WILDLIFE -- An aggressive black bear was reported Thursday along the popular national forest hiking-biking trails of Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, the Idaho Fish and Game Department says. "We have varying second-hand reports that a black bear with at least one cub has been...
FORESTS -- Because of wildfires and firefighting activity that have extended to expand this week, the Idaho Panhandle National Forests has issued temporary road and trail closures on the Sandpoint Ranger District including Forest Service Road 275 north of the Huckleberry Campground, Road 1091 and…
FORAGING -- As predicted after seeing bountiful blooms during June hikes, the region is enjoying a bumper crop of huckleberries from all reports. With so many berries around, pickers can be picky. No need to harvest small less-than-ripe berries. Be judicious if you use huckleberry…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.