WINTER SPORTS -- Mt. Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park has moved up another administrative step toward developing a new ski lift and seven new ski runs on the west side of the mountain, on an 850-acre area known as the Potential Alpine Ski Expansion Area…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Traditional uses can be overpowered by heavy public use of popular public lands. Agreement puts trapping off-limits in area of Montana national forest The Bass Creek Recreation Area in the Bitterroot National Forest gets the second highest number of visitors in the…
HUNTING -- Wyoming lawmakers will decide in coming months whether to follow a growing national trend and allow the use of silencers on hunting guns -- a practice already permitted in 39 states. See today's story here. The law is being promoted by companies that…
FISHING -- Steelhead fisheries on the upper Columbia River will close one hour after sunset on Saturday (Dec. 1) from Wells Dam to the Highway 173 bridge at Brewster and on the Wenatchee, Icicle, Entiat, and Methow rivers. Several whitefish fisheries scheduled to open that…
Outdoor enthusiasts may see footwear prices jump 30 percent Unless Congress can negotiate with the Obama administration's opposition to outdoor industry duty suspension bills, the cost of footgear for hiking, biking and other outdoor activities that are manufactured overseas will increase prices nearly 38 percent,…
WATERFOWLING -- How crazy could it get if Washington had allowed electronic waterfowl decoys? Check out this video.
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
