TRAILS -- The Newport-Sullivan Lake Ranger Districts have reopened Forest Service Trail 533 from Hall Mountain to Grassy Top after the trail was closed during the Grease Creek fire of last summer. The trail is located southeast of Sullivan Lake, Washington, on the Colville National…
PUBLIC LANDS -- While some politicians are trying to make hay out of federal public land transfer campaigns, other people people are trying to address the problems in sensible, workable ways that will win public backing. Here's an example as reported by the Associated Press.…
BIRDING -- An American ex-pat who resides in Australia was in Washington state last weekend when he pushed his list to 753 and broke the record for the number of bird species tallied for a Big Year in North America. John Weigel added five more…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.