ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A northeastern Washington wolf pack is under scrutiny after rural residents fired shots to scare at least five wolves away from a confrontation with their two dogs. "We’re taking this incident very seriously," said Donny Martorello, who heads the Washington Fish and…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Despite all the time and money that's been wasted in the anti-government, anti-public effort to seize control of federal lands, Utah forges ahead. The state governor's good instincts appear to be on the verge of being smothered by greed. Utah governor still…
PUBLIC LANDS – More than 305 million people visited national parks in 2015, an increase of 12 million from the visitation record set the previous year. “The increasing popularity of our national parks comes as we are actively reaching out to new audiences and inviting...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.