POACHING -- Rewards of up to $5,000 are being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for illegally shooting a cow elk recently and leaving it to waste on private land between Moscow and Troy. Anyone with…
Colorado's elk, deer lure hunters despite new gun laws After Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a trio of new gun bills into law earlier this year, there was a public outcry and a warning that hunters would shy away from the Centennial State, but preliminary…
WILDLIFE -- Following last week's milestone court settlement in which Duke Energy will pay $1 million to mitigate for the deaths of golden eagles and other birds caused by wind turbines in Wyoming, Northwest Public Radio featured this EarthFix graphic to help explain in simple…
Landers: Canoeists paddle way of Columbia salmon Froma Harrop: Help save the wild turkey Spokane River Centennial Trail one step closer to completion Fall seasons give hunters one last shot at wild turkey dinner Out & About: Wolf kill rumor tracked down Field reports: Idaho…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A rare dark-colored mule deer was documented recently in photo on the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area as the doe fed with three normal-colored deer, including a buck in the rut. Wildlife biologists say the deer appears to have an unusually high occurrence of…
HUNTING -- While hunting pheasants on Sunday, this is how my English setter, Scout, defined the idiom, "Got 'em dead to rights."
WILDLIFE -- A wind energy company has agreed to pay about $1 million in fines and mitigation actions in the deaths of 14 golden eagles and 149 other protected birds in Wyoming. The American Bird Conservancy says its the first prosecution of a wind company…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Peregrine falcons have long been considered the fastest bird on the planet. But now we're getting firm numbers. Using high-tech sensors, scientists are ending the conjecture on how fast these sleek falcons can stoop on their hapless prey. What's your guess? Watch…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
