Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
Grizzly circles back to northwestern Montana Bear that spent summer in Selway-Bitterroot expected to den soon
The wandering grizzly bear that spent the summer in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area has turned its trek into a loop.
Project boosts aspen in Clearwater
Officials on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest are leveraging grants to help rejuvenate isolated aspen stands important to biological diversity, with a …
IDFG seeks comments on turkey, otter proposals
Public comments on upland game, turkey and furbearer seasons is being sought by the Idaho Fish and Game.
Clearwater steelhead season closure affecting guides on Salmon, Snake rivers
Jeff Jarrett already had more than 60 customers lined up for steelhead fishing trips on the Clearwater River this fall through his outfitting company, Jarrett’…
Hunters urged to turn in harvest reports
Idaho Fish and Game is urging big game hunters to fill out their hunter reports whether or not they harvested. Hunters can fill out their reports online at the Idaho Fish and Game website, or by calling 877-268-936…
Annual eagle watch at Wolf Lodge Bay begins
Eagles are returning to North Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene in their annual feeding migration to gorge themselves on kokanee salmon.
Record largemouth bass hooked by Post Falls man in Cave Lake
A Post Falls man posted the state’s record catch-and-release largemouth bass.
More sneak, less stumble Salmon couple develops and manufactures bootlamps for hunters, hikers
The idea for Jim Manroe’s new company SneakyHunter started with a problem.
An Idaho-style Ted talk John Trueblood remembers hunting and fishing with his famous grandpa
As a kid, it’s tough to beat a hunting or fishing trip with grandpa.
Christmas tree permits available for public lands in the Idaho Panhandle
Christmas tree permits are available for $5 at most U.S. Forest Service offices in the Panhandle.
Panhandle sportsmen breakfast Tuesday at IDFG regional office
Panhandle sportsmen and women are invited to attend a sportsmen breakfast and information meeting from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Nov. 19 at Fish and Game’s Idaho Panhandle Regional Office at 2885 W. Kathleen Ave., Coeur d’Ale…
Monitoring for chronic wasting disease
Deer samples witll be collected at hunter check stations across the Panhandle over two weekends in November as part of a statewide program by Idaho Fish and Game to check for chronic wasting disease.
Sagle 8-year-old lands Gerrard catch-and-release record on LPO
SANDPOINT — Somewhere, out there in the depths of Lake Pend Oreille, Old Man Sparkles is telling his own fishing story of his daring escape from the hands of a…
Few more weeks left to decide this season's hunting memories
Messed up, he said. Screwed the pooch.
Chance of accidentally catching steelhead sinks plan to extend Clearwater coho season
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game declined to advance a request by the Clearwater Chapter of the Idaho River Community Alliance to extend coho fishing on t…