ENDANGERED SPECIES -- State wildlife managers have ended their mission to reduce the number of wolves in a cattle-killing pack in Ferry County after about two weeks of effort and no further attacks on livestock. However, the lethal removal operation will restart if another wolf…
WILDLIFE -- Mountain goats and hikers are coming into dangerously close proximity at Heart Lake in the Bitterroot Mountains. The goats near the popular backpacking destination south of Superior, Montana, have given up the safety of the stateline cliffs, lured by salts and foods around…
FISHING -- Smallmouth bass seem to be pioneering into the lower Deschutes River to compete with its legendary summer steelhead runs. Bill Monroe reports in Oregon Live that fisheries biologists became concerned a few years ago, especially after steelhead fishing guide Bob Toman snapped a...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.