PUBLIC LANDS -- The Obama administration says new rules to manage nearly 200 million acres of national forests will protect watersheds and wildlife while promoting uses ranging from recreation to logging, according to story that just moved over the Associated Press wire. The new rules,…
SEARCH AND RESCUE -- Readers following the story of the lost dog rescued high in the Kettle Range yesterday will enjoy these followup photos. The pix, just sent to me by Mariann Crooks, show Rebel, a 7-month-old bluetick coonhound, still wiped out from the two…
WINTER SPORTS -- Today's story about students rescuing a snowshoer's bluetick coonhound lost in the Kettle Range for two nights offers a life lesson to all of us. Helping other people can be remarkably easy and productive if we just make the effort to try.…
SALMON FISHING -- State biologists are forecasting good returns of spring chinook salmon this year to Wind River and Drano Lake, popular sport-fishing spots in the Columbia River Gorge. The prediction is for 8,400 adult spring chinook to enter the Columbia destined for the Wind…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Should a hunter ever be excused for killing a trumpeter swan he misidentified as a snow goose? Probably not. Here are three notable reasons from Rich Myhre of the Everett Herald: Because of their white color, trumpeter swans look a little bit…
BIRDWATCHING -- You've heard of a murder of crows, a pride of lions and a exhaltation of larks, right? What is the term for a group of snowy owls? A. Blizzard. B. Parliament C. Congress D. Hoot E. Forum Click "continue reading" for the answer.
Video: Finding Oregon Time-Lapse OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY -- Many of Oregon's iconic natural features are captured in this soothing production of time-lapse photography. It's called "Finding Oregon, by Uncage the Soul Productions. The clip involves six months of photography across…
WINTER SPORTS -- The avalanche forecast for the Idaho Panhandle won't be updated until Friday, but forecaster Keith Wakefield of Curlew tramped high into the Kettle Range TODAY and got some unsettling results from his snow pits and sheer tests. Here's the scoop from a…
WILDLIFE -- For the fifth consecutive year, about 44,000 acres of state wildlife land east of Ellensburg will be closed to motor vehicles Feb. 1-April 30 to protect wintering elk from disturbance. Keeping the elk on the state wildlife areas should keep more elk from…
ICE FISHING -- Nobody will be left out in the cold on Saturday during a free ice-fishing event at Hauser Lake, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., sponsored by the Idaho Fish and Game Department. The agency will loan free fishing gear from the Take Me Fishing trailer…
OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY -- The Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness are taking entries in their annual winter outdoor photography contest. If you are in or around the Scotchman Peaks this winter (you have to be able to see the wilderness), and you take a picture…
MISSING PETS -- A young, energetic family dog lost from its owners during a snowshoe hike on Sunday has been found after two days out in the high country near Sherman Pass. A Job Corps forestry crew heard about the lost dog and the despair…
SKYWATCHING -- Tonight might be prime time, if you can swing it, to go high away from city lights and above the clouds to watch the expected light show in the northern sky. A massive explosion on the sun's surface has triggered the largest solar…
MISSING PETS -- During a snowshoe hike on Sunday (Jan. 22), a seven month old male Bluetick Coonhound who answers to the name Rebel was lost in the vicinity of Columbia Mountain near Sherman Pass in Colville National Forest in northeast Washington. Anyone living in…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The diminutive pygmy owl stands less than 7 inches tall, and it's easy to miss. Birder Teri Pieper of Twisp used her eagle eyes to spot this little guy as she skinny-skied behind friends who had swooshed past the owl in the…
WINTER FISHING -- Ice anglers in North Idaho should be cleaning upon the record number of mature kokanee in Spirit Lake this winter – except they can’t get to the fish. Idaho Fish and Game Department reports from August trawling surveys say “the most abundant…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This short video clip shows sharp-tailed grouse feeding recently in Okanogan County. Grouse species are well adapted to feeding on nutritious buds and berries in trees of the ground, as you can see by these birds clinging effortlessly to flimsy brush as…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- This just in from Alaska: A woman used a shovel to scare away a moose that was stomping on her husband. Maybe this would be no big deal -- she probably did make the "for better or worse" vow at the altar…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- At least two black bear cubs were born Sunday in a den monitored by a "den cam" that can be viewed online around the world. The North American Bear Center in Ely, Minn., has compiled video of the birth (click on video…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Spokane Mountaineers picked up on a potentially dangerous glitch of interference with avalanche tranceivers this weekend during an avalanche safety seminar presented by the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center. The main lesson isn't new: Virtually any electronic device, such as a cell…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Washington lawmakers last week began consideration of a pair of bills that deal with wolves. Senate Bill 6139, which was requested by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlfie, would set a cap of $50,000 per year on the compensation the agency…
WINTER SPORTS --Sign-up is under way for an annual event known for encouraging women to take an adventurous yet enjoyable step into winter. The seventh-annual Women’s Souper Bowl – which includes cross-country skiing and snowshoeing activities, free rentals and lessons, treats, prizes and lunch –…
PADDLING -- If the winter weather has chilled your paddling expeditions, it's time to bone up on the kayaking lingo so you'll mesh with the gang when runoff kicks in.
WILDLIFE -- Although there's been talk of wolves showing up at the edge of Spokane in recent months, coyotes have been cruising the streets and neighborhoods for years. A woman walking her dogs Saturday around 8:30 a.m. not far from homes near Hatch and Hangman…
CONSERVATION -- The Irate Birdwatcher, a film celebrating the witty words of the late Washington conservationist, wilderness advocate and hiking guidebook author Harvey Manning, is coming to Spokane on Monday evening (Jan. 23). Sponsored by the Spokane Mountaineers, the film will start at 7 p.m.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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