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…
FISHING – Seth Burrill, Spokane Valley fishing guide and former Angler's Experience TV fishing show host, will give a program on fishing for chinook salmon at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 20. It's the third in the weekly spring fishing seminar series at Mark's Marine,…
PREDATORS -- Although it's down from the initially proposed $2 million plan to protect livestock and reduce the number of wolves on Idaho's landscape, the state legislature has just voted to earmark $400,000 to the cause. See The S-R's Eye on Boise blog by Betsy…
CONSERVATION -- My Sunday Outdoors feature story focused on the Colville Fish Hatchery and how it's been transformed into a science classroom for the area's high school students. But it can't be overemphasized that the hatchery Stevens County acquired from the Washington Fish and Wildlife…
POACHING -- The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking the public's help to identify the person or persons responsible for shooting and killing a gray wolf last month in Stevens County. A 2-year-old black female wolf from the Smackout Pack was found dead…
WINTER SPORTS -- Five avalanche deaths in a week — the first in Banff National Park since 2008 — have prompted a plea from safety officials for backcountry users to be cautious in tricky snow conditions. It has also sparked a discussion about how to…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.