Outdoors
What's there to do in the great outdoors? Here we've got a bevy of local outdoor activities and destinations to explore.
IDFG urges hunters to turn in reports
Big game hunters are being urged by Idaho Fish and Game to fill out their hunter reports whether or not they were successful. With many general seasons winding down, hunters may fill out their reports online or by …
Wolverine study extends to SE state as IDFG sets cameras, hair traps
Eastern Idaho biologists want wolverines to shed a bit of hair and grin for the camera in the name of science.
Elk and deer don't mind the cold
A spate of snow late last winter blanketed North Idaho and lent a cool start to spring, but it didn’t affect elk and deer herds.
Elk poaching near Potlatch spurs investigation
A mature bull elk left wasted in a field northwest of Potlatch has the Idaho Department of Fish and Game beating the brush, looking for leads.
It's magic out there, just bring some warm socks
The shivers take a toll.
Lewistown builder crafts wheelchair-accessible drift boat
Hanging on the wall in Brett Nienhuis’ living room are three 8-inch-by-12-inch photos of an angler in a wheelchair reeling in a fish from a drift boat — an alu…
An autumn hike with a dog and a gun
We smelled them before we saw them, the dog and I.
Hunters can help monitor for chronic wasting disease in the Clearwater and Panhandle regions
Idaho Fish and Game is asking hunters to help with a surveillance program by looking for chronic wasting disease in big game animals.
Panhandle WMAs are open for waterfowl hunting
Waterfowl season is open at Panhandle wildlife management areas.
Reeling from some major ripple effects Steelhead fishery closure on Clearwater and Snake rivers will take economic toll
Evelyn Kaide doesn’t know what to tell people, or even what to think, about the unprecedented state of B-run steelhead that return to the Clearwater River.
Temporary closure of Johnson Creek access site
In an effort to restore an alluvial area along Lake Pend Oreille’s northeastern shore and the Clark Fork River, the Johnson Creek access site at the Clark Fork Delta closed this week.
Hunters chase Teton Range mountain goats
Teton Valley, Idaho, resident and archery hunter Mark Eagan put in nearly 60 miles traipsing through the Tetons this summer scouting for a quarry he would have…
What broken wolf teeth tell about predator and prey relationships
This may be a tale that only dentists can appreciate, but the teeth of dead Yellowstone wolves are helping scientists understand the life of predators more tha…
Forest footwear Considering footwear when heading out after fur, fish or game in the snow
Fishing in the snow is painless.
Fish and Game seeks comments on diverters
Fish and Game wants trappers to comment on possible regulation changes in the wolf trapping rules. Proposed changes could end the use of diverters for wolf snares, but all wolf snares would need both a breakaway de…