WILDLIFE -- Many robins stay in the Spokane area year round, but a little mild weather in February can bring them around like fans to a rock concert. Here's this morning's report from birder Joanne Powell in the Spokane Valley at Greenacres: About 9 a.m.…
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- An Idaho hunter shot and killed a collared male gray wolf from the beleaguered Oregon Wenaha Pack on Feb. 2, according to a report in the Oregonian. The wolf was killed near Emmett, Idaho, between Boise and the Snake River. The wolf,…
NORDIC SKIING -- A few skis got tangled during the mass start for 250 competitors in the 34th annual Langlauf 10-kilometer cross-country ski race Sunday at Mount Spokane. But the event went smoothly and, as usual, the field feasted on soup an treats before hanging…
INVASIVE SPECIES -- Washington, Idaho and Oregon are among the Northwest states and provinces involved in lobbying the federal government to assure that a $1 million appropriation line item in the Department of Interior’s 2012 budget is spent to help cut off the spread of…
CONSERVATION – Mary Verner, former Spokane mayor, and Deb Abrahamson, a leader in mining pollution cleanup efforts, will be honored Saturday, Feb. 18, in the annual Winter Waters awards fund-raising dinner. The event at Patsy clark Mansion is sponsored by Upper Columbia River Group -…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.