CONSERVATION -- A bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate today to increase the price of the federal duck stamp to $25. The current price of $15 was set more than 20 years ago, in 1991. "We appreciate the introduction of a federal duck stamp…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A wolf trapper has answered the question on whether all of Montana's bears have snuggled in dens to hibernate through winter. A steel leg-hold trap set for a wolf nabbed a 4-year-old male grizzly bear instead on a ranch west of Dupuyer…
TRAPPING -- With wolf trappers and hunters crossing paths with recreationists on public lands, a Montana trapping group this week appealed to trappers to use common sense and keep traps away from popular recreation trails. This action comes after: A wolf hunter shot a malamute…
PUBLIC LANDS -- A bill by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, (D-Mont.) to expand wilderness and mandate more logging on federal lands in Montana has passed its first test, according to the Associated Press . The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources voted today to…
FISHING -- The fading art of smelt dipping -- bagging swarms of the oily ocean fish with long-handled nets as they migrate into rivers -- may be up for a revival. That's good news for all sorts of fishermen, since smelt not only are human…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Yesterday, in the Idaho Fish and Game Department's 75th anniversary series of "reminders" on wildlife topics, I featured the second of a three-part post on migrations -- Part 2: Fish. The first installment was on Tuesday, Part 1: Roadkill and how the…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
