HUNTING -- Charges have been filed against a man and a boy involved in killing a well-publicized research-collared grizzly bear that had wandered this summer from Montana to the Silver Valley. The two North Idaho hunters have been cited for illegally killing a grizzly bear…
HUNTING SHOWS -- The former Miss Kansas who became the host of an Outdoor Channel adventure show has been charged with illegally shooting an Alaska grizzly bear and attempting to cover it up, the Associated Press reports. Alaska State Troopers say 25-year-old Theresa Vail, star...
WINTERSPORTS -- Mount Spokane is a mess today. Best to leave it be, according to this report from Nora Searing a mountain resident and member of Spokane Nordic: The Selkirk Parking Lot is CLOSED due to heavy wet snow conditions and the inability to remove…
HUNTING -- A helicopter big-game survey timed for Saturday's perfect flying conditions in Whitman County was bad news for some elk hunters. Levi Dennis of Lamont was trying to fill his muzzleloader elk tag with four days remaining in the 14-day season. "In the morning...
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Sportfishing rule changes for 2016-2017 and a report about wolf conflict management are among topics on the agenda for the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting Friday and Saturday, Dec. 11-12, in Port Townsend. The sportfishing rule proposals this year are largely...
CARNIVORES -- State and federal grizzly bear experts from across the Pacific Northwest are in Missoula this week to discuss ongoing efforts to remove the bears from federal Endangered Species Act protection. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee, the multi-agency committee responsible for grizzly bear recovery...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.