Recent stories by Rich

• Landers: Hunter training changes draw ire

  February 7, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 At least 44 of Washington’s 860 certified hunter education instructors have dropped out of the program this year, some of them protesting new restrictions on their personal freedom in the … 2

• Field reports: Alpine Lakes bill back in Congress

  February 3, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 WILDERNESS – The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act has been reintroduced in Congress by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) , Rep. Dave Reichert …

• Out & About: Elk Foundation eyes $1 million at Spokane banquet

  February 3, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTSTANDING – The 26th annual fundraising banquet this month could put the Spokane Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation into the million-dollar club. “We’re expecting this banquet to push …

• Longtime outdoors writer dies at 96

  February 2, 2013 in Outdoors on Page A5 Fenton Roskelley, former outdoors writer for the Spokane Daily Chronicle and the newspaper’s only employee to have a company car equipped with a boat hitch, died of natural causes Wednesday. … 1

• Landers: Outdoors issues hot topic in Olympia

  January 31, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Issues from the great outdoors are trying to see the light of day in the 2013 Washington Legislature. Wolf reintroduction and the cash-poor state parks are issues likely to generate … 1

• Fly-fishing films focus on adventure

  January 27, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Thirteen action-packed fly-fishing films featuring fish ranging from Idaho trout to whoppers in the European nation of Georgia are being packaged into a two-hour show coming to Spokane. The 2013 …

• Technology, volunteers boost northeastern Washington whitetail study

  January 27, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 An ambitious research project is under way to shed light on the mysterious movements of white-tailed deer through the thick cover of northeastern Washington. The study area in Stevens, Pend …

• Landers: Bird watching an activity worth feeding - responsibly

  January 24, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 “It’s the best Christmas present we could have given her,” said my wife, Meredith, after finishing a phone call with her mother. One 40-pound bag of black-oil sunflower seeds and …

• Backcountry films at GU benefit winter access

  January 20, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 The Backcountry Film Festival’s road show of human-powered outdoor recreation films will be back for the third year at 7 p.m., Jan. 30, at Gonzaga University’s Jepson Center. The seven …

• Great blue heron fits in with Inland Northwest ice anglers

  January 20, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Ice fishing can warm an angler’s heart when weather gets cold enough to freeze the surface of smaller Inland Northwest waters. A few resourceful great blue herons – normally shy …

• Only early birds bag these 2013 bike tours

  January 20, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Bicyclists can relax until spring before planning most of their 2013 cycling season. But the following popular spring and summer rides sell out so quickly, you have to be planning …

• Out & About: Ladies stride into winter at Souper Bowl

  January 20, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTDO – Sign-up is under way for an annual event known for encouraging women to take an adventurous yet enjoyable step into winter. The Women’s Souper Bowl VIII – which …

• Plan ahead or be left behind on adventures

  January 20, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Procrastinators lose in the quest to bunk in a Forest Service cabin along the St. Joe River, float a prized Idaho wilderness river or backpack through certain prized wilderness areas. … 4

• Landers: Tough decisions loom for wolves

  January 17, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 How Washington will handle the gray wolves that are moving into the state and expanding at a rapid rate is a work in progress. But while the methods are debatable, … 13

• Ducks Unlimited isn’t a hunting club; it’s all about wetlands, waterfowl

  January 13, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Chris Bonsignore relished popping up from a goose pit to bag three Canada geese during a morning hunt in a Columbia Basin wheat field. In the afternoon, with his shotgun … 4

• Guide your duck-hunting future with lessons from Paul’s Pond

  January 13, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Paul Sullivan, who founded Burbank Guide Service in 1977, has used his former career to hone his waterfowling methods to a science. “I’m an aeronautical engineer,” he said. “I pay … 2

• Out & About: New hunters bypass hunter ed in Idaho

  January 13, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 OUTFIELD – To encourage potential new hunters, the Idaho Fish and Game Department is offering novices the opportunity to hunt for up to one year before completing a hunter education …

• Landers column goes hog wild

  January 10, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Human beings would have gone the way of the dodo without critters. Along with suffering through evolution shivering, starving and lonesome, we also would have been at a loss for … 1

• Landers: Vocational education opportunity at Colville hatchery

  January 3, 2013 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 Stevens County commissioners and a vocational teacher say getting into a cutthroat business could spawn a rainbow of opportunity for area students. On Jan. 11, the Washington Fish and Wildlife … 2

• 2012: A review of the year Outdoors

  December 30, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 The spotlight was on predators in 2012, and so were the nets, traps and crosshairs in many cases throughout the Inland Northwest. The Spokane Tribe sparked one debate on predator …

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