Glacier Park sets new October visitation record
The busiest year was 2017, with 3.305 million visitors. The year 2024 is unlikely to eclipse that, as the weather in November and December took a decided turn, with snow before Thanksgiving closing all but a few roads.
Kids can get free permits, trees
The Every Kid Outdoors program provides fourth-grade students and accompanying family members free entry to federally-managed public lands, water sites, recreation areas and historical sites across the United States. Students are encouraged to sign up early in the school year. Passes can be issued beginning Sept. 1 the year they enter fourth grade and are valid through Aug. 31 the following year.
Idaho Sled Dog Challenge rebounds from summer wildfires
Organizers celebrate Iditarod qualifier's seventh anniversary Jan. 27-Feb. 5
The 52-mile Warm Lake Stage Race, which is designed for mushers new to the sport or running new sled dog teams, starts and finishes at North Shore Lodge & Resort Jan. 29-30. The Ceremonial Start, presented by Brundage Mountain Resort at the McCall Activity Barn, is slated for Feb. 2.
Bull moose shot and left to waste along Zaza Road near Lewiston
Moose are considered a trophy species in Idaho. No person may harvest more than one antlered and one antlerless moose in Idaho during their lifetime, except Super Hunt tag winners and leftover tag holders. No moose tags are issued for the Craig Mountain area within unit 11. Officers are looking for more help to solve this case!
Grizzly Bear 399 lived to old age because we made room for her. She died because we’re in her wilds
Bear 399 was hit by a vehicle in the Snake River Canyon in October, ending her life but not her story, writes guest columnist Rocky Barker.
She was born in a den in the Pilgrim Creek drainage of Grand Teton National Park in 1996. Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, an area of 20,000 square miles around Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho were slowly beginning to grow in numbers from a low of below 200 in the early 1970s.
Public can comment on moose, bighorn sheep, and mountain goat season proposals beginning tonight
Meeting set for Thursday in Coeur d'Alene
The public comment process will also include meetings and open houses hosted at Fish and Game’s regional offices at the time and dates listed below. Staff at some regions will host a meeting and provide an overview of their proposals, while others will hold office hours where people can stop in and talk to a biologist during that time.
A century of Idaho ski areas
Lookout Pass Ski & Recreation Area, which is celebrating its 90th ski season this winter, may be the state's oldest ski area in operation, but it wasn't the first.
Top ‘Big Fish’ Stories of 2024
Here are some of the top state record-setting fish stories from this year.
In total, 2024 had 7 new state records, which included 4 certified-weight records, and 3 new catch-and-release records. Making the cut this year are the following angler trophy stories.
Grant brings upgrades to three southwest Idaho recreation areas
The Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area received $350,000 to launch an outdoor classroom program at the conservation area. Steve Alsup, president of the Birds of Prey NCA partnership, said the grant comes at a perfect time for the organization
‘Reprehensible’: Idaho hunter killed weeks-old wolf pups and reaped rewards, records show
For the past few years in Idaho, hunters, trappers and government officials have killed wolves in a variety of ways. One hunter hit a wolf with a snowmobile before shooting and killing it. Dozens of wolves had broken teeth, possibly from chewing the traps they were caught in.
