THREATENED SPECIES — Gov. Steve Bullock signed an agreement today with the U.S. Department of Agriculture pledging cooperation on efforts to protect declining populations of greater sage grouse -- and, in turn, avoid the economic and political turmoil should the grouse be listed for protections…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- As concerns mount for the survival of the Columbia River system's sockeye run during the 2015 drought, fisheries managers are looking at unusual options. The potential losses are staggering, scientists say, as I pointed out in this revealing blog post last week....
HIKING -- A Backpacking Basics presentation geared to the Inland Northwest will be presented Tuesday, 7 p.m., by the staff at the Spokane REI store, 1125 N. Monroe St. A presentation geared to lightweight backpacking is set for 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Pre-register for the...
WILDLIFE -- For all of you heading to Alaska or the coastal region of British Columbia, this photo offers a big validation to the guidelines I've been preaching about camping in grizzly country. Look at that paw and those claws and say after me: "I...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.