PUBLIC LANDS -- A gate has been opened temporarily at Escure Ranch allowing motor vehicles to drive the rough road less than three miles into Towell Falls, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Spokane office says. The 14,000-acre BLM Rock Creek Recreation Area site about…
NATURE -- Members of the Dishman Hills Conservancy are leading a variety of group outings to acquaint more people with the expanding conservation areas in Spokane Valley. Among them: Hike and Sketch, May 7 Saturday, with artist Megan Perkins. Meet 11 a.m. at Camp Caro...
GEOLOGY – The local chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute is involved in three public educational events this month. Friday, May 6, lecture -- “Spokane Before, During, After Glacial Lake Missoula Outburst Megaflood,” 7 p.m., Lair Auditorium, Building 6, Spokane Community College. Free. Details:...
GAME BIRDS – The Inland Northwest Wildlife Council is distributing day-old pheasant chicks to people who have facilities to raise birds for around six weeks before releasing them into the wild. The council provides the birds in lots of 25 and charges a fee to…
MOUNTAINEERING -- The bodies of a renowned mountain climber and expedition cameraman who were buried in a Himalayan avalanche 16 years ago have been found. The widow of Alex Lowe said in a statement Friday that two climbers attempting to ascend the 26,291-foot Shishapangma in...
FISHING -- A Fly Fishing Gear Swap will be held for anglers to by and sell used gear will be held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on May 14-15 at Silver Bow Fly Shop parking lot in Spokane Valley. The swap allows anglers to sell their lightly…
HUNTING - A Columbia Falls man has been given a one-year deferred jail sentence for shooting in the direction of other duck hunters last October after he had warned them against traveling through duck decoys he had set up along the Flathead River. The Daily…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
