WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Researchers are setting snares in the Hughes Meadows area north of Priest Lake this month in an ongoing effort to capture grizzly bears and fit them with radio collars. As of Tuesday, the two-man crew working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
WILDLIFE -- Close but no cigar for a bighorn skull found in Canada. It just misses world record status, the Boone and Crockett Club says. A long winter buried in snow apparently swelled the horns of a bighorn sheep that died of natural causes. The…
WATERSPORTS -- Whitewater rafters and kayakers were greeted by hazards in Marble Creek last weekend. Logs from a logging operation apparently slid down a steep slope and into the tributary of the St. Joe River. This is prime time for river runners before flows become…
FISHING -- Here are three graphic reminders (above) of why some anglers prefer fishing at 1,876-acre Sprague Lake, which straddles the Lincoln-Adams county line. The photos were snapped last week by Scott Haugen of Four Seasons Campground and Resort. May and June are considered prime…
HUNTING -- Hunters had better be cautious in their rants about private timber companies charging fees for access to their forest lands. For decades, these companies have allowed free public access. Everyone knows the public hasn't always been respectful. The public is responsible for too…
PUBLIC LANDS – A free mini-film festival celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act is traveling through the Inland Northwest this summer. The beauty, history and adventure of wilderness areas, the highest level of protection offered for America’s public lands, is featured in 10…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
