ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Two gray wolves in Ferry County have been killed by helicopter gunners after the Profanity Peak Pack was linked to killing livestock, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reports. Staff has been in the field every day since Aug. 4 after...
SKYWATCHING -- Tonight and Friday are among the best nights of the year for skywatchers to be camping high on an open mountain. The annual Perseid meteor shower is peaking with high probability in early morning hours of seeing "shooting stars" streaking across the night...
PARKS -- Following news that Glacier Park is setting records for visitation this summer, Yellowstone National Park set a new record for monthly visitations in July, which is often the busiest month of the summer season. Park officials say 995,917 people visited in July, topping…
CLIMBING – A climbing guide fell to his death on the Grand Teton last month; a climber suffered a serious injury last week on Granite Peak, the highest point in Montana, and on Wednesday, for the second time in two weeks, a climber has been...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
