SKIING -- Owners of 49 Degrees North have announced plans for another major expansion, with a double chair on Angel Peak and construction of a mid-mountain lodge in time for the 2012-2013 ski and snowboard season. Continue on to read detals from the media release…
SKIING -- Members of the Stevens Peak Backcountry Coalition are scheduled to meet in Wallace today with snowmobiling representatives. They plan to discuss ways to prevent conflicts between motorized and non-motorized users of the winter backcountry around the mountain and winter powder haven near the…
LIVING HISTORY -- Flint and steel firemaking, open-fire cooking, flintlock shooting and even a cannon salute will generate smoke and cheers at Riverside State Park this weekend. The annual Fur Trade Encampment will return the Spokane House Interpretive site to the 1810-1825 period when traders,…
DOGS -- The portable dog crates hunters use to transport their canine companions to the field also are excellent tools for house-breaking pups and new dogs and quickly bringing them into the family -- so you can get a full night's sleep! The following training…
WILD LANDS -- A workshop on controlling weeds on private lands with biological agents is set for June 23 at Mirabeau Park in Spokane Valley offered Spokane County-WSU Extension. Cost is $20. Preregistration required. Read on for details.
WILDLIFE -- Bonner County logged 770 complaints about bears last year -- 740 more than any other county in Idaho. Question is: Does North Idaho have a bear problem, or a problem with human habits in bear country? Explore the issue while sipping a brew…
TRAILS -- It's bad enough that a small group of people -- they call themselves the Doo Crew -- must step up to deal with the proliferation of dog poop along the South Hill bluff trails. But now these volunteers have to deal with the…
RIVER RUNNING -- Here's a last-minute deal dad will like better than a wet kiss. ROW Adventures is offering a Father's Day weekend special: bring two people at the regular rate and Dad goes free! Bring four people and Mom or grandpa can go free,…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Internet chat rooms were buzzing today with charges that the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe was given access to otherwise closed state lands in Western Washington in order to harvest black bears. Officially unconfirmed reports say tribal members were hunting with hounds and/or bait…
PADDLING -- The annual Spokane River Canoe Classic, normally set on its namesake stream, has been moved to Liberty Lake this year because of the dangerously high river flows. The event is set for Saturday, beginning with registration at 9 a.m. followed by the race…
RIVER RUNNING -- I received rave reviews from people who participated in last weekend's Meet Me at The River raft trips on the Spokane River. These trips are being organized through the summer by the Spokane River Forum to introduce residents to the wonders of…
PROWLING DOGS -- Two free-running dogs have been harassing hikers and runners near the Dishman Hills Natural Area. Animal Control has had multiple reports. One of the dogs is a pit bull or pit bull mix; the other is undetermined. Both dogs have collars and…
CYCLING -- the Pend Oreille Pedalers are working with the Bonners Ferry Ranger District's trail crew to build a new mountain bike trail at Brush Lake about 20 miles north of Bonners Ferry on Highway 95. The new trail at Brush Lake will add a…
OUTDOOR TRAVEL -- Two hostels have opened in Idaho this season, including one in the Silver Valley that's convenient to the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes. Hostels are ideal for bicycle tourists. Closed for years, Kellogg's historic McKinley Inn is back open, resurrected as a…
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…
TRAILS -- Today is a grand day for trails in northeastern Washington. In fact, it's a 17 Grand day. The final eBay bid in the auction that ended today was $17,100 for the ukulele Eddie Vedder has donated to the Ferry County Rail Trail Partners.…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- I've had the pleasure of seeing snakes on at least a dozen of my area hikes in the last month. Most of them were large but harmless bull snakes -- no rattles at the end of the tail -- but three were…
NATIONAL PARKS -- To celebrate the bicentennial of fur trader David Thompson’s journey down the length of the Columbia River, a series of programs is being organized this month at the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. More than 100 hardy adventurers will paddle 50 foot…
NATIONAL PARKS -- While road crews are still churning through 20-foot deep snow drifts toward Logan Pass in the upper sections of Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun Road, bicyclists are having a great time riding the motor-vehicle-free lower reaches of the fabled park…
NATIONAL FORESTS -- A series of mudslides todayoccurred mid-morning have blocked the upper Icicle Road west of Leavenworth, stranding about 30 hikers and campers, Wenatchee National Forest officials report. Slides as wide as 40 feet occurred near Fourth of July Trail and Fourth of July…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
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