The Riverkeeper will join with ROW Adventures…
PREDATORS — Conservation groups, including The Lands Council based in Spokane, are petitioning the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to limit the killing of wolves in response to livestock deaths. Even though the state has take significant steps and statewide guidelines for preventing wolves…
FISHING -- Washington is spicing up the potential for a Fathers Day fishing trip at 19 lakes, including two in Spokane County, with extra plants of rainbow trout this week. In addition to the trout remaining from fish plants preceding the April fishing season opener,…
FISHING -- Saturday, June 14, is free fishing day in Idaho – no license required – and the state is boosting the attraction by offering fishing events geared to kids and novices. All other rules and catch limits apply on Saturday, but anyone, including nonresidents,…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The public is being given an extra 30 days to chime in on a North Idaho-originated petition to remove the rarest and most endangered big-game species in the United States from endangered species protections. Online comment is extended through Aug. 6 and…
FISHING -- Idaho Fish and Game will host a 2nd annual Kid’s Kokanee (land-locked Sockeye Salmon) Fishing Clinic on Dworshak Reservoir on Sunday, June 29. The one-day clinic will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Staff members will be available to take kids on the water…
UPDATED 4:55 P.M. WITH VIDEO OF MUDDERS AT THIS SITE. PUBLIC LANDS -- Every year a few butt-heads remind us why more and more public and private lands is being listed as off-limits to motorized vehicles. This week, it's some yet-to-be cited mudders who drove…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.