In case you missed them, here are some of the top outdoors stories published in The Spokesman-Review Sunday and today: New groomer gears up to tackle Mount Spokane's expanded nordic trail system Field Reports: Methow Valley requires ski passes for pooches Out & About: Sportsmen…
OUTDOOR SPORTS -- A new partnership between the Boy Scouts of America and the Missoula-based Boone and Crockett Club could make Montana a premier destination for scouts from across the nation. The Montana Council of Boy Scouts is assuming operation of a “high adventure base”…
Elk hunter in Wyoming national park kills charging grizzly bear In what is being categorized as a first, elk hunters shot and killed a charging grizzly bear in Grand Teton National Park on Thanksgiving morning, according to the Jackson Hole Daily.
Some components of 'Sportsmen's Act' concern environmental groups Today, the U.S. Senate will vote on, and likely pass, Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester's "Sportsmen's Act of 2012," a grab bag of bills dealing with hunting, fishing, conservation and public access measures, but environmental groups said…
RIVERS -- Joe Peak, owner of the Enaville Resort, a.k.a. the Snake Pit, on the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River, has died at 66.
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Washington Fish and Wildlife police officer Don Weatherman and biologist Jay Shepherd patrolled the "Wedge" area south of the U.S. - Canada border and between the Kettle and Columbia rivers last week to look for wolf activity in the fresh snow. Report:…
HUNTING -- Last week my outdoors column pointed out the benefits and responsibilities of getting permission to hunt on private land. A few days later, I noticed this report from the area Fish and Wildlife Police weekly activity summary. In case you don't get the…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Here's a rut report from eagle-eye Curlew resident Foster Fanning to go with his photo, above: Pursuing passions in the wild... Had a unique opportunity to watch a whitetail stag in courtship with a young doe Friday. A ruckus in the cottonwood…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
