CLIMBING -- Among several recent search and rescue operations in the region to aid hapless hikers and climbers, Sunday's mission on Mount Hood rises to the top. A woman whose leg was broken by rockfall was rescued by a National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk crew...
WILD FIRES -- With last year's Carlton Complex fires still heavy in the memories of locals as well as visitors and anglers, fire officials say they’re concerned that big wildfires already are popping up this summer in North Central Washington. Over the weekend, firefighters battled...
PUBLIC LANDS -- A tip from elk hunters has led to prosecution of a Walla Walla man for landing his private aircraft in the Wenha-Tucannon Wilderness, where motor vehicle use is prohibited. Brent Dawson of Walla Walla, Washington recently plead guilty to illegally landing his...
FISHING -- Good fishing reports are coming in from far and wide. Here's the latest on Omak Lake on the Colville Indian Reservation from Anton Jones of Darrell & Dad's Guide Service: On Omak the fish are coming off the spawn and biting like crazy!...
HUNTING – A nonresident hunter has been ordered to pay more than $2,300 for mistakenly shooting and killing a grizzly bear in northwestern Montana. That's a light fine for killing a protected big-game species, likely the result of the hunter's cooperation in the case. Richard…
INVASIVE SPECIES -- A workshop on aquatic plant identification will be presented at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, at the Community Water Resource Center, 1031 N. Academic Way in Coeur d'Alene. This is billed as a hands-on experience to learn more about the plant...
PUBLIC LANDS -- As I watch the landscape turn brown during this drought, I can't help but notice the knapweed and skeleton weed look green and unscathed. Too bad elk and deer don't thrive on noxious weeds because... Noxious weeds gaining ground on federal lands...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
