WINTERSPORTS -- Skiers and snowshowers shouldn't get too excited, but Eastern Washington hunters at least ought to be thrilled to see moisture in the form of snow at Sherman Pass this morning. At elevation 5,575 feet, Sherman Pass is the highest pass in Washington that's...
WILDFIRES -- A sigh of relief came from fire fighters through the cool damp air on Monday. The rain enabled agencies responsible for managing lands and providing wildland fire protection in the Coeur d’Alene Dispatch area to lift fire restrictions for the Idaho Panhandle. The...
CONSERVATION -- Bob Hautman, an artist from Delano, Minn., has won the 2017 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with an acrylic painting of mallards. It's Hartman's third win in the competitive annual contest for art that graces the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
