ENDURANCE SPORTS -- Former Spokane runner Delaney Nye of Seattle had his name drawn yesterday for a grand prize featuring a trip to a world of hurt -- to Nepal for the 2014 Everest Marathon. Nye learned today that he is the winner of the…
OUTDOOR COMPANIONS -- In 1980 I stuffed a few rocks into Gary Cassel's backpack in the darkness before our group of Spokane Mountaineers began climbing Mount Hood. He carried 10 pounds of rocks up AND down before he found them back at camp. What a…
HUNTING -- A predator hunting derby organized out of Salmon will offer trophies and cash prizes up to $1,000 to hunters who kill wolves and coyotes on Dec. 28-29. The "Two-Day Coyote and Wolf Derby" is sponsored by Idaho for Wildlife, a nonprofit whose aim…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The whitetail deer antler shed season has begun, according to Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson. Deer, moose and elk will be dropping their antlers one at a time through February to make room on their heads for next season's crop of what…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- There appears to be no refuge for woodland caribou, which already has become the most endangered big game species in the United States. Report says the number of woodland caribou on the decline in Alberta A study published in the Canadian Journal…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A coalition of 29 pro-wolf organizations says it submitted 101,416 comments today to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service favoring continued protection for wolves under the Endangered Species Act. Members of the Pacific Wolf Coalition say they have organized in response to…
PREDATORS -- State wildlife officials have hired a hunter to eliminate two wolf packs in a federal wilderness area in central Idaho because officials say they are eating too many elk calves, according to the Associated Press. Fish and Game Bureau Chief Jeff Gould tells…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Migrations are the topic of this week's wildlife story series Idaho Fish and Game is presenting online during the department's 75th anniversary observance. In Part 1 of the three-part post of "reminders" on migrations, the department notes that mammal movements can be…
WILDLIFE -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting a public opinion survey to help identify key wildlife issues to be addressed in the department’s 2015-2021 Game Management Plan. The information gathered from the survey will help WDFW update its current plan, originally…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
