WINTERSPORTS – A 19-year-old Montana man who believed his friends were stuck in an avalanche was seriously injured this weekend when he crashed his speeding snowmobile into a metal gate as he rode to their rescue in the dark. Missoula County officials say the would-be...
BIG GAME -- As tough as bighorn sheep are, they're no match for diseases they encounter from domestic sheep. Wild sheep populations have been ravaged in Hells Canyon and elsewhere by disease. Fans of these native critters will watching this new trend carefully. Decision on…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A pilot in a rescue helicopter rigged with state of the art equipment to save lives turned the technology briefly toward the ground last month to document the circle of life. Wolves of the Camas Creek Pack west of Glacier National Park...
FISHING -- Although "opening day" was Thursday at Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, the fishing held up well through the entire Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show, according to angling reports. Ruby Ralston was casting at the Fishing World pools on Sunday, the last day…
HUNTING -- It's the season for all wild turkey hunters to hang low. Smarty-pants friends have started sending photos of turkeys strutting in their yards and driveways as if to say hunting these birds is kid's play. It's different in the woods trying to get...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
