FISHERIES -- Someone who believed he was smarter than God and nature illegally introduced non-native lake trout around 1990 into pristine waters of Yellowstone National Park. If only that genius would step up and take credit so the world could herald him in infamy with…
PUBLIC LANDS – An 18-year Forest Service natural resources specialist has been named the Coeur d’Alene River District Ranger. Dan Scaife, currently the currently the Idaho Panhandle National Forest watershed and fisheries program manager, and will begin his new assignment on Jan. 11. He replaces…
HUNTING -- A northcentral Washington man and his son have been found guilty for the 2013 murder of a man who was grouse hunting near their property. Here's the story by Gary DeVon of the Okanogan Gazette-Tribune. A man and his son were found guilty…
WILDLIFE -- Buoyed by a successful 2008 introduction in the Olympic Peninsula, wildlife biologists on Thursday released seven fishers into Washington’s south Cascades mountains, where the reclusive, cat-sized mammal hasn’t been seen for more than 70 years, state wildlife officials report. The fisher is one...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
