MOUNTAINEERING -- Nepal is considering placing age and fitness restrictions on people who want to attempt climbing Mount Everest. Mohan Sapkota, a spokesman for the Himalayan country’s ministry of tourism, said today that the government is mulling barring very young and very old climbers, as…
TRAILS -- Washington legislators who have proposed closing the John Wayne rail trail across Eastern Washington have agreed to present their case at a meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, starting at 10 a.m. in Tekoa City Hall, according to the Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association...
WILDLIFE -- Wildlife officials were warning the public about hungry bears probing lowland areas for food before the black bear attack on a woman in her home near Kalispell and another grizzly killed by a vehicle -- both in the past week...
RIVERS – Groups ranging from tribes to salmon advocates and outfitters have set a boat-in rally to promote dam removal at a “Free the Snake Flotilla” on Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m. at Wawawai Landing southwest of Pullman. The groups say the four dams on...
FISHING -- An angler has earned nearly $100,000 for catching and turning in northern pikeminnows on the Columbia and Snake rivers since the state-sanctioned 2015 Northern Pikeminnow Sport-Reward Program opened May 1. As of Friday, the angler had earned a record $95,000 and the 2015…
FISHING – Lead King Lake in Pend Oreille County is scheduled to be treated with rotenone on Oct. 7 to kill sunfish and illegally introduced northern pike. Washington Fish and Wildlife officials will explain the plan in a public meeting Friday, Oct. 2, 6-8 p.m.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.