FOR THE DOGS -- I'm suffering a little medal envy after reading today's news of the latest hero in Washington. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has given one of his Washingtonian of the Day medals to a dog. What yanks my leash is that the dog…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Three incidents involving gray wolves are being investigated this week by Washington wildlife officers, according to Donny Martorello, Department of Fish and Wildlife wolf program leader. On Oct. 6, a dead wolf pup was documented in the Profanity Peak Pack area northeast…
FISHING -- The 2015 fall chinook run of the Columbia River is on a pace to possibly top 2013 as the biggest stampede of upstream adult chinooks since fish counts began at the newly built Bonneville Dam in 1939. If you're not one of the...
TRAILS -- Washington Trails Association volunteers will wrap up their season of re-routing and upgrading Trail 160 at Mount Spokane State Park on Sunday. The popular route for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians leads to an overlook of the Spokane Valley on Mount Kit Carson.…
HUNTING -- A proposed plan for managing mule deer in Washington will be presented by the Department of Fish and Wildlife during a public meeting at 7 p.m. tonight, Oct. 15, at Center Place Regional Event Center, 2426 N. Discovery Pl. in Spokane Valley. “This…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
