PADDLING -- A video of a man's canoe ballet is a peaceful end of the week and a reminder of what a little practice with a paddle can accomplish. The video is from the 2007 Mid-West Freestyle Canoe competition. American Freestyle canoeing is the art…
WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT -- Robotic white-tailed deer decoys and metal detectors costing more than $5,000 have been donated by the Spokane Valley-based Northwest Sportsman’s Club for use by state wildlife police. The remotely-controlled decoys and highly sensitive metal detectors will be used by officers in the...
PREDATORS -- Gray wolf numbers in Idaho appear to be roughly the same as at the end of 2013 while the number of wolves killed by hunters and trappers is significantly down, according to the state Fish and Game Department's annual 2014 Wolf Monitoring Progress Report released today....
PREDATORS -- Gray wolf numbers in Montana declined 12 percent last year and livestock attacks by the predators took an even sharper drop after four years of regulated hunting and trapping. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks said a minimum 554 wolves were counted statewide at...
MULTISPORTS -- Although the region's ski resorts have closed for the season, there's still enough snow at Silver Mountain above Kellogg to start the first leg of a popular multisport down-the-mountain spring event. The 11th annual NASCO LEADMAN Triathlon will be held April 25. The...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
