FISHING – Starting Thursday, March 3, anglers can fish for bass, walleye and channel catfish without daily catch or size limits from the mouth of the Columbia River 545 miles upstream to Chief Joseph Dam. The emergency rule approved by the Washington Department of Fish…
FISHING – Another good return of hatchery chinook salmon to the Columbia River is forecast this year, but expected low returns of coho could put a damper on salmon fisheries in the river, along the coast and in Puget Sound. Forecasts for chinook, coho, sockeye...
FISHING -- Rumors have been flying online this week that the state is planning to use gillnets to catch northern pike in Lake Spokane. The rumors are false, officials say. Avista is in the planning stages with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and…
FISHING – A six-week series of free localized fishing seminars begins this week at Mark's Marine in Hayden. All of the seminars are set for Thursdays, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., at 14355 N. Government Way. The series will kick off Thursday, March 3, with an overview…
WILDERNESS -- Hecla Mining Company has scheduled three town hall meetings to discuss its proposed mine that would drill for silver and copper deposits under the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness in Northwest Montana. The meetings to update communities on the Rock Creek Mine project will be...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- People seem to love the wild turkeys that are multiplying in some neighborhoods around Spokane, or they hate them. Often these people of polarized views live on the same block. My Sunday Outdoors story outlined the challenges, as well as why the…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
