Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Palouse landowner honored for planting fields with wildlife in mind

  April 14, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 Robert Zorb was chagrined at the lack of game on his Whitman County property in 1980 when he invited friends to join him for hunting. “It was a bad year … 6

• Idaho wolf population decreased by 11 percent in 2012

  April 3, 2013 in Outdoors on Page A1 Idaho’s gray wolf population fell by 11 percent in 2012, less than wildlife managers hoped for considering the state’s extended hunting and trapping seasons plus agency animal control efforts. At … 3

• Deel may keep sage grouse off endangered species list

  March 10, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C12 As native sage grouse enter their mating season on the sage lands of the West, a deal is being forged to perpetuate the spectacle. Hoping to keep sage grouse from … 1

• Field reports: Deer killing prompts $5,000 reward

  February 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page C11 POACHING – Up to $5,000 in rewards is being offered for a tip that leads to the conviction of the culprits in the latest spree poaching case in Eastern Washington. …

• Landers: Private land hunting can be special

  November 22, 2012 in Outdoors, Sports on Page B1 More people would hunt if they knew they had a place. I understand this limitation, having lost access to fabulous hunting over the years as farms changed hands. 2

• Wildlife Services’ deadly force brings environmental problems

  May 27, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C12 Like the prow of a ship, the Granite Mountains rise sharply from the creamy-white playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Here, in rugged terrain owned by the American … 2

• Farmers deserve help with critters

  April 1, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B1 Running a soup kitchen for wildlife is a cost of doing business for farmers and ranchers. But the charitable feeling deteriorates when critters gang up on a place.

• Cattle ranchers face fight over right to pump water from wells

  January 30, 2009 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Environmentalists and cattlemen clashed Thursday over a decades-old law that allows largely unlimited pumping from wells – with no permit – as long as the water is used …