ENDANGERED SPECIES -- In response to a lawsuit from a coalition of six conservation organizations, a federal court on Monday ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reconsider its 2013 decision to reduce by 90 percent its designation of critical habitat for the endangered...
SHELLFISHING -- A series of razor clam digs proposed for April and May would cap a season packed with more “beach days” than any time in the past 25 years, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says. After a nine-day opening that runs through…
PUBLIC LANDS -- The Bonner County Commission today unanimously passed a resolution calling on Congress to designate the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness. This is another milestone in an effort to protect a worthy spread of mountain real estate northeast of Lake Pend Oreille. The 88,000-acre roadless...
OUTDOOR RETAILING -- The funky economy couldn't keep outdoors enthusiasts cowering for long. Recreational Equipment, Inc., says its sales soared to $2.2 billion, up 9.9 percent from 2013 — the biggest annual increase since 2010, when the Kent-based retailer and its customers were bouncing back…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Lake City High School students will be helping restore native plants to Blackwell Island Recreation Area this week in a project coordinated by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Coeur d'Alene District. Students in the school's advanced placement Environmental Science course helped…
HUNTING -- Proposals for Idaho's 2015 big game hunting seasons that expand opportunity in many areas will be considered today at the Idaho Fish and Game Commission meeting in Boise. Much of the additional opportunity will be available to deer hunters, as another mild winter...
PARKS -- A dog is better off suppressing the instinct to chase cats when it lives in Glacier National Park. Here's why, as explained Monday in a media release from park officials. A mountain lion was shot and killed by a park ranger after the...
FISHING -- Brock Morrow of the North Idaho Pike Association will discuss fishing for pike in the Inland Northwest in a free seminar -- the latest in the six-week series of seminars sponsored by Mark's Marine in Hayden. The seminar will start at 6:30 p.m.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
