Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Logan Pass time limits helped juggle record July visitation, Glacier National Park officials say
Labor Day marked the close of Glacier National Park’s pilot season for a timed parking system at Logan Pass.
Feeding backyard deer, elk does more harm than good
Regardless of how cute, fuzzy, or “hungry” those deer and elk look this time of year, please remember: Generally speaking, they are adapted to winter condition…
Illegally introduced yellow perch caught in Island Park Reservoir
The fish was illegally stocked and is the first-ever confirmed report of a yellow perch in Island Park Reservoir
Here’s how IDFG proposals could affect hunting technology rules
“Negotiated rulemaking” is a process that takes roughly a year and includes two additional rounds of public comment before a revised and final proposal goes before the Idaho Legislature for approval. This is expect…
Trail group lands grant
After English Point project, nonprofit looks ahead
Idaho Fish and Game will move bighorn sheep from Oregon to Jacks Creek
Studies indicate the area has suitable habitat to support a much larger population of bighorn sheep, and health testing of Jacks Creek sheep has found no evide…
Fuels reduction project planned for the canyon, east of West Glacier
Forests along a 40-mile stretch of U.S. 2 will be thinned in fall 2026, according to a scoping notice recently published by Flathead National Forest.
Results of the nonresident deer/elk tag drawing available
Note: Fish and Game’s licensing system will likely reach very high volumes as hunters attempt to check their results. To help move customers through as quickly as possible, a virtual waiting line may be turned on a…
Yellowstone grizzly range contracts by 4%
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem trends — which include another high mortality year — are not a cause for concern, federal and state grizzly bear managers say
A snowy hike to Glacier National Park's Mount Brown lookout
Last year around mid-November, we were stuck in the same scenario: almost no snow.
Glacier tops 3 million visitors
Glacier National Park’s visitation has topped 3 million again this year, with 3.086 million people estimated to have visited Glacier through October. Throug…
$7,700 reward offered for info regarding killing of grizzly in Boundary County
The Service is offering up to a $7,000 reward and Idaho’s Citizens Against Poaching is offering up to a $700 reward for any information that leads to an arrest, a criminal conviction, or civil penalty assessment.
Chronic wasting disease detected for the first time in Unit 15 south of Grangeville
A hunter-harvested whitetail buck tested positive for the disease
SA... Majesty in motion
This immature Bald eagle is "testing the water," so to speak.
Wolf trapper certification courses slated
Trapper education (a separate course from wolf trapper education) is required for those who have not held an Idaho trapping license prior to July 2011. A complete list of trapper education courses can be viewed at…
Judge says Montana wolf hunting and trapping season quota can continue
The decision on Friday by Judge Christopher Abbott came down against the conservation organizations that had sought an injunction against the state, arguing th…