WINTERSPORTS -- Sure it was cold Wednesday, but that helped Ed Cairns find more elbow room and more undracked snow for carving turns at Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Resort. New snow had piled up after the two-day midweek closure. This video says it all:
HUNTING -- An bull elk killed by a Montana bowhunter in September is a state record, the largest recorded in the U.S. in 48 years — and in the running to be a world record. The bull was taken on Sept. 10 by Montana bowhunter...
THREATENED SPECIES -- Federal officials today released a draft plan for restoring grizzly bears to the North Cascades. Following two years of public process, the plan presents four options, ranging from taking no action to varying efforts to capture bears from other locations and transplant...
RIVERS -- Salmon advocates who favor dam removal are asking a judge to bar the federal government from making substantial investments to Snake River dams until a five-year review of the hydro system is complete. In a motion for injunctive relief, the National Wildlife Federation...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.