WINTERSPORTS -- A man with 20 years of experience with safety in the snow industry has moved to Sandpoint to head the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center. Jeff Thompson joins IPAC as executive director after leaving his central Colorado post as head of Snow Safety for...
WILDLIFE – A mule deer buck was killed illegally and left to waste in Pend Oreille County recently, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and local sportsmen are asking the public for help in solving the case. The buck was shot Nov. 1…
RIVERS -- The crew at Silver Bow Fly Shop in Spokane Valley has a bead on the fish in the Spokane River and a watchful eye on the water, conservationists say. The Spokane Riverkeeper and Center For Justice has awarded the 2016 Mike Chappell River...
FISHERIES -- Court-ordered federal public meetings are coming to the region next week to explore the potential for eliminating four lower Snake River dams to boost survival of endangered salmon and steelhead fisheries. Conservationists and others have renewed a push to remove four giant dams...
FISHING -- The Spokane Fly Fishers' Annual Fly Auction with auctioneer Rick Butterfield has been postponed a week from the club's normal meeting date and set for 7 p.m., next Wednesday, Nov. 16, at St. Francis School, 1104 W. Heroy. The auction features a wide...
CYCLING -- He caught my attention Sunday and I stopped on a backroad to photograph the test drive of his home-made tricycle with a sail. The breeze was right and he was getting a good ride, contently rolling along the flat gravel road without pedaling....
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
