Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Expect delays for road work in Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District
Forest visitors to the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District may encounter delays as road construction projects continue into the fall. Alternate routes may be unpaved, narrow, and present difficulties for vehicles w…
Cougar Fire closure rescinded
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests has rescinded the roads, trails and area closure for the Cougar Fire on the Sandpoint Ranger District. The construction closure is still in place for the Lightning Creek Road No…
Road closures on the St. Joe Forest
Road closures on the St. Joe National Forest may affect hunters heading into the woods for the general elk season.
Harvest a few birds today, get a few birds tomorrow
Jim Hagedorn remembers those days.
Tracking night into day
It doesn’t get any more natural than this.
Stocking pheasants slated for youth hunting opportunity
Idaho youths can bang at flying birds starting Saturday in selected areas in the Palouse and near Lewiston.
IDFG volunteers, technicians band 700 birds in North Idaho WMAs
Idaho Fish and Game volunteers and technicians banded more than 700 birds recently as part of an ongoing state waterfowl study.
Fish and Game officials disappointed in judge's decision to cull grizzly hunt
A Montana federal district court judge cut short a plan by biologists across a three-state region to allow a grizzly bear hunt as part of a management program.
Kokanee catch heating up on Lake Cd'A
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Don't need permission to hunt Idaho's big, wide open public lands
The grouse flew straight up through a funnel of pine toward a patch of blue sky like feathered corkscrews, and we raised our guns, Honer and me, knocking the birds back down to the ground.
Pact keeps endowment lands open to sportsmen
The Idaho Fish Department of and Game is spending a quarter per acre to ensure we have more places to hunt.
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Idaho Conservation League dinner set
The Idaho Conservation League will host the third annual conservation lecture and dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Hayden Lake Country Club in honor of the late Scott Reed.
IDFG expands wolf seasons throughout the state
Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently approved extending hunting and trapping seasons for wolves in many units, which will take place this year, but are not reflected in the 2017-18 Big Game Seasons and Rules boo…
Public has until Oct. 7 to comment on rule changes and management plan
Allowing anglers to keep as many mackinaw in Upper Priest Lake as they want, setting a border between the Clark Fork River and Lake Pend Oreille, and increasin…