Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Fly Fishers fair and FishFest coming to Boise
Fly Fishers International’s 2018 Fly Fishing Fair and FishFest will be Aug. 7-11 in Boise.
Blueback under blue skies; students release fish at Hauser Lake
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Anglers can borrow gear, get bait at Fish and Game fishing trailers
More than a decade ago, in an effort to get people fishing, Idaho Department of Fish and Game began towing trailers to local fishing holes and handing out pole…
Chinook outlook fair; slow returns so far
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Local mountain caribou herds down to seven, survey shows
The minute populations of Idaho’s mountain caribou took another blow as pregnancy test results of three cows that biologists hoped would reproduce came back ne…
Big browns, macks mark this year's LPO spring derby
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Sweet, charred, meaty memories
It's true. I fired up the barbecue last weekend.
A brief history of fishing
There are two types of people in this world: Those who lack imagination and those who love to fish. If you’ve never lied about how big the one that got away was, you haven’t been fishing long enough. (I think men l…
Clark Fork River delta restoration project work to resume
Youth crews tasked with stemming bank erosion will plant trees, pull noxious weeds and reseed a portion of the Clark Fork River delta beginning this month.
Idaho Trails Association meeting, presentations May 19
The Idaho Trails Association, a statewide nonprofit that uses volunteers to help maintain Idaho’s hiking trails, will meet and host a special volunteer appreciation party Saturday, May 19, near Sandpoint.
Small boats, big bass
By RALPH BARTHOLDT
Apply for controlled hunt permits and Super Hunt
Hunters can improve their chances of being drawn for their chosen controlled hunt by also entering the Super Hunt drawing at the same time they apply.
Reflecting on Panhandle fishing and spring trout on Mirror Lake
Glenn Lefebvre grew up in North Idaho with a fishing pole nearby.
Spring buck deer sign, a window without the cold
The scrapes ringed his property like casual provocations.
Application period for controlled hunts ends April 30
The application period for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat controlled hunts ends April 30, and applications can be made at any Fish and Game office, license vendor, by telephone or online. Telephone applicat…