From grizzly bears to fly fishing, several interesting outdoors related programs are scheduled tonight in Spokane, plus one biggie for anglers in Sandpoint. It's too bad people have to choose just one to attend. Here's a sampling of the lineup: Fly fishing film helps anglers…
PREDATORS -- Wolf culling has ended for the season in the Lolo Zone as aerial gunners, trappers and sport hunters have killed a total of 42 wolves since spring 2011, Idaho Fish and Game Department officials reported this afternoon. With moose and elk populations at…
HUNTING -- Californians love and protect their mountain lions, even though the state is among the few where cougars have attacked and killed people in the past 20 years. But the president of the California Fish and Game Commission is getting pressure to resign after…
Tonight's program on trekking in an exotic land is aimed at funding a local issue at Mount Spokane. Spokane mountaineer John Roskelley will present a program on trekking in Bhutan tonight, 6 p.m., at the Community Building, 35 W. Main. Donations benefit Save Mt. Spokane…
FISHING – The Lake Pend Oreille Fishery Recovery Task Force and Idaho Fish and Game Department will update the status of trout and kokanee in Lake Pend Oreille at the annual “State of the Lake” public meeting tonight The meeting is set for 6 p.m.…
CONSERVATION FUTURES -- Getting a ticket. That's the answer the hiker wanted to hear after he snapped this photo of an vehicle that had been illegally driven into the Spokane County Conservation Futures land that rises up behind East Valley High School. The ruts these…
HIKING -- Mary Aegerter, a hiking author from Lewiston, has opened a Hiking from HERE website featuring some of her favorite hikes in the region geared to hikers leaving from the Lewiston-Pullman areas. She plans to change the offerings every few weeks. Currently, she's offering…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.