WINTER SPORTS -- Several blog posts last week as well as my Sunday Outdoors section report about recent storms, unstable snow conditions and a spike in avalanche fatalities were both prophetic and out of date. At least two more snow-goers died in Inland Northwest avalanches…
WINTER SPORTS -- Altough recent winter storms have made mountain slopes unsafe for winter travel in some areas, snow-goers who know how to pick stable terrain are having a ball. Read on for the report from Montana outdoor photographer Jaime Johnson, who filmed the short…
SHELLFISHING -- Plenty of fat clams await diggers who turn out for the next razor clam dig, set to run Wednesday, Feb. 26, through March 3 on various Washington ocean beaches. The Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today the dig has been approved after…
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- Miranda Wecker of Naselle, who continues in her position as chair of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, had another confirmation hearing in Olympia with the Senate Natural Resources and Parks Committee. She answered questions highlighting some of her stands on commercial…
WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The Wenatchee World story about a Stehekin homeowner who ended up having to shoot a sickly cougar acting aggressively on his porch has become the newspaper's most widely circulated story on social media. A Facebook post that was originally put up by…
ADVENTURING -- My recent multi-week winter rafting-hiking adventure on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon (see story here) with a private group prompts me to share some observations to people planning similar group river trips. For example: BAG THE GROUP KITCHEN: If your trip…
HIKING -- Geologists with the Ice Age Floods Institute are organizing a rigorous full-day hike to explore the geology of the Palouse Canyon from Lyons Ferry State Park upstream to Palouse Falls on March 15. Gene Kiver and Lloyd Stoess will lead the eight-mile hike…
HUNTING -- A proposal to allow hunters to use bait in luring wolves in the Idaho Panhandle is among numerous 2014 big-game season proposals geared to reviving elk populations statewide. The Idaho Fish and Game Department will hold an open house meeting to explain and…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
