SNOWMOBILING -- Bob Jones of Kettle Falls and Josh Rindal of Spokane are repeating their effort to follow Alaska's Iditarod Sled Dog Race by snowmobile in February and March 2014. See the complete diary and photos from their 2012 trip -- which marked Jones's 14th…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- You think you had a bad night? How would you like to be tied to one of your rivals while coyotes chewed him up? I've seen quite a few fascinating videos of hunters rescuing bucks or even bull elk after their antlers…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This morning's sunshine -- capping the past week of weather extremes -- seems to be bringing on an epidemic of spring fever. A Mount Spokane landowner said he noticed the first bluebird of the season flying past his window this morning. Within…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The eyes of the great gray owl are haunting, as you can see in the photo made this week by Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson, who reports, poetically: We spent the day again today with the Great Grays near Great Falls –…
FISHING -- Some people are criticizing John Grubenhoff of Pasco for not releasing the 20.32-pound Washington state record walleye he caught Friday in the Columbia River. Experts say he did the right thing, without even getting around to the argument that walleye are a non-native…
RIVER RUNNING -- Every local veteran rafter, kayaker and canoeist knows the recipe: Snow followed by warm temperatures and rain are the ingredients for the brief surge of flows needed for whitewater action on Hangman Creek. Brownwater action, I mean. The river spiked from under…
WINTER SPORTS -- In a group of backcountry skiers and splitboarders who don't regularly get out together, it seems as though somebody's always slow at the top and bottom of the run, leaving others to freeze as they wait. In this video, mountain guide Martin…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
