HUNTING -- The hot issue of providing more Idaho big-game tags for auction is on the agenda for the state Fish and Game Commission meeting Thursday in Boise. The money could help boost some wildlife management programs, but the potential for greediness can creep in...
PUBLIC LANDS -- A little reality check for state politicians promoting federal land-grabs dropped into Wyoming on Friday. Federal legislation to transfer control and even ownership of federal land to states has got the attention of the National Wildlife Federation, a sportsmen’s conservation group whose…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee says it supports a federal proposal to remove Yellowstone-region grizzly bears from Endangered Species protections, a goal wildlife professionals have been working toward for decades. Make no mistake: the chorus criticizing last week's U.S. Fish and Wildlife…
PUBLIC LANDS -- A few warm and sunny days, pent up interest in fishing, shed hunting and scouting for turkey season have brought many visitors to the lower elevations front-country of the region's national forests. But it's the season to be especially wary of road...
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- Keen wildlife observers come home with a mountain of information, even if they never see the critter. Here's a recap from Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson after he and his wife, Lisa, had close encounters with a family of mountain lions he…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
