ENDANGERED SPECIES --Six panelists with different viewpoints will speak on the revival of wolves in the Northwest during a program tonight, 7 p.m., at Gonzaga University’s Jepson Center, Wolff Auditorium, 502 E. Boone Ave. Moderated by Rich Landers, Outdoors editor at The Spokesman-Review, the discussion…
FISHING -- Outdoor Life once headlined Montana's Bighorn River as the Best Trout Stream in America. Apparently the predators heard the news. A fly fisherman got the surprise of his life last month when he cast for the river's noble trout and hooked up...
WINTERSPORTS -- Schweitzer Mountain spokesmen say the ski resort is committed to staying open daily through April 5 despite a meager snow pack that's forced Mt. Spokane ski area to temporarily close. That's good news for locals who are kicking off the annual Sandpoint Winter...
OUTDOOR EDUCATION -- A Senate committee will hold a hearing today, Feb. 11, at 1:30 p.m. on “No Child Left Inside,” a bipartisan bill (SB 5843) that provides $1.3 million for programs to get kids to away from their screens and back outdoors. A...
WILDLIFE -- Just recently we heard about a case of chronic wasting disease involving a bull elk on a Utah game farm. This week, belated news about the disease showing up at an elk farm in Canada: Alberta game-farm elk tests positive for chronic-wasting disease...
PUBLIC LANDS -- As several Western states -- including Washington -- continue to debate legislation that seeks to take over federal lands within their borders, the majority of people seem to have a clearer understanding of who owns what. A nonpartisan survey of Rocky Mountain...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Sportsmen's groups and outdoors business have scheduled rallies at the Idaho and Montana capitols to protest efforts by some state lawmakers to take control of federal public lands. The groups contend state takeovers would ultimate result in the public losing access...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
