HUNTING/POACHING -- Three Australians on a North Ameican hunting trip have been sent packing, but not before Idaho officials fined them thousands of dollars for elk poaching and told the bad apples they could never return to hunt in Idaho and virtually anywhere else in…
MOUNTAIN ROADS -- The Washington Transportation Department decided today to close the North Cascades Highway for the winter. The 37-mile section of Highway 20 was temporarily shut down Nov. 15, and the department made it final today with heavy snow in the forecast. The highway…
HUNTING/POACHING -- Hunters relished wintery conditions that coincided with the onset of the rut last week. Conditions were good for filling a tag in the final days of the late rifle whitetail buck hunt, which ended Saturday in northeastern Washington. Poachers seemed to like the…
FISHING – Anglers along the Snake and Grande Ronde rivers have been leaving a lot to be desired in the categories of ethics and compliance with fishing rules. On a recent boat patrol along the Snake River upstream from Clarkston, Washington Fish and Wildlife Department…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions at the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite Inland Northwest ski area or the road to get there.…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Montana is considering the sale of 7,280 acres of its lands in northeastern Montana’s Daniels County, 49 tracts ranging from 5 to 360 acres, according to the Billings Gazette. “Over the years, landowners and others in Daniels County have urged the Department…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite North Idaho ski area or the road to get there.…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite Washington ski area or the road to get there. WASHINGTON…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite Montana ski area or the road to get there. MONTANA…
WINTER SPORTS -- Technology has made it easier than ever to monitor snow conditions for the region's mountain passes and winter sports resorts. Click on the following links for web cam views of your favorite British Columbia ski area or the road to get there.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
