WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The first violet-green swallows were spotted near Wenatchee Thursday morning, later than usual but with time to spare for the 35th annual Ardenvoir Swallow Festival on April 14. See details from last year's festival events here. Kerri Walters, 51, a longtime employee…
WINTER SPORTS -- The calendar says its spring, but the snow keeps piling up in the mountains, inviting skiers, snowshoers and snowmobilers into continue their winter ways. Go in a group, keep track of the weather and use your best winter travel sense – because…
OUTDOOR LITERATURE -- Author Rick Bass of Montana's Yaak Valley, who captured a national audience by writing on man’s relationship with nature, will blend his perspective with an edgy Montana band in a special Get Lit! reading performance April 14, 7 p.m., in the Blue…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
