WILDLIFE -- The story of Cinder, the badly burned 37-pound black bear cub rescued Monday from the Carlton Complex fires in northcentral Washington (top) has a very similar ring to another true story that bloomed into a national forest campaign. The legacy of Smokey Bear…
WILD EDIBLES -- The huckleberry crop was just coming into top picking form when I left the country a few weeks ago, as I pointed out in this Outdoors column. I've had three reports from friends in the few hours since I've been back and…
WILDFIRES -- Fond memories of more than two weeks of adventuring in Bolivia were dashed this morning as Horizon Airlines gave me an aerial tour of the hardship the region has suffered from wildfires while I've been gone. My return flight from Seattle to Spokane…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.