HUNTING -- A grizzly bear killed a hunter in Montana near the border of Boundary County, Idaho, today before another hunter fatally shot the bear, S-R police reporter Mehgann Cuniff reports. Officials from the Boundary County Sheriff’s Office, Idaho Fish and Game, the U.S. Fish…
HUNTING -- Handicapped hunters in the Inland Northwest are making inroads to decent hunting opportunities on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests as well the Colville National Forest and two timberland companies. Deadlines are approaching to sign up for several of the opportunities to drive motorized…
La Niña, which contributed to extreme weather around the globe during the first half of 2011, has re-emerged in the tropical Pacific Ocean and is forecast to gradually strengthen and continue into winter. Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center have upgraded last month’s La Niña…
WILDERNESS -- A notable Oregon destination, the Minam River Lodge in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, has changed hands. The Oregonian reports that Barnes Ellis of Portland has bought the last operating wilderness lodge in eastern Oregon. The lodge dates to about 1950. It has a…
PREDATORS -- Idaho wolf trapping rules require trappers complete a wolf trapper class before they can buy a wolf trapping tag. Idaho Fish and Game Department regional officies are making a list of people interested in taking the courses, which will be scheduled, probably in…
NATURAL HISTORY -- Geologists with decades of experience studying the region's landscape will present a weeknight lecture followed by a guided bus tour focused on the Ice Age Floods next month, sponsored by the Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute. Sign up in…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
