TRAILS -- An iconic pathway around Oregon’s tallest mountain has fully reopened to the public. Work on the Timberline Trail, a 41-mile circuit of Mount Hood, was completed last week, the Statesman Journal reports. One section of the trail was re-routed and reconnected after being…
WATERSPORTS -- Boating traffic will be restricted blow Priest Rapids Dam on upcoming designated days just as the popular fall chinook salmon fishing season is peaking in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. The River will be closed to boat traffic above the Vernita...
NATURE -- A praying mantis is a tough dude among bugs. It's born to fight, not to flee -- even a bone-crunching dog. Yesterday, when Vickie Sienknechtheard her golden retriever, Desi, growling and barking in her Spokane Valley home's dining room, she was expecting a…
HUNTING -- Field dressing a deer or elk is a no-brainer when you can easily get the entire carcass to a vehicle. Just zip, gut and drive home or to a meat processor. But when all the meat has to be packed out from the...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
