OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY -- Through the lens of Spokane photographer Craig Goodwin, the Spokane River in Riverside State Park ranked among the best scenery in the state in an annual photo contest sponsored by the Washington Trails Association. The Northwest Exposure contest is a showcase for...
HUNTING – Gordon Blossom of Thorp, Washington, who’s been hunting since he was 10, killed an elk on Dec. 27 to celebrate his 100th year of age. “I’m the luckiest man in the world,” he told the Daily Record of Ellensburg. “I just love to…
PUBLIC LANDS — The 115th Congress got off to an eye-opening start on Tuesday, looking to reduce outside ethics oversight and then voting in favor of facilitating transfers of some federal public lands and waters to state, local and private interests. The vote, largely along...
HUNTING – Idaho game ranches are cashing in on the bull market among hunters across the country. While the meat and potatoes of these ranches is providing elk steaks to restaurants and consumers and antlers to the shed markets, the gravy is selling canned hunts...
WILDLIFE -- Drones are to be regulated just like boats when it comes to protecting orcas, according Washington't top legal official. Attorney General Bob Ferguson released an opinion Friday saying state law says “vessels and other objects” can’t come within 200 yards of an orca...
TRAILS -- Routes that beckon and lead hikers, bikers, hunters and other recreationists to adventure remained underfunded in most of the region in 2016 with volunteer trying to pick up slack for decimated federal trail maintenance budgets. However, there were highlights, such as the reopening...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
