HUNTING -- Shifting tides in public opinion have prompted the Idaho Fish and Game Commission to postpone a decision on putting up more big-game tags for auction to raise money for wildlife management. Idaho Fish and Game commissioners on today tabled a proposal to offer...
WATER SOURCES -- Snow is piling up in the mountains, and last year's big early thaw that ravaged the snowpack for water needed by fish, boaters and other uses isn't in the forecast -- so far. See the second photo to remember how grimly low…
WILDLIFE HABITAT -- An agreement between an elk conservation group, the state and a land developer has permanently protected and opened access to 297 acres of riparian habitat in southwest Washington at the foot of Mount St. Helens. The property includes the northern shoreline of...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Well, the message in the photo above is one way to look at wilderness. But I suspect this billboard may not tell the whole story.
OUTCATCH – Our future would be brighter if a 401(k) had stock, bond or fund options as sound as the annual Beginners Fly Fishing School presented by the Spokane Fly Fishers. There is perhaps no surer investment in meeting lifelong needs for happiness and recreational…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- An online birding activity sponsored by Cornell Lab of Ornithology is offering a deal to bird watchers interested in learning more about their feathered friends. Sign up online for Project FeederWatch by Feb. 29 for $18 (includes this year and next year)...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
