OUTDOOR PURSUITS -- “We concluded that these forms of the sport are pushing boundaries and taking the element of risk to a place where we as a company are no longer willing to go,” Clif Bar wrote last month in an open letter to the…
WINTERSPORTS -- The Methow Valley has good news for cross-country skiers champing at the bit to get onto groomed trails. While Mount Spokane nordic trails area still begging for a base, Methow Trails had enough early season snowfall to open trails for skiing, snowshoeing and…
HUNTING --Three southeastern Idaho men have been banned from hunting for a year after one of them used a powered parachute to spot deer and radio back information to two others on the ground. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a news release…
WINTERSPORTS -- A new rental service for cross-country skis and snowshoes is officially debuting today at Mount Spokane State Park. Fitness Fanatics, based at 12425 E. Trent Ave., will have a trailer full of gear to rent, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursdays-Mondays during the winter season.…
BEAR ATTACKS -- Hikers and hunters who venture into bear country can benefit from reading investigations of bear attacks. Here's a report on the most recent investigation of a bear mauling in the Northern Rockies. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A panel of wildlife experts has…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
