PREDATORS -- Wolf trapper certification classes are being offered by the Idaho Fish and Game Department in the Panhandle Region on Friday and Saturday. Certification is required before a person can purchase wolf trapping tags. The course includes 6.5 hours of instruction including both classroom…
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY – A free program on a local couple’s self-guided photo safari in northern Tanzania, full of encounters with lions, elephants and other African wildlife, will be presented Monday, 7 p.m., at Mountain Gear Corporate, 6021 E. Mansfield Ave. in Spokane Valley. Bill and...
PARKS – America's national parks aren't meeting the needs of this year's flood of tourists from the East. The influx of Asian tourists in Jackson Hole has resulted in some cultural problems involving pit toilets around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, the Jackson Hole...
PUBLIC LANDS -- A few decades ago, people willing to brave frosty nights and fewer services would be rewarded with uncrowded opportunities to view wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. Nowadays, even October can't be considered the shoulder season. The National Park Service reports just more…
ACCESS -- Why should the average sportsman worry about a writer who lost his job? Why should you care that a sportsman's conservation group dismissed columnist Don Thomas because he put the spotlight on a wealthy man's mission to bar public access to a public...
OUTDOORS -- Two locally-produced calendars stand out like stars in the field of gift-giving choices for nature lovers. The Spokane Audubon Society once again has produced its Birds of Eastern Washington calendar which is sold for the bargain price of just $10. The 2016 calendar…
TRAILS -- Friends of the Centennial Trail reports making a $20,000 matching funds gift to the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission for the Centennial Trail extension in Nine Mile Falls. The funds are generated by donations and the annual Spokane Bike Swap. The Northwest…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
