My wife and I are driving to Cleveland where I will attend a workshop on macro photography. I hope to hone my skills in this area of nature study. This workshop really isn’t about equipment and techniques (at least I hope it isn’t) as much as it is about learning to see with “macro” eyes. I …

I killed a male turkey earlier this month. A tom, in hunter speak. He was the first animal I've intentionally killed in 20 years.

Hunters reminded to stop at check stations

Last week, on one of those perfect fall days, my son Sam and I drove down the Snake River Road east of Heise to do some rock climbing.

In the 1969 movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” Robert Redford’s character, Sundance Kid, is asked to demonstrate his shooting ability.

With many hunters heading outdoors with firearms, it is a good time to think about gun safety.

I was looking forward to the rain as a buddy and I backpacked into the Custer Gallatin National Forest to bowhunt in September. The drizzle would help quiet the crunchy-dry forest as we snuck through the timber in search of wary elk.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is anticipating high volumes of sales immediately before the opening day of deer season on Wednesday, so avoid the long lines by buying your tags early.

After reading Florence William’s book “The Nature Fix,” it hasn’t been hard for me to accept the critical role nature plays in our health and well-being. After all, it has been less than a quarter century since the balance of the human population became more urban than agrarian. Our ties to …

When the weather turns chilly and the leaves start falling, it’s prime time to get into hot water.

There is good and bad news associated with the latest update of projected steelhead returns to the Columbia and Snake rivers.

LOGAN, Utah — Utah is cougar country. The cougar, also known as the mountain lion, puma, catamount, screamer or panther, can be easily recognized by its tawny color, white muzzle and long tail.

Burns Creek set a steady cadence as water tumbled into the head of the pool and flowed softly out the bottom. Cottonwoods arched above, a blush of yellow hinting at autumn as sun filtered through the leaves, and dogwoods lined the banks.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — State officials frustrated by a judge’s decision to prohibit grizzly bear hunting in the Yellowstone region and put the animals back on the threatened species list will likely appeal but that’s not their only option to contest the decision.

Duck and goose hunting is among the coolest ways to introduce a youngster to the excitement of hunting. There's usually plenty of birds in the sky and the opportunity for a novice to experience the blinds, the decoys, and the dogs, all under the supervision and guidance of an adult.

Idaho Fish and Game officials and the Coeur d’Alene Police darted and euthanized a cougar that was camped in a tree Monday on North Ironwood Drive in Coeur d’Alene.

The initial application period for elk hunters interested in obtaining a permit for the National Elk Refuge closes on Friday, with the results of the computerized random draw to be announced on Tuesday morning.

When you mention British Columbia to most Idahoans, you may get either a blank stare or they will mention beautiful Victoria or Vancouver, British Columbia’s largest city, both a stone’s throw from Seattle.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Grizzly bears aren’t docile animals, but an especially aggressive attack that killed a hunting guide and injured his client is puzzling wildlife officials.

The Idaho state kokanee salmon catch and release record has been broken twice in the last three weeks — by two Pocatello men who also happen to be fishing buddies and co-workers at Idaho Central Credit Union.

As we stood on a hill overlooking Wonder Lake, the reflection of Denali, the “Great One,” shimmered in the pond below.

Fish and Game provides option for fading licenses and tags

A couple of weeks ago my two nephews from California were visiting and strongly voted-for downhill mountain biking at Big Sky Resort as the best way to spend the last day of their vacation in Montana.

We‘re amazed at the number of rental RVs on the road these days. Perhaps as many as half of the RVs we have encountered through Canada and Alaska have been rentals, from minivans to huge motor homes.

Mules and pack rafts geared up with fly rods and bear spray led three adventurers recently to confirm the comeback of Yellowstone Country cutthroats.

Check the fish counts at Lower Granite Dam and the steelhead run looks depressing, but at nearly three times the size of last year’s run there is at least a hint of silver lining.

Deer and deer hunters often move across state borders.

Hunters can look forward to a good fall season in 2018, with similar elk and white-tailed deer populations as last year and likely more mule deer in many areas.

We were taking full advantage of a rare sunny afternoon near Fairbanks, Alaska. As we raced around, we checked out a trailhead (and the associated restroom) that seemed popular. I was standing outside the truck when a big bear of a man with a mop of unruly silver hair and an even more impres…

As the raft surged through the rapids, frothy white water sprayed the six paddlers. They each wore wetsuits, flotation devices and helmets as they paddled through the Big Eddy, a section of Oregon's Deschutes River that features Class III rapids.

From the time his father taught him to cast a fly on Utah’s upper Parley’s Creek to his present retirement years fishing for big steelhead on the Clearwater River, Will Godfrey has been consumed with fly fishing.

Just weeks after approving a 5 percent hunter and angler fee increase, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has changed course.

Craters of the Moon announces September events

It was the first time in years that I had done a bicycle tour with companions.

On the evening of March 27, 1964, tectonic plates shifted beneath Prince William Sound, Alaska.

“The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter” is a movie that showcases the joys of the great outdoors.

The young grizzly bear raiding chicken coops and chasing sheep in North Idaho this week inspired plenty of awe for those watching the bear’s antics.

A few miles north of the tiny town of Chemult, Oregon, there was hairy, little man pedaling a mountain bike piled with his possession down the shoulder of the highway.

In a state known for its spectacular mountain scenery and views, the Lake Plateau in the Beartooth Mountains seems to hold a special honor among some adventurous souls.