MISSING PETS -- A young, energetic family dog lost from its owners during a snowshoe hike on Sunday has been found after two days out in the high country near Sherman Pass. A Job Corps forestry crew heard about the lost dog and the despair…
SKYWATCHING -- Tonight might be prime time, if you can swing it, to go high away from city lights and above the clouds to watch the expected light show in the northern sky. A massive explosion on the sun's surface has triggered the largest solar…
MISSING PETS -- During a snowshoe hike on Sunday (Jan. 22), a seven month old male Bluetick Coonhound who answers to the name Rebel was lost in the vicinity of Columbia Mountain near Sherman Pass in Colville National Forest in northeast Washington. Anyone living in…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The diminutive pygmy owl stands less than 7 inches tall, and it's easy to miss. Birder Teri Pieper of Twisp used her eagle eyes to spot this little guy as she skinny-skied behind friends who had swooshed past the owl in the…
WINTER FISHING -- Ice anglers in North Idaho should be cleaning upon the record number of mature kokanee in Spirit Lake this winter – except they can’t get to the fish. Idaho Fish and Game Department reports from August trawling surveys say “the most abundant…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- This short video clip shows sharp-tailed grouse feeding recently in Okanogan County. Grouse species are well adapted to feeding on nutritious buds and berries in trees of the ground, as you can see by these birds clinging effortlessly to flimsy brush as…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
