PUBLIC LANDS – President Barack Obama designated two national monuments today totaling 1.65 million acres at sites in Utah and Nevada that have become key flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West. The are: Bears Ears National Monument, 1.35 million acres in...
WATERSPORTS -- Limits on jet boats and other motorized watercraft on nearly 50 western Montana river and stream segments are being sought by a sportsman's group. Public hearings are set to begin next week. Backcountry Hunters and Anglers’ Quiet Waters initiative offers a mix of...
WILDLIFE -- Dozens of wintering elk are dead after the herd fell through the ice on a Snake River reservoir in eastern Oregon. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a Facebook post that 41 elk died Tuesday on the Powder River arm...
WINTERSPORTS – A professional ski guide has been named director of the Wallowa Avalanche Center, replacing a director who was killed in an avalanche last spring. Victor McNeil fills the vacancy left by the death of Kip Rand, who died in an avalanche last March...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.