HUNTING -- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission today decided against adding more big-game tags for auction. The Idaho Fish and Game Department has auctioned a single bighorn sheep tag annually since 1988. That tag sold for $90,000 in January. According to Roger Phillips, agency…
WILDLIFE -- Two rewards totaling $10,000 have been offered for information on the killing of a federally protected grizzly bear in North Idaho. In October 2015, a radio-collared grizzly bear was found dead in the Grouse Creek drainage of Bonner County. Grizzlies are listed as...
PUBLIC LANDS -- Ah, Utah. You have such beautiful places preserved as public land to attract visitors from all over the world. But apparently you have money to burn to stroke your greed, showing us that local control is a budding conspiracy waiting to happen.…
WINTERSPORTS – The director of an avalanche center in Oregon who taught winter survival and avalanche awareness courses has died in an avalanche. The EO Media Group reports that Wallowa Avalanche Center Director Kip Rand was killed Tuesday in a steep fall and avalanche. Rand…
WATERSPORTS -- Dworshak Reservoir near Orofino, Idaho, is beginning to warm up to the thought of spring and summer recreation with the opening of some facilities next week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Dent Acres Boat Ramp will open on Monday, March 14,…
SCOUTING -- Even if you've never had the privilege of being a Boy Scout, let's all salute a young main who's risen beyond the lofty rank of Eagle Scout, which in itself requires years of steady goal setting and achievement, outdoors pursuits, academic and cultural...
NAVIGATION – The Eastern Washington Oregienteering Club is holding an open event to challenge the map and compass skills of hikers and runners on Sunday, March 13, on the Gonzaga University campus. Registration and map distribution starts at 1 p.m. at the Jepson Building. The…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
