FISHING -- A new boat ramp being planned on the Snake River at Heller Bar will help reduce boat launching congestion, although it could interfere with a prime steelhead shoreline fishing area. “I saw the surveyors recently in a favorite spot just downstream from the...
WILDLIFE -- Former U.S. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas has received the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's highest honor. The Wallace Fennell Pate Wildlife Conservation Award was presented to the wildlife biologist last week for his contributions of lasting significance to the benefit of elk,…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
