RIVERS -- About 70 volunteers picked up tons of junk along the upper Spokane River on Saturday during the annual UpRiver Scrub organized by the Northwest Whitewater Association. "We picked up our usual strange array of garbage and trash," said club co-organizer Paul Delaney. "Notable…
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS -- In the past two months, I've written about hikers and hunters who have defended themselves in a grizzly bear attack by using bear spray as well as by using a handgun. The latest case involves an alternative that's even more creative if...
WILDLIFE -- My Saturday front-page story about the drought-stoked outbreak of bluetongue that's killing hundreds of deer in the region caught some attention on Saturday, and so did the accompanying photo of a dying white-tailed deer. Some people are criticizing The Spokesman-Review for publishing the...
RIVERS -- About 300 paddlers and supporters advocated removal of the lower four dams on the Snake River on Saturday with a peaceful Free the Snake protest that staged near Lower Granite Dam. The conservationists converged on the lower Snake to protest what they call four "do-nothing...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
