FISHING -- The 2014 fall chinook run to the Columbia River is coming up short of expectations -- but it's still at least the second best return since Bonneville Dam was built and fish counting started in 1938. Here are the highlights of Columbia forecasts…
PUBLIC LANDS -- This may be the most bizarre public lands news I've read in a long time. The U.S. Forest Service has adopted rules scheduled to go into effect in November requiring news media to have a $1,500 permit before shooting photos or video…
HIKING -- Backpackers who've walked the walk are giving programs of enduring value this weekend during the 21st annual gathering of the American Long-Distance Hiking Association-West at Stampede Pass, Wash. Openings are still available for the Saturday programs by hikers who've accomplished incredible "feets" and…
OUTDOOR PURSUITS -- The weekend rescue of a climber trapped by a shifting boulder below Chimney Rock gives us cause to pause, take a deep breath, evaluate and be thankful for a the services we enjoy every time we venture into the outdoors, even if…
WILDLIFE -- A few weeks ago I posted news that the Huckleberry Pack wolf shot by a federal Wildlife Services agent was the pack's alpha female. I supplied the term. In revealing the necropsy results, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department reported the wolf as…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
