WILDERNESS -- A federal judge last week upheld protections for some of the last roadless areas of the Kootenai National Forest in northwest Montana and the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, according to a release from Earthjustice. A challenge by snowmobilers that sought to overturn the...
PADDLING – Mike Elliott, author of “This Old Canoe: How To Restore Your Wood-Canvas Canoe,” will present a free program on wooden canoes, 7 p.m., tonight, Oct. 23, at Mountain Gear Corporate Headquarters, 6021 E. Mansfield in Spokane Valley, sponsored by the Spokane Canoe &…
TRAILS -- It's a perfect day for flying, which means some of the popular trails on Spokane's South Hill bluff are closed today through most of Tuesday as a helicopter working for Avista hauls materials for a transmission line rebuild project. The helicopter is flying…
ADVENTURE -- The World Tour from the Banff Mountain Film Festival will make its stop in Spokane with three nights of different adventure films showing at the Bing Crosby Theater on Nov. 17-19. The tour is sponsored in Spokane by Mountain Gear where advance tickets…
TRAILS -- This minute-long video offers a fast-motion hint of the intensive labor involved in rehabilitating a section of trail. The video was shot last week by Zach Carter as Washington Trails Association volunteers worked on Trail 130 at Mount Spokane State Park.
PUBLIC LANDS – As predicted, Congress appears to be on the path of opening one of the country's purest critical wildlife areas to petroleum development without bringing the measure, which has bipartisan opposition, to a specific vote. The U.S. Senate voted down an amendment last…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.