HUNTING -- Results from Idaho's 2011 special big-game controlled hunt drawings are available today as follows: Deer, Elk, Pronghorn, Fall Black Bear & Fall Turkey Moose, Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goat Spring Turkey and Black Bear Washington's 2011 special big-game hunting permit drawings have been…
NATIONAL PARKS -- Crews plowing Glacier National Park’s historic Going-to-the-Sun Road say heavy snowpack this winter has put them almost a month behind schedule. Stan Stahr says he hasn’t seen the snowpack this bad in the 20 years he has worked for the park, and…
COLUMBIA RIVER -- The level of Lake Roosevelt was elev. 1255.82 feet this morning -- up 15 feet from last week -- and the Bureau of Reclamation this afternoon predicted the elevation will continue to rise through the coming week. Bureau officials expect the level…
PUBLIC LANDS -- National parks will be waiving entrance fees on June 21 to celebrate the first day of summer and provide an incentive for families to enjoy the outdoors and national heritage. The Park Service is waiving fees for a total of 17 days…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
