WATERSPORTS -- The 61st annual Spokane Boat Show, is ready to start its 2015 run -- Feb. 4-8 -- at Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. Info: (509) 991-1002, spokaneboatshow.com A boating safety class – required for everyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1955,…
PUBLIC LANDS -- A bill has been introduced in Washington -- SB 5405 -- that would form a task force to look into federal land ownership in Washington, with an eye to “to study the risks, options, and benefits of transferring certain federal lands in...
WINTERSPORTS -- Seven snowmobilers recently were cited for riding in the Mission Mountain Wilderness, a protected area in the Flathead National Forest. Motorized vehicles are prohibited in designated wilderness areas. Seven violation notices were issued to the snowmobilers for possessing or using a motor vehicle...
HUNTING -- A bull elk shot in a private northern Utah hunting park has tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), Utah Department of Agriculture officials confirmed to the Salt Lake Tribune Friday. Confirmation of the neurological disease's presence means the approximately 20 wild deer…
CONSERVATION -- The Naneum Ridge to Columbia River Recreation and Access Plan -- a guidebook for managing 230,000 acres of state lands -- has been released by the Washington state departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Fish and Wildlife (WDFW). The recreation plan covers lands...
POACHING -- A North Idaho man authorities say shot and killed two moose and left one to rot is facing felony charges of taking and wasting wildlife. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports in a story on Sunday that 59-year-old Richard L. Bolin Jr. of…
WILDLIFE -- Bighorn sheep near in Lincoln County near Lake Roosevelt will wearing new neck gear for research later this month. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife plans use a helicopter contractor capture to bighorns from the Lincoln Cliffs herd on Feb. 10, weather…
RIVERS -- Take a ride in photos down 72 miles of the wild Yampa River in Dinosaur National Monument and explore the beauty this unique river has to offer. Use your mouse to click and hold, then pan and explore the full panorama. Check it...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
