WINTERSPORTS -- The pair of moose that have been hanging out on the nordic skiing trails at Mount Spokane for the past week or so appear to be making the Shadow Mountain area their home. They were undaunted on Sunday just off the course of...
PREDATORS – Here we go again. Environmental groups are asking a judge to stop the federal Wildlife Service agency from killing wolves in Idaho. The Lewiston Tribune reports that the groups have filed a motion for summary judgment in their case, which argues the Wildlife…
FISHING -- The first spring chinook salmon of the season has been counted at Bonneville Dam, according to Joe Hymer of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Winter counts are done by videotaping. The chinook had a white chin, which is like a lower…
FISHING – Cloudy water in the Beaverhead River led to an estimated $5 million in losses for outfitters and related businesses in 2015, Montana officials say. Fish, Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist Matt Jaeger tells The Montana Standard that about 10,000 fewer anglers fished the...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.