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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 1 day, 12 hours ago

North Idaho Bear Fair returns

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Piping hot pastries, had-made are the perfect summer morning food

hand-made, are the perfect summer morning food

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
No IDFG fishing events for Saturday’s free fishing day

Anglers can fish for free Saturday in Idaho, but once-staple Idaho Fish and Game hosted events have been canceled.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Another record tiger trout caught in Deer Creek Reservoir

A tiger trout caught at Deer Creek reservoir by Mark Randolph of Ahsahka is the latest Idaho catch-and-release record for the hybrid species.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Road closures in Panhandle forest set to begin this week

Forest Service road closures in the Panhandle including the Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District begin this week.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Pend Oreille kokanee numbers leap into the record books

Lake Pend Oreille may be in the flush of a bonus kokanee fishery.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Caribou project seeks border country stories

Gray ghosts, high mountain deer, forest caribou, the woodland caribou of the Selkirk Mountains went by many names and their ancestors once ranged from coast to…

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Man mauled by grizzly at Henrys Lake

A 73-year old West Yellowstone man sustained injuries after being mauled by a grizzly bear at Henrys Lake State Park in eastern idaho.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Crowdless Yellowstone park opening has visitors taking advantage

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — For Matt Gibbens, visiting Yellowstone National Park via the East Entrance when it opened late last month was a “no brainer.”

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Boise man catches record 32-inch catfish

A Boise man set the state catch and release record for channel catfish.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
With Murry and the chip dippers watching dust on Chena Ridge

When the wind blows, the Tanana River south of Fairbanks lets loose a fine dirt that whirls into the sky like smoke from a quickly-moving fire.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
CDA angler prefers long rods and streamers for jackfish

Phil Biggerstaff’s six-year obsession concluded last week when the Coeur d’Alene man wagged an 8-inch, homemade streamer in front of a 20-pound pike that took …

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Grizzly biologist’s personal account of reintroduction efforts in Gem State

Despite their size, cunning and fearsome reputation, there are a lot of things that can befall grizzly bears as they negotiate the perils of nature.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
IDFG Panhandle office is open

The Panhandle Idaho Fish and Game office reopened to the public May 18 for license services after being closed for more than a month because of the state’s COVID-19 rules.

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
A lot to learn from spring, take advantage while it’s here

When you drop a turkey shell onto the ground and it goes thunk and you bend over to pick it up you have confirmed a wonderful thing:

Updated 6 years, 3 months ago
Grizzlies in Western Montana relocated after being nuisances

KALISPELL, Mont. — Three grizzly bears trapped along Swan Lake in Montana were relocated after weeks of roaming the area, invading yards and ravaging garbage and hummingbird feeders, wildlife officials said.