PUBLIC LANDS -- Federal land managers offer free entry to parks, forests, U.S. Bureau of Land management lands, refuges and other national interest lands where fees are charged on certain holidays scattered through the year. The last big freebie of the year is Nov. 9-11…
PUBLIC LANDS -- Are mountain bikers trying to rewrite the Wilderness Act? Bicycle routes in Wyoming wilderness study area questioned Bridger-Teton National Forest officials said the management plan for the Wyoming forest specifically allows mountain bike routes in the Palisades Wilderness Study Area, but conservationists…
WILDLIFE -- Most hunters know the difference, but in casual conversation it's not uncommon to hear reference to something like a bull elk with "horns" that raked the sky. An elk has antlers, but the colloquial term "horns" rolls easier off the tongue. Nevertheless, even…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
