OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES -- July might be the best month of the year for camping, hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities, and this year's version will deliver even more than usual. July 2011 will have 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays and 5 Sundays -- a bonanza recreational…
WINTER SPORTS -- Lookout Pass ski area has just been cited as having received "the most snowfall in the world" among reporting ski resorts during the past seven days. The one week total: 6.5 FEET, most of which fell Sunday-Tuesday. The distinction has just been…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A cow and calf moose wander through cameraman Scott Maben's Coeur d'Alene neighborhood this morning, stopping to do some pruning on the landscaping.
OUTDOOR IMAGES -- Although her business is called Idaho Scenic Images, Linda Lantzy of Coeur d'Alene isn't tethered to the state. I pointed out recently that her list of Top 12 Photos of 2010 included a shot of the North Cascades, which are tempting even…
WINTER SPORTS -- Jon Dodge of Priest Lake Search & Rescue will teach a free introductory course on Avalanche Awareness Thursday, March 3, 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at REI, 1125 N Monroe. Basics he’ll cover include how to interpret avalanche advisories, gear necessary for travelling in…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The weekend eagle feast of coots at Sprague Lake has subsided as more of the lake has become ice-free in the last few days. Here's a Tuesday report from birdwatcher Greg Falco of Sprague: Today Sprague Lake had more open water, about…
HUNTING -- March 15 is the deadline for non-resident elk and dear license applications. Remember, the prices have gone up this, as I noted in this post last week. You can apply online.
SKIING -- It took a day for the pow pounders to surface with stories from Lookout Pass. "We picked a good day for a vacation on Monday," confessed Spokane skier Bill Fuzak. "The photo was shot at Lookout Pass, in the trees off the Northstar…
HUNTING -- Trophy white-tailed deer are highly valued in Ohio, and they have laws to prove it. A good case in point came out of the courts this week as an Ohio man was ordered to pay $23,816 in restitution under a 2008 law for…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
