PREDATORS -- Despite a long sport hunting seasons and lethal measures to control wolves bothering livestock, Montana's wolf population continued to grow in the past two years while big-game herds in many areas are taking a beating. Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials are holding meetings…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Ospreys nesting above War Memorial Field in Sandpoint hatched their first chick Monday, and a web cam is giving viewers an up-close and personal view as the adults feed the bird. The emergence of another chick could happen any day -- or…
WILDLIFE -- A sportsman's recent heartbreaking video of elk hobbling painfully on sore hooves is bringing more attention to problems with hoof rot in the Mount St. Helens herd. KING 5 TV recently aired footage compiled by West Side sportsman Bill Jones, who's hunted the…
PARKS -- Every division of the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department will be facing a 5.5% budget reduction in 2013 as the city seeks to trim the department's budget by $1 million. Park departments include Riverfront Park, Park Operations, Planning, Administration, Budget/Finance, Marketing, Youth Centers,…
HUNTING -- Idaho will be keeping big tame hunters in suspense for a while. Results of special drawings for big-game controlled hunt tags will be available in early July on the Idaho Fish and Game Department drawings web page. Postcards will be mailed to successful…
WILDLIFE - Critters that spread pollen are nothing to sneeze at. The birds and the bees as well as the bats, butterflies, beetles and other insects that do this thankless work are a cornerstone to agriculture and more. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is…
FISHING -- Western Montana wildlife photographer Jaime Johnson could have written all fly fishers an announcement that it's time to come to Montana. Instead, he sent this photo of a salmon fly, looking like the cover photo on a gourmet food magazine for trout.
STATE PARKS -- Special activities at five venues are scheduled Sunday, (June 24), 10 a.m.-3 p.m., to introduce the public to features and recreation available in Riverside State Park on the west side of Spokane. The required Discover Pass will be available for purchase from…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
