WINTER SPORTS -- A great Souper Bowl turnout of women and girls made the most of a perfect day at Mount Spokane to ski, snowshoe and lunch for the benefit of the Women's and Children's Free Restaurant. The bottom line: 280 women came out for…
FISH AND WILDLIFE -- Fishing rules adopted for 2012... upcoming meetings about the Pend Oreille River pike fishery... revised hunting proposals for 2012-2014 -- all of this is involved in a small blizzard of proposals and adoptions coming out of the Washington Fish and Wildlife…
ANGLING -- Beckie Clarke, the Fernie, British Columbia, guide pictured above, leads filmmakers to top-rate bull trout fishing in the Elk River Valley in one of the flicks to be featured in the annual Fly Fishing Film Tour, starting in Spokane at 7 p.m. Wednesday…
OUTDOOR PROGRAMS -- Here's a few outdoor programs to consider catching this week: Fly fishing – “Match the Hatch Simplified,” free program by Oregon fly-fishing author Dave Hughes, 7 p.m., Wednesday (Feb. 8) at St. Francis School, 1104 W. Heroy, hosted by the Spokane Fly…
CONSERVATION -- Backpacker magazine and SNEWS named Spokane-based Mountain Gear the Sustainable Retailer of the Year at the recent 2012 Winter Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City. The annual award honors outdoor retailers that stand out as leaders for the industry and the communities…
NORDIC SKIING -- In honor of the upcoming (Feb. 12) Spokane Langlauf, the annual 10K cross-country ski event at Mount Spokane, let your mind soar and your body be sore while viewing the lengths some skinny skiers will go to be just like crazy alpine…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
