WILDLIFE -- Yesterday I ran the True/False portion of a quiz to let you test how much you know about the white-tailed deer that flourish from our yards to wheatfields and from river bottoms to modest forest elevations across the nation. Here's Part 2 of…
WILDLIFE -- A male black wolf shot by a southeastern Montana rancher Sunday had traveled hundreds of miles from its former home range in Wyoming, officials say. The 2-1/2-year old wolf was far from home — 300 in a direct line and many more on…
NORDIC SKIING -- The Panhandle Nordic Club will hear a program by John Latta of the Stevens Peak Backcountry Coalition at its Dec. 6 meeting, 7 p.m., at the Forest Service Fernan Ranger Station just east of Coeur d'Alene. The meeting also is the club's…
FISHING -- Idaho's steelhead harvest season continues on the Clearwater, Salmon, Little Salmon and lower Snake rivers with some new rules that went into effect Aug. 1. In case you didn't catch on to them, the new rules allow anglers to transport anadromous salmon and…
WINTER SPORTS -- A 32-year-old Whitefish man is in the running to be named the “Ultimate Ski Bum,” a title that comes with a prize package worth about $30,000, the Associated Press reports. His resume includes sking about 150 days a year, about 70 at…
WILDLIFE -- How much do you know about the white-tailed deer that flourish from our yards to wheatfields and from river bottoms to modest forest elevations across the nation? The whitetail is the most popular big-game animal in North America, prized by hunters and wildlife…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.