Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Kit Price Campground to reopen
Improvements include new fire rings, picnic tables, restrooms, shade structures, and water holding tank
Tracking walleye in Lake Pend Oreille
Anglers can find walleye distributed primarily in three areas known to have spawning activity
Two bull elk killed and left to waste near Kerr Lake in North Idaho
The elk were found in a private agricultural field near a county road
Glacier National Park names new superintendent
Roemer comes to Glacier National Park after spending the past 11 years at Redwoods National and State Parks in California
Annual walleye netting on Lake Pend Oreille complete
Biologists use two techniques to manage walleye populations – gillnetting and incentivizing angers to catch and keep walleye
This grizzly family comes with paparazzi
99 had one encounter with a hiker in 2007 when the man — a friend of mine from Lander — stumbled upon her with her cubs feeding on an elk carcass
Spring Migration Birding Day May 7 in Libby
Birding class set
Vital Ground completes conservation of key wetlands and grizzly habitat in North Idaho
Vital Ground will continue to pay property taxes on its holdings
Lake Pend Oreille, Pend Oreille River creel surveys in Panhandle begin
The creel survey is designed to take a broader look at the Pend Oreille angling population
Early visitation numbers indicate another busy year for Glacier
Overall, the park has seen 60,175 visitors so far in 2022, second only to last year’s 71,752 through March
Handguns 101 skills course will be hosted at Farragut
The class is geared toward new or potential gun owners
In pursuit of rare owls in Glacier National Park
According to Bate, biologists around Montana really began delving into the mystery of the state’s owl population in 2014
Clark Fork Driftyard access site reopens
Thousands of willow trees have been planted to help reduce erosion
Be Beary careful
Season opens April 15 in many units, and some backcountry units opened April 1
Fish and Game dispatches five wild elk that entered a domestic elk farm
Each wild elk will be tested for chronic wasting disease, and if found negative, the meat will be donated to a local food bank