PREDATORS -- Idaho Fish and Game Department plans to use helicopter gunners and government trappers to kill wolves roaming the Lolo Zone, a remote, rugged area in the north-central part of the state once populated by some of Idaho's biggest elk herds. Trapping efforts will…
BIRDING -- Snowy owls migrating from the arctic to northern states stand out in a crowd, or even on a rural fencepost. Numerous sightings are causing a stir about whether this is a boom year for the white-feathered visitors. Read on for some perspective and…
FISHING -- Winds blasting through the Columbia River Gorge in November damaged several of the tribal netting scaffolds built along the shore at Drano Lake, a popular sport-fishing spot, reports the Vancouver Columbian Among the platforms damaged partially is one of two built this spring…
HUNTING -- Oregon is the first state in the nation to integrate hunter education registration with license sales, according to a report by outdoor blogger Bill Monroe for Oregon Live. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has cleared the path to end the last-minute…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
