HIKING -- The report from local Audubon Society birders out for a hike in Riverside State Park today is like music to my ears. Fran Haywood was near the Bowl and Pitcher when she was serenaded by the cascading call of a canyon wren --...
NATIONAL PARKS -- Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would allow paddle-powered watercraft on additional rivers and streams in Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. U.S. Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., introduced the “Yellowstone and Grand Teton Paddling Act” this month. The proposal is not...
CLIMBING -- A new website seeks to give Internet viewers a taste of the mountaineering journey up Grand Teton’s 13,770-foot summit. Grand Teton National Park’s new web-based interactive climb takes viewers from the trailhead to the summit with maps, video, audio clips and photos. It’s…
HUNTING -- Roberta Wise, 71, of Kennewick has been recalling a long, fruitful family history of hunting and fishing -- and she's never been on the sidelines just because she's a girl. Wise submitted photos and a story to a contest the Washington Fish and...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.