PUBLIC LANDS -- Several roads in the Coeur d'Alene region will be closed during construction starting Tuesday, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests announced this afternoon. Beauty Creek Campground Road 438 from the junction with Highway 97 to the junction with Forest Road 453. The first…
FISHING -- North Idaho fish managers queried anglers on proposed fishing rules for the Panhandle Region last month before formalizing and forwarding the proposals to Boise. Now the statewide fishing rule proposals have been posted online and Idaho Fish and Game is giving anglers another…
PUBLIC LANDS —The outdoor recreation industry is flexing its economic muscle—some $640 billion spent annually by Americans on gear, travel and services—to push for wilderness protection in Utah, threatening to pull a lucrative biannual trade show if the state doesn't change course on environmental issues.…
SKY WATCHING -- Other than a bit of lingering haze from the region's wildfires, the weekend provided picture perfect conditions for watching the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. I'm impressed at how many of my Facebook friends were out camping in wild places…
BIRD WATCHING -- Bill Bender of Spokane treated his Facebook friends this summer to a 22-day photo documentary of the hatching and fledging of two hummingbird chicks. They were hatched in a nest built on a wind chime on the deck of his South Side…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
