TRAILS -- An online auction is underway for a longboard signed by guitarist Eddie Vedder and other rockers to raise funds for the continuing effort to develop the Ferry County Rail Trail. The trail is a scenic 28.5-mile non-motorized route on an abandoned railway along...
HUNTING – A youth pheasant hunting area stocked with birds raised by volunteers has been designated in the Palouse River area of Idaho. Hunters age 15 and under who have completed a hunter education course and are accompanied by an adult with a hunting license...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Forest road access to wood cutters and hunters will be increasing starting next week as the Idaho Panhandle National Forests begin opening forest roads that have been gated to help provide security for grizzly bears. Gates will be opened starting Nov 16...
GEOGRAPHIC NAMES – The federal government has renamed a lake and a creek in north-central Washington to honor an African American miner who staked claims in the area 125 years ago, the Associated Press reports. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the name...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
