WINTER SPORTS -- I'm working with other media to help get word out the avalanche conditions are dangerous throughout much of the region. The latest of at least five avalanche deaths reported in the region in the past three days occurred Monday in northwestern Montana.…
WINTER SPORTS -- Like other commentary's on Sunday's avalanche fatalities in the North Cascades, my column today is getting some people to think and learn. Other readers are reacting emotionally and telling writers and the experts we quote that we have no business analyzing avalanche…
COUNTY PARKS -- A hiker sent in this photo of a pickup stuck on Antoine Peak, the Conservation Futures area above East Valley High School. The mountain is managed by Spokane County Parks. No unauthorized motorized vehicle access is allowed. My question to the hiker:…
BOATING – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is proposing recreation fee increase for sites around Lake Coeur d’Alene. Daily boat launch fees at Blackwell Island and Mineral Ridge would increase from $4 to $6 and season passes would increase from $30 to $40. Tent…
WINTER SPORTS -- It's time for skiers and snowshoers to hitch a ride behind their dogs and sign up for the sixth annual Paws & Poles Race. The event that benefits SpokAnimal CARE is set for March 3 at 49 Degrees North. Enter a 5-kilometer…
WILDLIFE -- Canadian conservation author Jeff Gailus will read from his book “The Grizzly Manifesto” at Gonzaga University this week, sponsored by the university's Environmental Studies Speaker Series. The program will start at 7 p.m., Wednesday, (Feb. 22) in the Jepson Center’s Wolff Auditorium. Gailus…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
