ENDANGERED SPECIES -- This is going to take some time... USFWS to begin again on panel selection for wolf review The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday that it will begin again on selection of an independent panel to review a proposal to remove…
OUTDOORS -- Spokane is featured in Outside magazine's 2013 list of 18 Best Towns for outdoors enthusiasts. Park City, Utah, was ranked No. 1 by a feature in the September issue. I'm proud Spokane is in the spotlight. I know that even a lot of…
FISHING -- Much of Montana, and the state's fabled fisheries, are hurting badly for water. The Missoulian reports the Bitterroot's flows are at a 30-year low. Low stream flows and continued high water temperatures and prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials on Sunday to…
WILDERNESS -- I'm just back from four electrifying days of backpacking in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, catching up old news for which I had a front row seat. Mudslides bury North Cascades Highway -- Hikers stranded Monday as storms leave the vital summer passage closed…
NATURE – An exhibition featuring the pioneering naturalist who collected and catalogued Northwest flora and fauna is approaching the end of its run at the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture in Spokane. David Douglas: A Naturalist at Work will close Aug. 25 so it…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
