OUTDOOR SKILLS -- Idaho college students have proved they can shoot, call game and find their way with the best of them. The University of Idaho Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society brought home top honors from the Western Student Conclave, one of five regional...
THREATENED SPECIES -- Idaho officials have approved a plan to protect habitat for greater sage grouse on state endowment lands as part an effort to avoid a federal listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act. The Associated Press reports that Gov. C.L. “Butch”…
OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY -- If you haven't been checking out The Spokesman-Review's Outdoor Reader Photo Gallery, you don't know what you're missing. Tim Colquhoun, for example, just posted a dramatic photo series of an osprey diving into Fernan lake to snatch a big fish. Awesome. Check...
WILDLIFE -- More bad news for bighorn sheep. Six young bighorns that escaped the fence around the 19,000-acre National Bison Range near Ravalli, Mont., were shot last week in a measure to confront disease that's been killing the wild sheep on several fronts. Sport hunting…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.