CARNIVORES -- A poll commissioned by environmental groups last month found a majority of Washington voters supports restoring grizzly bears in the North Cascades. The poll, conducted in May 2016 for Defenders of Wildlife, found 80 percent of registered voters in Washington support efforts to…
INSECTS – Information about deer ticks and Lyme disease will be presented by Washington State University staff in a free public program at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, at the Inland Northwest Wildlife Council building, 6116 N. Market St.
BICYCLING -- Cyclists continue to enjoy the motor-vehicle-free period to ride Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun Road. Set back by a late-May winter snow storm and 19 avalanches, highway crews continue to clear the route at the higher elevations near Logan Pass. Meanwhile,...
FISHING -- Portions of the upper Columbia River near the Tri-Cities will be closed to sockeye fishing because of forecasts for a weak run, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. While other fishing will be allowed, the closure to sockeye retention will be...
HIKING -- Poison ivy is common along the Spokane River and other waterways in the region and it shows up on dry slopes where you'd never expect it, too. Just keep that in mind and avoid contact to miss out on the fun depicted in...
WATERSPORTS – The public access site at Newman Lake in eastern Spokane County will be closed Tuesday-Thursday, June 7-9, to allow treatment of the lake with herbicide to control Eurasian milfoil and other aquatic invasive weeds. The Newman Lake Flood Control Zone District, under permit…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
