PUBLIC LANDS -- Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service released an alarming report illustrating the profound impact of rising firefighting costs on national forest conservation, restoration, recreation and management programs. If you're wondering why the Colville National Forest doesn't have...
HUNTING -- It's a lot like a witch hunt. Fueled by social media and anger over the boneheaded bowhunter killing of Cecil the tourist-attraction lion in Zimbabwe, the heat is being applied to every hunter who's posed with a critter, big or small, legal or...
GEOCACHING -- Spokane Geo Tour, a new GPS activity for visitors and locals, will debut with an event on Saturday, Aug. 8 starting at 9 a.m. at the Northbank Shelter in Riverfront Park. The tour involves an organized route of geocaches for participants to find…
PARKS — A three-judge federal appeals court panel has rejected a woman’s lawsuit over her husband’s fatal goring by a mountain goat in Olympic National Park, but two of the three suggested court precedent should be changed in a way that would allow her to…
FISHING -- Starting today, the Methow River is closed daily to fishing from 2 p.m. to midnight until further notice to reduce impact on fish stressed by warm water conditions. Here are details announced by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Species affected: All…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
