WILDLIFE -- A pet-friendly 5K fun run/walk will be held in Spokane Valley on Saturday morning, May 7, to give the public a chance to meet a lovable working dog while supporting the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department's Karelian Bear Dog program. The run/walk will...
PUBLIC LANDS -- When a few Idaho lawmakers say federal public lands would be better off in state control, look at the state's record. "Since Congress gave land to Idaho at statehood, the state has sold two of every five acres to timber companies, cattle…
RIVERS -- It's back to the drawing board for Columbia and Snake River dam operators to reduce impacts to endangered stocks of salmon and steelhead -- and proposals to remove some Snake River dams are back on the table. For the fifth time, a federal...
PADDLING – A series of paddling clinics for canoes, kayaks and sea kayaks on flatwater and rivers will get underway next week in an annual skills program offered by the Spokane Canoe & Kayak Club. The first in the series is the Flatwater Canoeing Clinic...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
