FISHING -- Holy shad! Fish managers couldn't believe their eyes when they scanned the fish count numbers from Bonneville Dam this morning. "I had to call the COE fish count hotline message to confirm 497,738 shad were counted at Bonneville Dam yesterday," said Joe Hymer,...
PARKS -- Proposals for increased cell phone coverage in Mount Rainier, Yellowstone and several other national parks are opening for another round of public comment, with constituents divided on the issue in a previous comment period last year. Yellowstone National Park would be blanketed with...
WILDLIFE -- Volunteers from the Be Bear Aware Campaign recently were in Glacier National Park handing out brochures on being safe in bear country. "One group heading out on the trails said they didn't need the brochure," said Chuck Bartlebaugh. "One of them said, 'We're…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
