ELECTIONS -- Sen. Jon Tester has been re-elected in an intense campaign battle -- heavily funded on both sides from outside sources. Who gave Tester the edge? Sportsmen, says backcountry hunter and writer Ben Long of Kalispell in this High Country News piece.
ELECTIONS -- Idaho voters have overwhelmingly approved an a measure upgrading hunting, fishing and trapping from traditional privileges to rights protected by an amendment to the state's constitution. Tuesday's vote was about 78 percent in favor of H.J.R. 2aa - The Right to hunt, fish…
RIVERS -- An Idaho conservation group has dropped its lawsuit challenging state approval of a plan to dredge a stretch of the Salmon River for gold, according to the Associated Press. The Idaho Conservation League backed away from its lawsuit last week mainly because the…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Life has been more complicated for this year's brood of trumpeter swans at Turnbull National Wildlife refuge. In the three years since Solo the geriatric trumpter finally found a mate after decades of lonesomeness and revived trumpeter family life at the refuge,…
HUNTING-GATHERING -- While most people head to the supermarket for their Thanksgiving fixings, some sportsmen head to the field. Washington's late-fall wild turkey hunting season opens Nov. 20 in portions of Eastern Washington. November is also prime time to hunt ducks, geese, deer, pheasant, forest…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.