Outdoors
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Follow Idaho’s bird trail to Panhandle hinterlands
Tim Colquhoun shoots raptors.
Forest Service closes campgrounds, recreation sites
Most developed campgrounds and certain other recreation sites on the Idaho Panhandle National Forests closed last weekend until further notice, according to the Forest Service.
Big game controlled hunt applications start next month
Hunters can apply beginning April 1 for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts.
All in the fishing family
Tying flies, North Idaho guide business is backbone of Kidd Island Bay enterprise
NRA grants help small gun clubs
COTTONWOOD — A northcentral Idaho gun club was among the first gun clubs in the state this year to get a grant from the NRA for improvements.
Public input asked for waterfowl proposals
Idaho Fish and Game wants to hear from bird hunters regarding a possible swan hunt in Benewah, Bonner, Boundary and Kootenai counties, and shifting the dates of Canada goose and duck seasons.
IDFG secures Clearwater sportsmen access
Idaho Fish and Game purchased a 9-acre parcel 12 miles upstream of Kooskia known locally as Harpster Hole — which includes 3,600 feet of South Fork Clearwater River frontage that is directly adjacent to Idaho Hig...
IDFG recommends buying licenses, tags, permits online
In a response to COVID-19 fears, Fish and Game will no longer accept cash payments starting March 30 at its statewide offices.
Critters of North Idaho: Painted Turtle
Painted Turtle
Steelhead back in play; Idaho confident of meeting spawning goals, letting anglers keep big B-run fish
Steelhead back in play; Idaho confident of meeting spawning goals, letting anglers keep big B-run fish
Field day waived for hunter ed certificate
Idaho Fish and Game has temporarily waived the requirement to attend an in-person field day for online hunter education certification.
State removed more than a dozen wolves in Lolo zone last month
The Lolo elk zone has fewer wolves than last year.
Gillnetting for pike in Windy Bay aids cutthroat survival
In an effort to reduce predation by northern pike on native cutthroat trout, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe began gillnetting northern pike this week in Lake Coeur ...
Spring: A good time to learn the language of building bird boxes
Spring at the sportsmen’s club can mean a lot of things but for one particular season it meant wood duck boxes.
Foss is chosen as IDL state forester
Coeur d’Alene forester Craig Foss is the new state forester for the Idaho Department of Lands.