POACHING -- Public sentiment is clearly behind the landowner who used his tractor to, shall we say, immobilize the pickup of elk poachers who were trespassing. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police are hesitant to say that's the proper way to respond. There could...
WINTERSPORTS -- A Bend woman and her son have filed a $129,000 lawsuit against the Mt. Bachelor ski area, claiming that staff falsely accused them of stealing a pair of rental skis. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that the lawsuit filed last week by Melissa Gottlieb and...
HABITAT -- A short documentary film chronicles the multi-million-dollar effort to shore up islands and wildlife habitat that have been extensively eroding in the Clark Fork Delta where the Clark Fork River meets Lake Pend Oreille near Hope, Idaho. Roughly 12-15 acres have been lost...
PUBLIC LANDS – A former Alaska wilderness ranger, now activist, photographer and author, George Wuerthner will present a free program, “Why Wilderness?” on Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., at the Coeur d’Alene Eagles Club, 209 Sherman Ave. Wuerthner, who’s written 38 books on America’s wild places and…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.