RIVERS -- Now you see it, now you don't. That snow that piled up in the mountains Sunday and Monday was dramatically reduced by rain and flushed down rivers today. Lightning Creek and Pack River in North Idaho surged with runoff, with Lighting's flows increasing from...
CARNIVORES -- Grizzly bear issues noted by experts this week include: (1) The bear-proof food containers campers have been required to use in bear country may have been tested by underachievers -- bored bears that weren't trying to get to the contents, and (2) grizzlies are expanding range but aren't ready for delisting...
WINTERSPORTS -- Schweitzer Mountain Resort will be host to a lot of skiers and snowboarders out for a big Sandpoint community celebration on Friday, Dec. 11. Each year the resort gives Community Cancer Services the opportunity to sell lift tickets for a special day and...
WILDLIFE -- The fisher, a mid-size member of the weasel family that's being reintroduced to the South Cacades, has a cool reproductive capability that tunes into its habitat. Despite their name, the mostly nocturnal fishers don’t eat fish. But if their preferred food sources --…
FISHERIES -- The Wild Fish Conservancy and four other conservation organizations today issued a 60-day notice that they intend to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to complete and implement a recovery plan for the Puget Sound...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
