Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy BIRDWATCHING -- The latest report on this season's snowy owl irruption aired last night on MSNBC. It features snowy owls at Damon Point near Ocean Shores, Wash., with Brian Bell, the Washington Birding…
FISHING -- This photo illustrates the crowd that can be attracted by offering the free loan of ice fishing gear. More than 350 people showed up at Hauser Lake Saturday for an Idaho Fish and Game Department Take Me Fishing event. They borrowed gear, feasted…
WILDLIFE -- This week's story about the havoc Burmese pythons are inflicting on wildlife in the Florida Everglades has been brewing for quite a while. Here's my November blog post featuring photos of a python that had swallowed an entire deer - whole.
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- On Sunday, the CBS news program 60 Minutes highlighted the killer instinct within animal rights/anti-hunting organizations. Friends of Animals President Priscilla Feral was allowed to explain how she's worked to help enact rules requiring a federal permit to hunt the endangered scimitar-horned…
NORDIC SKIING -- The annual Langlauf 10-kilometer cross-country ski race, set for Feb. 12 at Mount Spokane, is offering a two-for-one $25 entry fee for skiers who enter along with a first-time participant. Langlauf is the most popular nordic ski event in the region, featuring…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
