FISHING -- Sockeye salmon are surging into the Columbia River in record numbers, and that has fisheries biologists scratching their heads. Their forecast for this year is less than a fifth of last year's return. "Will this year’s actual return beat the preseason forecast?" ponders…
HUNTING -- A southwest Idaho man who illegally killed a trophy bighorn sheep has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $10,000. Paul Cortez, 53, of Nampa also received a lifetime hunting ban at his sentencing on June 6 in Idaho County Court....
HUNTING DOGS -- Rattlesnake- aversion clinic for dogs are being offered next week at three towns in the Inland Northwest by California- based Natural Solutions. Some slots are still open for sign-ups The clinic in Lewiston has been promoted each year by Shelly DeAtley, who...
WILDLIFE – A deadly and degenerative disease is raising concerns among big-game hunters around Jackson Hole and Cody. Chronic Wasting Disease has been detected for the first time in a Star Valley mule deer, and two doe mule deer near Cody tested positive in April,...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The multi-agency committee responsible for coordinating the recovery of grizzly bears in the continental United States and adjacent Canadian Provinces will meet in the heart of the Selkirk and Cabinet-Yaak recovery areas this month. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee's 2016 summer meeting…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
