Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
North Idaho Sportman's Expo starts Friday
The third annual North Idaho Sportsman's Expo begins Friday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.
Volunteers sought to help clean English Point Trail
The Idaho Trails Association will host its first North Idaho trail work party of the season May 30.
Meals on Reels fishing derby coming to Lake Pend Oreille
Saving injured osprey and eagles while reducing the number of predators of game fish are the goals of the "Meals on Reels" fishing derby which is scheduled for June on Lake Pend Oreille. "Catching northern pike min…
Respect private property or risk losing access
In North Idaho, we are fortunate to have a lot of public property available for hunting and for recreation in general. But much of our wildlife resource, parti…
Video shows mother bear rushing toward tourists in Yellowstone
BILLINGS, Mont. - Dramatic video captured by a Montana wildlife official shows a mother black bear with cubs running toward a knot of camera-clicking tourists …
Cost to enter Yellowstone National Park going up
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) - Beginning June 1, it will cost more to visit Yellowstone National Park.
Spots still open for NIC at Sandpoint bird class
It's not too late to sign up for North Idaho College at Sandpoint's "Family Birding Outing" class taught by ornithologist and author Brian Baxter on May 2.
Grizzly group to meet in Cody, discuss endangered status
CODY, Wyo. (AP) - A grizzly bear committee will discuss the possibility of removing the Yellowstone region animals from the endangered species list at an upcoming meeting in Cody.
IDFG: Don't wait to take hunter's education course
Idaho Department of Fish and Game advises that spring is a good time to take Idaho's hunter education course.
New Fish and Game video shows how bigger hatchery fish mean better angler success
A video posted on the Idaho Department of Fish and Game website highlights a new approach by Fish and Game fisheries managers that will lead to better success for Idaho anglers. A good share of the hatchery rainbow…
$4M in U.S. projects aim to protect sage grouse habitat
BOISE - Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Wednesday announced more than $4 million in projects in four states as part of a wildfire-fighting strategy to protect a wide swath of intermountain West sagebrush country…
Trout survival study
Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists are starting to study survival rates of lake trout that are caught and released by anglers on Priest Lake. The stu…
Bringing back steelhead to the Potlatch River
While surveying the Potlatch River about 10 years ago, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game discovered something surprising - a resilient population of wild steelhead.
Chinook season opens this weekend
The spring Chinook salmon fishing season opens Saturday on parts of the Clearwater, Lochsa, Salmon and Snake rivers.
Looking for lunkers
The first time Valentina Thomson hooked into a northern pike, it took her about 15 minutes to get it into the boat.