HIKING -- Wildfires blocking popular trails into the Glacier Peak Wilderness are a reminder for backcountry travelers to check with the Forest Service for access updates before heading out for the Labor Day holiday weekend. The Buck Creek fire on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has…
HUNTING -- The 2016 big-game hunting seasons have a lot to offer in the Idaho Panhandle, according to this promising report from Wayne Wakkinen, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional wildlife manager. The mild winter resulted in high over-winter survival of big game. We are…
HUNTING -- Montana Wildlife officials have approved a hunt to kill 12 chronically diseased bighorn sheep in the Tendoy Mountains. The Montana Standard reports that Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission voted Monday to approve the hunt that would begin Sept. 15. Between six to eight...
THREATENED SPECIES -- Grizzly bear sightings have been confirmed on several occasions this summer in the Upper Big Hole River area — for the first time in about a century, according to a Big Hole Watershed Committee news release. Kevin Frey of Montana Fish, Wildlife...
WILDLIFE -- A bear attack on a huckleberry picker that didn't result in major injuries is giving Glacier National Park officials a chance to promote bear awareness in this season of increased bear activity. A park employee, while off duty picking huckleberries in the Swiftcurrent…
ENVIRONMENT -- A compelling animated map showing the projected flow of mammals, birds and amphibians in the Western Hemisphere as the species gradually respond to climate change has been created by the University of Washington and The Nature Conservancy. Scientists predict that as Earth warms...
HUNTING -- As hunters gear up for big game seasons, the word commitment comes to mind. We all know that sitting quietly in a good spot is the best way to bag a big-game animal in terms making the perfect shot and controlling the element...
HUNTING -- Idaho's hunting season for forest grouse -- dusky, ruffed and spruce grouse -- opens today, but Washington hunters must wait a bit longer. Archery deer and elk seasons, bear, wolf and mountain lion seasons and some moose and other big-game seasons also open...
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
