PUBLIC LANDS -- Despite being largely opposed and proven wastes of taxpayer money, right-wing efforts to transfer Western federal lands to state control continue in some states, including Idaho and Washington. In Idaho, the Idaho Statesman reports: Idaho’s three-year campaign to force the government to...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- An award-winning raptor expert, artist and photographer will focus on birds of prey in a free fully feathered program TONIGHT, April 8, in Spokane. Kate Davis of Raptors of the Rockies will use her stunning images along with her Teaching Team --…
PUBLIC LANDS -- You know you've arrived when someone names a brew in your honor. MickDuff's Brewing Company's new Goat Hope Ale is debuting in honor of the Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness and the group's efforts to protect an 88,000-acre wild area northeast of…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A high-flying soap opera is underway in Sandpoint. Ospreys have migrated back to the Idaho Panhandle to win female affections, breed and nest, and there's quite a show going at the platform under the unblinking eye of a web cam at Sandpoint’s...
HUNTING -- A landowner who generously allows me to hunt wild turkeys on his property sent me the photo, above, on April 1, to whet my appetite for April 15. That's one week from today. I'll be ready -- will you? All of the rules...
FLY FISHING -- A two-hour clinic on fly fishing local lakes will convene at 6 p.m. on April 28 at Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley. Jon Allan, a Spokane angler with decades of experience in fishing the region's stillwaters, will cover gear, tactics,…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
