ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A second wolf has been removed from the Smackout Pack in the ongoing effort to reduce numbers until the pack no longer is killing livestock in Washington's Stevens County. The order to lethally remove some of the wolves was issued July 20…
WILDLIFE -- As announced in June, the U.S. government lifted protections for grizzly bears in the Yellowstone region today, though it will be up to the courts to decide whether the revered and feared icon of the West stays off the threatened species list. The…
HUNTING -- Idaho's coveted annual lottery tag to hunt bighorn sheep has been won this year by a California hunter. John M. Taylor of Arroyo Grande, California, was chosen for the 25th annual bighorn tag during the July 26 drawing at Idaho Fish and Game…
WILD FIRES -- Two northeastern Washington wildfires continue to grow and block recreation because of the Noisy Creek Fire on Hall Mountain area east of Sullivan Lake and the North Fork Hughes Fire in a portion of the Shedroof Divide in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness. The...
FORESTS -- Sportsmen were concerned last year when the Wilks brothers -- the Texas fracking billionaires -- bought the 172,000-acre equivalent of a national forest from a private timber company in Idaho -- and quickly banned hunters. A video of a Wilks security guard offers…
RETAILERS – Around 2,500 people marched in Salt Lake City Thursday to show support for federal public lands in a departing salvo from the Outdoor industry. The rally marks the end of the Outdoor Retailer trade shows' 22-year association with Salt Lake. The Outdoor Industry...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.