SHOOTING -- Target shooting has been closed on ranges in the Asotin Creek and Wooten wildlife areas of southeastern Washington after fire broke out in extremely dry conditions on Wednesday, state Fish and Wildlife Department officials say. Bob Dice, Blue Mountains Wildlife Area Complex manager…
FISH and WILDLIFE -- The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will be soon be back to full strength with the pending addition of a new member and reappointment of another to fill a recent departure. Andy Walgamott of Northwest Sportsman reports that Donald McIsaac, a...
ADVENTURE -- Allison Roskelley is expanding her range of joy and fulfillment through misery. After becoming one of three paddlers to ride stand-up paddleboards the 112-mile length of the Spokane River, Roskelley reflected on the self-improvement concept. For background, she was already a fitness buff...
FISHING -- California sea lions feeding below Willamette Falls could push the river's winter steelhead to the brink of extinction, Oregon officials said Monday. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife highlighted the threat in a population feasibility study, reports Oregonian/OregonLive. Without federal intervention, they...
PARKS – Glacier National Park reach a milestone in July -- the first time the park has tallied more than 1 million visitors in one month.. Officials in the western Montana park said the July 2017 attendance was up 23 percent from July 2016. The...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.