Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Gilbert, the family pet
TWO DOT, Mont. — Mac and Melody White operate a cattle ranch near this speck on the map in south-central Montana, on the edge of the Crazy Mountains west of Ha…
Grizzlies moving west into North Idaho and Washington
As Montana grizzly bears have pushed beyond their usual mountain strongholds into the Bitterroot and Judith Basin areas, Washington state residents got a surpr…
Pondering the necessity of bird dogs willing to put up with their owners
I heard a story about a bird dog that couldn’t be trained, and usually ran off flushing pheasants and Huns a quarter-mile away in the wrong direction. One day the dog, an English pointer, sprinted off after scent a…
Idaho's trespass law snares hunter
KAMIAH — For three decades, Michael Hileman hunted on the same area of Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho near Kamiah.
Increasing Idaho's elk numbers is predator management goal
About 285 wolves are harvested annually in Idaho as part of the state’s predator management program — and although the number has increased from zero a decade ago, before wolf management was turned over to the stat…
Angler's Lake CDA pike latest catch and release record
A Spokane Valley man holds the latest Idaho catch and release record for northern pike.
Rare caribou spotted in Northwest Montana
Residents have recently documented sightings of woodland caribou near the U.S.-Canada border. The multiple sightings include the potential for a bull and a cow…
Freeze-up can mean more than teeth-chattering cold
Freeze-up means different things to different people and in the north, especially near the Laurentian Divide. There, it means simply that now you can get a snow cat on the lake, and probably pull an ice house behin…
Invasive Pend Oreille River pike originated in Cd'A chain lakes
A population of northern pike that is making its way down the Pend Oreille River to Lake Roosevelt has ties to a couple small lakes in Idaho, research shows.
Fish and Game Commission suspends steelhead fishing
Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Nov. 14 voted to suspend the steelhead fishing season at the end of fishing hours on Dec. 7 under threat of a federal lawsuit by six organizations for Fish and Game operating a ste…
Small rigs are good bets in Idaho's big places
I have a friend who drives an early ’90s-model Toyota pickup with mud on the doors and downy feathers embedded in the back seat.
Reflecting on 40 years since wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone
More than 40 years ago a young Mark Boyce landed his first teaching job at the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology.
Fish and Game director Moore to retire
Idaho Fish and Game Director Virgil Moore announced he will retire from the department in January 2019 after a 42-year career in fish and wildlife management. …
Hunters like Idaho whitetail management, want to see fewer non-residents allowed
North Idaho hunters don’t want whitetail deer to be managed for trophy bucks, they are satisfied with existing hunting opportunities and want to be able to hun…
Idaho falconry: Hunting with beak, talons and feathers
A young falcon circled around a sagebrush and cheatgrass field south of Arco on Thursday when a few sage grouse burst from the ground. The chase was on. The fa…