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Outdoors

What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.

Updated 16 years, 1 month ago
Beary scary

The small, brown patch some 40 yards off the trail caught Don Witulski's eye as he headed toward Ptarmigan Tunnel.

Updated 16 years, 1 month ago
Chinook on the lake

It's time to catch some big Chinook salmon on Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Updated 16 years, 1 month ago
Floating away from it all

COEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho College's Outdoor Pursuits offers diverse opportunities for outdoor fun year round.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Welcome to Hadrian's Wall

COEUR d'ALENE - Day one was only going to be five miles. Phil Corless expected it to be a nice, easy walk.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Smallmouth bass, pike bitting on Hayden Lake

Smallmouth bass and pike are hitting hard on Hayden Lake. Smallmouth are chasing one-eighth to one-quarter ounce jig heads and four- to five-inch single, curly-tail grubs.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Idaho's deep-dwelling pygmy whitefish

Ever heard of pygmies in Idaho? Most people haven't, except maybe those that have heard of the cute little pygmy rabbits in that dried-up desert country.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
The rhythm of the water, pregnancy

My wife, Natalie Erin Roush, is the most accomplished woman in the hunting and fishing industry that I know. Her place in the natural world, un-tethered by the…

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Cd'A River lowers for better fishing

The Coeur d'Alene River has lowered a lot in the last two weeks, meaning anglers don't have to climb high to find slower, wadable fishing water.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Biologists renew efforts to preserve sockeye

LOWER GRANITE DAM (AP) - Mike Peterson saw something he had never seen before at Lower Granite Dam's fish window.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
'Cougar Bob' tales

POST FALLS - You won't believe the stories about Cougar Bob.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
St. Joe District ranger leaving position

District Ranger Chuck Mark will be leaving his position in St. Maries as District Ranger for the St. Joe Ranger District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forests in August.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Grizzly bear trapping begins in centennial mountains

Idaho Fish and Game is urging the public to heed bright orange signs warning of grizzly bear trapping operations in the Upper Snake Region.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Get ready for some great fishing

Kokanee have been biting well on Lake Coeur d'Alene, according to Jeff Smith of Fins and Feathers Tackle Shop and Guide Service.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
IDFG to meet in Kellogg July 7-8

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission during a July meeting at the Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg will consider additional methods in taking wolves and other changes to big game rules.

Updated 16 years, 2 months ago
Omi swim July 18 at Sanders Beach

The 17th annual Steve Omi Memorial Swim is set for 9:30 a.m. Sunday, July 18 at Sanders Beach.