Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
The Trail to Iceberg
Here are 6 tips for keeping Idaho’s access sites running smoothly
Against the current: Charlo shrimp farmer rebuilds after winning three-year fight to be recognized as a farm
Born and raised in Charlo, Jim Vaughan has spent the past seven years operating Mission Valley Shrimp, Montana's only shrimp farm. Using six Intex above-ground…
Range grant application period is open; deadline is Nov. 2
Ringtails expanding into southern Idaho, says UI-led study
Researchers believe environmental changes, including the expansion of juniper woodlands, may be creating more suitable habitat for ringtails in southern Idaho …
Tribes ask for public's help in staving off non-native brown trout
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are echoing Montana wildlife officials’ concerns about the illegal introduction of non-native fish following report…
State officials say Idaho’s wolf population dropped by about 100 wolves to 1,129
Over the past five years, the Idaho Legislature and the Fish and Game Commission have expanded hunting and trapping seasons and expanded the allowable methods …
New certified-weight record for Westslope cutthroat trout shocks fish biologists
Starting in 2016, Fish and Game revamped the State Record Fish Program. Changes included a new category of catch-and-release state records and new separate rec…
Statewide trout stocking highlights for August
The summer of fish records continues with Moore angler’s alpine trophy
But high atop every mountain angler’s bucket list is the fabled Arctic grayling — a chromatic, alpine phantom that looks like it had a mountain whitefish and F…
Jogger attacked by bear at Henrys Lake State Park
Bison Range flourishes with uptick in calves, visitors
On the rolling hills of the open prairie, grazing bison and their little calves, otherwise known as “red dogs,” roam, wallow and migrate across the more than 1…
Idaho Fish and Game offers fish for cash
For many, the idea of getting paid to fish is too good to be true, but through Idaho Fish and Game’s Angler Incentive Program, local anglers can take home a ch…