Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
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?
Adult chinook harvest ends on portion of Clearwater River
At the end of fishing hours today, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will implement a closure to the harvest of adult chinook salmon (24 inches or longer) on the Clearwater River between the Orofino Bridge and …
Ask Fish and Game: Archery Fishing
Question: Do I need an archery permit to bow-fish?
Study team trapping grizzlies in southeast Idaho
ISLAND PARK (AP) - State wildlife biologists have started trapping grizzly bears in southeastern Idaho as part of a scientific study and are advising visitors to heed orange warning signs at major access points.
Hunter in serious condition after grizzly bear attack
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Montana wildlife officials say a hunter who was attacked by a grizzly bear over the weekend is hospitalized in serious condition but didn't suffer life-threatening injuries.