Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Explore with the Conservation League
The Mountains of North Idaho contain a wide array of spectacular hiking trails, lakes and bike trails, and the Idaho Conservation League wants to make sure people have the opportunity to get out and explore them.
A fun new mountainbiking trail in Idaho
BOISE (AP) - Riding the Around the Mountain Trail reminds you why it's called mountain biking.
Fish on: Crappie in Cocolalla, Mackinaw in Priest
COEUR d'ALENE - Bud Frasca, owner of North West Classic Tackle in Hayden, said smallmouth bass in Hayden are spawning so it's a great time to go after them.
Osprey boat cruise planned for July 12
The osprey is a fish-eating hawk common to North Idaho. At least 100 pairs nest annually in the Lake Coeur d'Alene region including the lower reaches of the St. Joe and Coeur d'Alene rivers.
Controlled hunt results available on Fish and Game website
Results for Idaho's 2014 controlled hunts for deer, elk and pronghorn are now posted on the Idaho Department of Fish at Game website.
Sheep rancher moves flock to avoid wolves
KETCHUM (AP) - A central Idaho sheep rancher whose flock sustained losses to wolves each spring during lambing season moved them this year from his ranch near Carey to a new area where wolves aren't present.
Ten things to do in Yellowstone this summer
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - A summer drive into Yellowstone National Park often includes a journey around the grand loop with a stop at Old Faithful. Listed as a "mu…
Rain isn't spoiling fishing in North Idaho
COEUR d'ALENE - The smallmouth bass in Lake Coeur d'Alene are hitting on tube jigs along rocky shorelines and edges of docks.
Petition seeks return of grizzly bears to the West
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An environmental group wants federal wildlife managers to revise a decades-old recovery plan for grizzly bears to ensure the animal's return to more areas of the West.
Work to start on popular Shoshone County fishing pond
The long awaited restoration of the Gene Day Fishing Pond is about to begin. Phase 1 of the project will begin this month after two years of planning, designin…
Summer chinook season opens Saturday
Salmon fishing on the South Fork of the Salmon River and upper Salmon River opens Saturday.
Time for newborn fawns approaches
A wildlife population explosion takes place around this time every year.
Ask Fish and Game: Recording salmon catch
Question: Do I need to record salmon I keep that are less than 24 inches on my permit?
Unmanned aircraft to survey wildlife habitat
IDAHO FALLS (AP) - Researchers in eastern Idaho plan to use unmanned robotic aircraft to get high-resolution digital images of sagebrush habitats.
Kokanee jiggin' on Spirit
COEUR d'ALENE - Everyone remembers Saturday is Free Fishing Day in Idaho, right?