STATE PARKS -- Following a brief judicial delay this month, Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park today won a Washington State Supreme Court ruling that will allow its planned expansion to move forward, says Brad McQuarrie, general manager, in a media release just posted. Construction...
WILDLIFE -- A black bear charged a man jogging along Priest Lake on Monday, inflicting minor injuries to his leg before running off, Idaho Fish and Game Department officials say. The incident follows a more serious attack on a woman hiking about with her two...
CLIMBING -- They say lightning never strikes the same place twice -- but tragedy does. A University of Idaho professor from Moscow, Idaho, was killed in a thunder storm while climbing the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps a year after her husband had died from...
SWIMMING -- Here's one way to set a swimming record and beat the heat at the same time: A Montana attorney on Saturday fought through headwinds, high waves and exhaustion to become the first person to swim the length of the West’s largest freshwater lake…
FIRE SEASON -- High temperatures and no rain have rendered the landscape a tinderbox and the inevitable restrictions are coming. The Colville National Forest is the first of others to come to step up fire-prevention restrictions to higher levels, including a complete ban on campfires,...
FISHING -- This week's heat wave may encourage angers to swim with the trout rather than try to fish for them. But before taking a plunge, consider fishing first -- as in first thing in the morning, says Sean Visintainer of Silver Bow Fly Shop...
CAMPING -- If you have an RV or camping van, you may have a ticket to view the solar eclipse from on of hundreds of new temporary camping options. It seems that some landowners are opening their gates to cash in on the "total" craziness.…
WILDLIFE -- The protective status of four wildlife species and proposed steps to reduce elk hoof disease in Western Washington are on the agenda for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5, in Olympia. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.