HUNTING DOGS -- A short pre-season bird-dog workout session turned into a marathon when my English setter ran out of sight and never came back this morning. I was trying to take advantage of the cool morning before the predicted 80-degree high temps. But my...
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- Bear spray apparently enabled a hiker from Wisconsin to ward off an attacking grizzly bear in Glacier National Park on Tuesday. The man, 65, was hiking alone off- trail near Mt. Henkel in the Many Glacier Valley, where he surprised a sow…
WILDFIRES -- The Grizzly Bear Complex fires in the Blue Mountains have been hard to tame in the continued dry weather, forcing fire managers to keep most of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness closed to public access. The fire, ignited by lightning on Aug. 13, is 44…
EXTREME SPORTS -- Two climbers known for their ascents of big walls, speed records and unflinching dedication to rock climbing will headline the presenters in the 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 8 in Banff, Alberta. Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell will...
MOUNTAINEERING -- Nepal is considering placing age and fitness restrictions on people who want to attempt climbing Mount Everest. Mohan Sapkota, a spokesman for the Himalayan country’s ministry of tourism, said today that the government is mulling barring very young and very old climbers, as…
TRAILS -- Washington legislators who have proposed closing the John Wayne rail trail across Eastern Washington have agreed to present their case at a meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, starting at 10 a.m. in Tekoa City Hall, according to the Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association...
WILDLIFE -- Wildlife officials were warning the public about hungry bears probing lowland areas for food before the black bear attack on a woman in her home near Kalispell and another grizzly killed by a vehicle -- both in the past week...
RIVERS – Groups ranging from tribes to salmon advocates and outfitters have set a boat-in rally to promote dam removal at a “Free the Snake Flotilla” on Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m. at Wawawai Landing southwest of Pullman. The groups say the four dams on...
FISHING -- An angler has earned nearly $100,000 for catching and turning in northern pikeminnows on the Columbia and Snake rivers since the state-sanctioned 2015 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program opened May 1. As of Friday, the angler had earned a record $95,000 and the 2015…
FISHING – Lead King Lake in Pend Oreille County is scheduled to be treated with rotenone on Oct. 7 to kill sunfish and illegally introduced northern pike. Washington Fish and Wildlife officials will explain the plan in a public meeting Friday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m.…
FISHING -- As 2015 chinook salmon runs were setting a record for numbers over Bonneville Dam on Sunday, anglers were capping the week with darned good fishing upstream in the Hanford Reach. The total of 1,204,410 spring, summer and fall chinook has been counted at…
HIKING -- Utah canyoneers look to weather reports to help plan their entry into slots that can be death traps in sudden rain storms. Sometimes the weather forecasts change. That's an agency overseeing visitor safety to do? After 7 die in flash flood, Utah national…
CRITTERS – Volunteers are invited to a community work party to plant streamside habitat at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Oct. 3. The event is sponsored by the refuge, Spokane Audubon Society and Friends of Turnbull. Hamburgers will be provided for a...
RIVERS -- Another annual stewardship event this weekend will tackle another stretch of the Spokane River. Some 600 volunteers removed more than 4 tons of junk from the gorge and university areas below and above downtown during the Sept. 19 Spokane River Cleanup. The Upriver...
Better than a full moon, harvest moon or super moon -- a pending state-record moonfish was caught out of Westport by a Coeur d'Alene angler fishing for tuna with All Rivers and Saltwater Charters...
FISHING – Anglers can sign up to get a $5 reward for each northern pike caught in a targeted area at the south end of Lake Coeur d’Alene starting Thursday through May 31. Coeur d’Alene Tribe researchers are using $12,000 in payments to encourage anglers…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Genevieve Masters has been named supervisor on the Umatilla National Forest, which includes 1.4 million acres through the Blue Mountains in Washington and Oregon. Masters will be moving to forest headquarters in Pendleton, Oregon, from her post as deputy forest supervisor on…
HIKING -- A 34-year-old Seattle woman on Thursday set a UNSUPPORTED backpacking speed record for hiking the 2,189-mile Appalachian Trail through 14 states from Maine to Georgia in 54 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes. Heather Anderson, trail name Anish, is no fleeting moment...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Washington State Parks are joining federal parks and refuges in offering free vehicle entry on Saturday, Sept. 26, to celebrate National Public Lands Day. Day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks. Washington State Parks will have one…
ADRENALINE SPORTS – Eight high-adrenaline films featuring skiing, biking, riding, paddling and other white-knuckle pursuits from the Banff Mountain Film Festival are coming to North Idaho, sponsored by Mountain Fever. The Radical Reels film tour will show at 7 p.m. as follows: Oct. 2, Coeur…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Wildfire activity has decreased allowing more access to a portion of the Kettle Crest in northeastern Washington today. However, fire activity has increased in North Idaho, prompting new road and trail closures in the Coeur d'Alene River drainage. Read on for Forest...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Colville National Forest Trails 313, 314, 315 (Middle Fork Calispell ORV Trail System) will be temporarily closed at the junction of County Road 2022 (Middle Fork Calispell Road) to replace a culvert at the beginning of Trail 314 that is currently blocking…
MARINE MAMMALS -- As another anomaly to this year of weird weather and water conditions. Humpback whales are visiting the Columbia River this week. Scientists say they’ve been spotted near Astoria, Oregon, just downstream from the bridge to Megler, Washington. Biologist Deborah Jacques, who studies…
NATURE -- The huge variety of colorful butterflies found in the region will be featured in a slide show by enthusiasts drumming up interest in a new Spokane-area chapter of the Washington Butterfly Association. The ”show and tell” program is set for 6 p.m. on...
HIKING -- Mineral Ridge Trail closed for fire prevention work HIKING – Work to clear undergrowth for fire prevention will temporarily close the Bureau of Land Management Mineral Ridge Trail area on the east side of Lake Coeur d’Alene. The trail, parking area and picnic…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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