WATERSPORTS -- Standing out in a recent surge of record-breaking efforts, a Denver man has logged the fastest Grand Canyon river trip on record, battling blisters and rapids as he paddled his kayak down a 277-mile stretch of the Colorado River in 34 hours and…
PREDATORS -- Despite allowing hunting and trapping for wolves, Idaho has far exceed federal gray wolf recovery levels of 100 wolves and 10 breeding pairs for 16 consecutive years, the Idaho Fish and Game Department's top official says. "The bottom line is that Idaho has...
WINTERSPORTS -- The five avalanche fatalities recorded from Mount Baker to Wyoming over the weekend contributed to January being the deadliest month in 20 years for on-snow travelers. Even my earlier report on the weekend accidents involving skiers and snowmobilers at Mount Baker, Montana and...
PUBLIC LANDS -- A coalition of conservationists today requested to intervene in a lawsuit filed by snowmobilers challenging wilderness provisions in the Kootenai and Idaho Panhandle national forest plans. The snowmobilers' lawsuit seeks to overturn restrictions on motorized use in recommended wilderness areas. "At issue...
PREDATORS – Aggressively dealing with wolves that kill livestock works better than a gradual approach, according to research in Montana. When a group of wolves gets a taste for sheep or cattle, trying to kill a few of the offending wolves was not effective, the...
WINTERSPORTS -- Although details are still being gathered, officials report that one person was killed and another injured in an avalanche near the Mount Baker ski area on Sunday. The Northwest Avalanche Center says this is the second avalanche death in Washington in the past...
WINTERSPORTS -- Backcountry skiers and snowboarders have been reaping big rewards for their muscle-powered efforts in Idaho's Selkirk Mountains. A group of five splitboarders, for example, have been taking advantage of the Pack River Road being plowed up into the drainage farther than normal because…
HUNTING – Idaho Panhandle hunters will have an extra 16 days to hunt wild turkeys next fall under new season adopted for the next two years by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission Thursday. Panhandle Region fall general turkey season turkey hunts will be extended…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Deer, elk and moose males have been shedding their antlers in preparation for growing new sets starting later this winter. But they're not all on the same schedule. Come bucks and bulls will carry their racks for another month or more. Montana...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
