ACCESS -- Many hunters, snowmobilers, hikers, campers and anglers have looked at free or reasonable access to vast forests held by private timber companies as a privilege they've always had and will always have. Think again. Idaho Statesman columnist Rocky Barker reports how Texas billionaires...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Despite preventative measures and monitoring by a model range rider project, cattle on a grazing allotment northeast of Colville have been attacked by wolves. As one wildlife biologist said on my Facebook page, "Bummer. They were doing so well (staying out of...
ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Two Washington wolf packs have made documented kills on livestock in northeastern Washington recently. The attacks have been attributed to the Smackout Pack on the Stevens-Pend Oreille county border area as well as the remaining wolves in the Profanity Peak Pack of...
TRAILS -- The Route of the Hiawatha rail trail over the Montana-Idaho border closed for 2016 on Sunday setting a season visitation record of 43,849 riders. The 15-mile trail on an abandoned Milwaukee Road railway has garnered worldwide attention for features seven trestles and nine...
ACCESS – An 18-year-old quadriplegic will get a new lease on his love for the outdoors with a special all-terrain wheelchair on tracks purchased by the Spokane-based Northwest Sportsman’s Club. Boone Bartlome of Kuna, Idaho, will be presented on Saturday with a battery-powered vehicle from...
FISHING -- The organic substance used for decades to kill non-sport fish so trout fisheries can be established is being condemned by a Central Washington group that's asking Gov. Jay Inslee to ban its use statewide. Rotenone is derived from the roots of tropical plants…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.