NATIVE SPECIES -- One would think that state employee applicators would be educated about native plants before they are turned loose with industrial quantities of herbicide. What's interesting is that the spraying of native Palouse Prairie plants occurred in the backyard of where these Whitman…
HIKING -- It's still a bit early for easy going into the high country. Snowshoes may be required. Spokane Mountaineer Shuwen Wang snapped the photo above of Harrison Lake at the head of the Pack River Road area north of Sandpoint. The Selkirk Mountains lake...
FISHING -- Most western states have a take on rules and ethics involved in catching and releasing fish, especially trout. Idaho and Washington are among them. With Montana's general stream fishing season opening Saturday, the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks Department has released a...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
