Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Forest roads reopened near Avery
AVERY — The Idaho Panhandle National Forests has reopened National Forest System Road No. 321 (Clarkia Marble Creek) from the junction of Forest Service Road No. 1491 (West Fork Merry Creek) to the junction with Fo…
Orphans in the wild: To rescue or not?
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on wild “orphans.”
Sign up for summer hunter and bowhunter classes
Hunter education is required for anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1975, who wants to purchase an Idaho hunting license. If you take hunter education in the Panhandle, you can “kill two birds with one stone,” as the …
'Wild About Kootenai River Fish' workshop offered
Have you ever seen a fish with ‘prehistoric’ characteristics right here in modern-day Idaho? The Kootenai River white sturgeon is one such fish, and it is found only in the Kootenai River. The burbot, an unusual fi…
Get those fishing poles ready
Prepare to reel in the fun next weekend when the "Reel Weekend" sportsman outdoor expo returns to McEuen Park in Coeur d’Alene.
Abuse curtails fishing from Dover Bay docks
DOVER — As long as there have been boat docks in Dover, Jack Ames has been casting into the Pend Oreille for perch.
Mountain lion injures man in NW Montana
A man was injured Friday morning, May 26, after encountering a mountain lion near Boundary Mountain North of Libby, according to Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks.
Take precautions recreating in the backcountry
Even though summer-like weather has finally arrived in the low areas of Kootenai County, there are still several feet of snow in the higher elevations. Travel on the backcountry roads in the higher elevations can b…
Lookout Pass expansion approved
OSBURN — The highly anticipated and much discussed expansion of one of North Idaho’s most popular ski areas is set to move forward.
Give space to newborn wildlife
Wild bird and mammal species typically produce young in the spring. This timing allows the young to gain the strength and size needed to survive the challenges of winter, or the rigors and dangers of fall migration.
Don't become a 'fawn napper'
Every year, fawns are reported by the caring public as being orphaned or abandoned.
Mandatory trapper education classes to be held in Cd'A
Beginning July 1, 2018, every trapper who purchased their first trapping license after June 30, 2011, will be required to attend and pass a mandatory trapper education course before they can purchase an Idaho trapp…
Mayor of Mahoney
I haven’t always been mayor of Mahoney. But I am now and have been for 15 years or so. I don’t have to run for election. I’m it, unless I don’t show up anymore…
Farragut Shooting Range now open
The Farragut Shooting Range opened for the 2017 season on Friday, May 5. It will be open every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. through the first week in November. The range is managed by the I…
Celebrate Migratory Bird Day May 20 at Blackwell Island
COEUR d’ALENE — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Coeur d’Alene District, in partnership with the Coeur d’Alene Audubon Society, is inviting bird lovers of all ages to come celebrate International Migratory Bird …