SNAKES -- Assuming you've eaten your breakfast, check out the AP photo from Everglades National Park showing the capacity of a Burmese python for consuming an ENTIRE deer -- whole. Indeed, they kill alligators, great blue herons and full-grown deer, but Florida wildlife officials say…
HIKING/SURVIVAL -- It's good news that a Leavenworth hiker who got lost last weekend walked out safely from the woods after spending an unexpected cold night in the mountains. He had the gear and know-how to survive. Yay! But a few readers have been intrigued…
PREDATORS -- Hunters and their guns have not been particularly effective in controlling wolf numbers in Idaho in the two seasons that have been held over the past three years. This month, wildlife managers will turn to trappers to do the job. The first wolf…
HUNTING -- Regardless of whether they fill their tags or not, it's clear that Ron and Jeannie Worley of Loon Lake had a good time at their elk camp up Coleman Creek on Halloween. They decorated their campsite and let any potential trick or treaters…
HUNTING ENFORCEMENT -- "I patrolled nearly 2000 miles of back roads during October and encountered fewer elk hunters and far fewer elk camps than in the recent past," said Jerry Hugo, Idaho Fish and Game Department conservation officer in North Idaho. "Panhandle resident elk camps…
The Dishman Hills Natural Area Association is the low-key local conservation group that just keeps on giving. Consider joining the celebration and seeing what the groups in planning next.
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
