ROCK CLIMBING -- Pro climber and soloist Alex Honnold appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes last Sunday -- and he scared the crap out of just about everyone who hasn't already voided after seeing his free-climbing exploits in the Banff Mountain Film Festival. Is he the…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Passions continued to run high in Washington about the growing wolf population as the state Fish and Wildlife Commission held a special meeting on a proposed wolf management plan Thursday in Olympia. The commission and state Fish and Wildlife Department officials held…
SKIING -- Wolf Creek Ski Area near Pagosa Springs in southwest Colorado says it plans to open for skiing Saturday and Sunday, after a storm left 3 feet of snow. Ski area officials will probably decide Saturday whether to keep going daily for the rest…
OUTDOOR FILMS -- The largest environmental and adventure film festival in North America, is coming to the historic Panida Theatre in Sandpoint tonight and Saturday, sponsored by the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille Conservancy. The festival’s award-winning environmental and outdoor adventure films were chosen from among the…
HUNTING -- Regardless of what species they're stalking, hunters heading into bear, wolf and cougar country -- which it just about everywhere around here -- should be prepared to deal with a close encounter. That means thinking about it before hand and being equipped with…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Jaime Johnson, a professional photographer from Montana, recently put a video camera on the bank of an Alaska river where brown bears were frequently walking in search of salmon. The result gets my stomp of approval. Let’s just say the camera got…
BIG-GAME HUNTING -- A new smartphone app for iphone and Android could be a boon to hunters tracking their hunting success with hunting diaries. “Deer Diary, the App for Hunters,” is partnered with a companion website, DeerDiary.com, which synchronizes information with the app. “Deer Diary”…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
