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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 6 days, 21 hours ago

Comment period is open for black bear plan

Fish and Game will consider approving the plan at its January meeting

Updated 6 days, 21 hours ago
Timed ticketed entry for Glacier brings mixed reactions

isitors will still be able to enter without a vehicle reservation through the St. Mary and Two Medicine entrances. And Glacier National Park spokeswoman Gina I…

Updated 6 days, 21 hours ago
F&G Commission approves discounted fishing licenses for foster families

Youth in extended foster care aged 18 to 20 and one foster parent per family who wish to participate in the program will receive a voucher upon request from DHW that can be redeemed at a Fish and Game office for a …

Updated 6 days, 21 hours ago
Hecla seeking new permit for Montanore Mine in Cabinet Mountains Wilderness

The agency said there will be no lapse in permit coverage as the 2006 permit would not terminate until the new permit becomes effective.

Updated 1 week, 5 days ago
Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird

President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of f…

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
Fish and Game releases updated steelhead numbers

Idaho Fish and Game has released the latest data on this year’s steelhead trout return to Upper Salmon, Little Salmon, and Snake Rivers.

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
Go fishing for a chance to win prizes in the 2024 Lake Pend Oreille Angler Science Program

Idaho Fish and Game is working hard to ensure Lake Pend Oreille remains a world-class trophy fishery, which has been producing more rainbow trout over 20 pound…

Updated 1 week, 6 days ago
Keep your eyes open for mountain quail while upland bird hunting this season

Not only can mountain quail be in the same habitats as California quail, but they occasionally are also found in the rimrock and canyon grassland habitats that…

Updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago
You better bear-lieve it

Wandering black bear cub relocated from Hailey to eastern Idaho

Updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Decision expected on CWD in Panhandle Management Zone

Chronic wasting disease was detected in a white-tailed deer in North Idaho in August. That prompted the Idaho Fish and Game Commission to announce a nine-day “surveillance hunt” beginning Aug. 24.

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Grain spill near Glacier National Park cleaned up, BNSF says

Crews responded immediately and by later that day, large trucks with huge vacuums were on the ready to suck up the spilled grain.

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Catch, kill, report walleye in Idaho's salmon and steelhead rivers

These walleye were caught in Snake River upstream to Hells Canyon Dam and in the Salmon River upstream to Riggins. Size of walleye reported by anglers ranged f…

Updated 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Over the Hill: Canfield is immovable, but ever-changing

Many of us, especially those that live or work in Coeur d’Alene proper, see Canfield Mountain just about every day. It’s an immovable part of our skyline — but…

Updated 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Glacier, Yellowstone national parks see boost in visitor numbers

Yellowstone hosted 838,458 visitors last month, the second highest September on record, according to National Park Service data

Updated 1 month ago
Forest Service seeks public input on Granite Fuels project

The Forest Service is proposing to authorize prescribed burns on up to 10,000 acres per year over the next 10 years. The project will not include any timber harvest or road construction.