PUBLIC LANDS -- Climber-cyclists Eric Barrett has a first-person reason for repeating the warning state park rangers preach to visitors leaving their vehicles in any park or Centennial Trail trailhead. Hey Riverside State Park users, I had my car broken into at Bowl & Pitcher...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Services remain limited at Glacier National Park, but access is gradually opening earlier than normal as snow recedes. The road to Two Medicine and a loop of the Two Medicine Campground near East Glacier should be opening this weekend. Glacier National Park…
FISHING -- Fly fishermen will be interested in the latest news coming from Western Montana's Big Hole and Bitterroot rivers: Record brown trout numbers cited as reason for fungus in Montana river The spread of a fungal infection known as Saprolegnia in the Big Hole...
HUNTING -- Here's another unusual report from the April 15 opening day of Washington's spring gobbler season. This one, along with several photos, is from long-time Spokane-area hunter Ivan Lines: Hi Rich: Enjoyed your turkey hunting story in the paper this morning. I've experienced all...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- April is like party time for prairie grouse, as Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson reminds us with this photo of a dancing male sharptail. Johnson shot the image above this week in Montana from a blind at the site -- known as...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
