HUNTING DOGS -- A short pre-season bird-dog workout session turned into a marathon when my English setter ran out of sight and never came back this morning. I was trying to take advantage of the cool morning before the predicted 80-degree high temps. But my...
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- Bear spray apparently enabled a hiker from Wisconsin to ward off an attacking grizzly bear in Glacier National Park on Tuesday. The man, 65, was hiking alone off- trail near Mt. Henkel in the Many Glacier Valley, where he surprised a sow…
WILDFIRES -- The Grizzly Bear Complex fires in the Blue Mountains have been hard to tame in the continued dry weather, forcing fire managers to keep most of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness closed to public access. The fire, ignited by lightning on Aug. 13, is 44…
EXTREME SPORTS -- Two climbers known for their ascents of big walls, speed records and unflinching dedication to rock climbing will headline the presenters in the 2015 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 8 in Banff, Alberta. Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell will...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.