FISHING -- The road leading to the water access site on Hog Canyon Lake owned by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Spokane County is temporarily closed to vehicles. The gravel service road, owned and maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management,...
PUBLIC LANDS – A North Idaho mountain biking club has detoured from the generally position of cyclists to endorse a proposed wilderness. “North Idaho currently has no designated wilderness, and we believe the area is worthy of Congressional designation,”wrote Mike Murray, president of the Pend…
PREDATORS -- Mountain Lions in Yellowstone National Park appear to be maintaining their population in the wake of wolf reintroduction and a 60 percent reduction in the number of elk, wildlife researchers say. Their study is using DNA analysis of scat and hair, along with...
PUBLIC LANDS – Oregon tourism officials are among at least three states courting the prestigious Outdoor Retailer trade shows now that the recreation business association has declared it will pull out of Utah as the state’s politicians continue efforts to take over and possibly privatize…
DOGS -- The size of the dog isn't important in the K-9 Keg Pull event of the Sandpoint Winter Carnival. It's all about desire and pleasing the crowd. The 10th annual K-9 Keg Pull will run dogs in three categories from 10 a.m. to noon…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.