ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A calf injured in a wolf attack in northern Stevens County – the fourth injured or killed in one cattle herd in four weeks – has left the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department contemplating a response, including killing one or more wolves…
HUNTING -- After 30 years of dreaming for a chance to hunt bighorn sheep, Rob Durrett, 56, of Clarksville, Tenn., has won the 2012 raffle for a prized Idaho Rocky Mountain bighorn tag. “It’s a life-changing adventure,” he told IFG officials Every year Idaho Fish…
HUNTING -- Black bear hunting seasons opened Aug. 1 in portions of Washington, including areas in the North Cascades as well is areas in Lincoln County. More bear hunting areas will open Aug. 15, including the area from Spokane north through Mount Spokane. Although hunting-related…
FISHING -- Anglers reported easy limits of sockeye salmon when the fishing season opened Saturday at Lake Wenatchee. About 30,000 sockeye are espected to enter the lake this month. See an opening day report from Northwest Sportsman magazine.
OUTDOOR ATTRACTIONS -- Kootenai Falls near Libby and Ross Creek Cedars in the Bull River Valley always are worth a visit and a look. But Western Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson has a way of making you wonder why you haven't made time lately for…
MOUNTAINEERING -- Spokane Mountaineer John Roskelley is mentioned in a new climbing novel and serves as an inspiration for one of the characters, says author/climber Nick O’Connell of Seattle. The Storms of Denali, is a disaster epic that O'Connell ranks in the tradition of Into…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
