HUNTING -- The Big Horn Outdoor Recreation Show doesn't open until tomorrow, but hunters already have been bringing their trophy antlers, horns and heads for measuring by official Boone and Crockett and Pope and Young scorers. In addition to getting an official score, Big Horn…
WILDLIFE -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the country’s 553 national wildlife refuges, plans to hire more than 2,000 young people this year, as it did in 2010. Now's the time to apply for a summer job on a national wildlife refuge…
WINTER SPORTS -- A guided full-moon snowshoe hike at Mount Spokane is set for Saturday, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The trip, sponsored by REI and Spokane Parks and Recreation, includes transportation and all snowshoeing equipment for $31 ($27 for REI members). Generous snowfall in the past…
HUNTING -- An Idaho Senate panel dropped a bill aimed at gutting the Department of Fish and Game’s authority to regulate where hunters can drive their all-terrain vehicles. The Senate Resources and Environment Committee rejected the measure this week, while also shooting down legislation that…
WINTER SPORTS -- The Winter Wildlands Backcountry Film Festival, canceled in February by a storm that closed the school, is rescheduled for Friday at Gonzaga University. Several winning festival films will be shown at the Jepson Center, Wolfe Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., show…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- In past years, Washington and Oregon have been little more than footnotes in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service annual report on western gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. However, the 2010 report gives the relatively new breeding packs in those states…
WILDLIFE -- The Idaho Legislature seems willing to take a step backward in regulations designed to protect the state's priceless wild elk herds. Elk ranchers who sell meat and charge hunters to shoot trophy bulls inside fences convinced a Senate panel to relax requirements to…
WINTER SPORTS -- Some snowmobilers seem to enjoy breaking the law and offending others more than the sport itself. Backcountry skiers recently documented snowmobile tracks in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Leavenworth. Sadly, they got little reaction from the local Sheriff or Forest Service when…
STATE PARKS -- The latest step in a long effort to expand the downhill ski area at Mount Spokane State Park will be explained in a public workshop with time for public comment tonight, 6:30 p.m., in Building 17 at Spokane Falls Community College, 3410…
WINTER SPORTS -- I wish I could say it's uncommon for people to chase wildlife on motor vehicles, but it's not. I've seen it often, and heard about it more often. And some people, such as the snowmobiler above in Colorado, are bold enough to…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
