WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Rebecca Wodder, the chief executive officer of the conservation group American Rivers since 2005, has been nominated by President Obama to replace Tom Strickland as the Interior Department's assistant secretary for fish, wildlife and parks, according to a New York Times report.…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- The Idaho Panhandle Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet Friday, 9 a.m. in Coeur d’Alene to review and distribute approximately $690,000 in funding for natural resource projects in 2012. The meeting will be held at the Idaho Panhandle National Forests Supervisor’s Office,…
IN THE FIELD -- Some editors like to feature photos of readers showing off their publications while vacationing in exotic places. But here at The Spokesman-Review, we like to see people reading the paper close to home, and offering news tips at the same time.…
WILDLIFE -- Harassed in recent weeks by bald eagles, the world’s largest Caspian tern colony for the past decade “collapsed entirely” last week with the last of some 5,000 nests plundered, according to a report in the Columbia Basin Bulletin. The constant hunting pressure from…
WILDLIFE -- Deer were dropping their fawns in the last week of May. The four robin chicks jumped out of their nest behind our house on Saturday and have been hopping around the house all weekend. A couple of hikes in Lincoln County Sunday revealed…
CONSERVATION -- The Dream Trail Project through the Dishman Hills as well as the public parking issue – the sheriff’s writing tickets – at the Big Rock Conservation Area north of Stevens Creek Road near Tower Mountain will be discussed by members of the Dishman…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
