AMERICAN FALLS — The Snake River’s banks were littered with several species of dead trophy fish when David Raisch floated the reach below American Falls Dam throughout Saturday.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Friday, Dec. 7 approved an agreement to keep most steelhead seasons open, but steelhead fishing in two areas will close effective 11:59 p.m. Dec. 7, 2018.
It was the day before the Skyline Gun Club’s annual November turkey shoot and a dozen or so people were lining up to shoot shotguns at hand-sized disc targets thrown from trap machines.
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Of all the larger hawk-sized raptors, I think I like northern harriers the best.
Winter is coming to Craters of the Moon and the dark lava rock now wears a mantle of white. The loop drive is closed to automobile travel but there are still many opportunities to explore the park.
In 1825 William Henry Ashley and a group of mountain men made a roughly 800-mile trip on packhorses and then boats northeast across what is now Wyoming and on into Montana and North Dakota.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Spotting a mountain goat perched high on a cliff might thrill many of the millions of tourists who visit Grand Teton National Park every year, but park officials say it might be time for the agile, bearded animals to go.
BOISE — Tim Murphy, former director of the Idaho State Bureau of Land Management, has been appointed to serve on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission.
I need to discuss a serious topic.
As I drove back from deer hunting near Sand Creek Ponds in Fremont County last Friday after dark, a steady snowfall kept the windshield wipers busy. After several miles, I could see the flashing lights of a truck up ahead. I wondered if they had harvested an elk and would need help loading it.
The seasons are changing in Grand Teton National Park and the park is shifting over to winter activities.
There’s a deadly disease with no known cure affecting deer, elk and moose roaming Idaho’s eastern border and its carriers are poised to creep into the Gem State.
If you have a fifth- or sixth-grader who loves to ski or snowboard or one who’d like to learn, you’ll want to take advantage of the free skiing program offered by the Idaho Ski Areas Association, a.k.a. Ski Idaho, according to a press release.
First things first, don’t forget the Avalanche Awareness Night event at 7 p.m. Monday at Taylorview Middle School.
Have deer gotten heavier, or am I just getting weaker? That question was rhetorical. I don’t want you to tell me how weak I am.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is raising the possibility of starting “our own Worldwide Network” to counter news spread internationally by CNN.
It’s easy to find an excuse to ride your fat bike or give the sport a test drive with several events planned in the region scheduled for Global Fat Bike Day on Dec. 1.
The northern end of the popular Blacktail Butte in Grand Teton National Park has been closed because of the presence of grizzly bears.
Starting Sunday, the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyo., will require all elk harvested on the refuge to be tested for chronic wasting disease.
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Wildlife officials confirmed Wednesday that a mule deer in Grand Teton National Park tested positive for chronic wasting disease becoming the first confirmed case of the disease in the park and in Teton County, Wyo.
In a cavernous, and cold, warehouse in Airway Heights a group of Spokane Tribe of Indians fish biologists encircled a large, vicious-looking fish Tuesday.
Idaho’s steelhead fishing season will end, at least temporarily, in three weeks.
Before you eat that first bite of pumpkin pie today, I need to tell you a secret. If the filling came from a can, especially one marked Libby’s, it isn’t pumpkin at all — at least not the jack-o-lantern type — despite its name. It’s called Dickinson Pumpkin, which belongs to the squash speci…
The Idaho Fish and Game commission set seasons and rules for the 2019-21 fishing seasons at its Nov. 14 meeting in Coeur d'Alene. New rules to take effect Jan. 1 are as follows:
I’ve had more than a few conversations lately about how cool it is living in the Idaho Falls area if you’re into the outdoors.
With big game animals on the move, wildlife-vehicle collisions tend to peak this time of year.
The U.S. Forest Service will hold four public meetings later this year in Idaho to present amendments to its sage grouse recovery plans.
Victor writer Molly Absolon is among the winners of the 2018 National Outdoor Book Awards.
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Yellowstone National Park is reporting another uptick in visitors for October.
I got the phone call from Dane Doyle. He told me an intriguing tale about his youngest daughter, Kathleen Crossley, a stay-at-home mom.
I had a long chat with Zahan Billimoria last week that resulted in a story about the upcoming Avalanche Awareness Night.
BILLINGS, Mont. — The return of wolves and cougars to Yellowstone National Park is helping restore a landscape that had been altered in their absence and allowing streams to return to a more natural state, according to a new study.
If the retail chains are any indicator, Christmas is just around the corner. In fact, it has been “just around the corner” since well before Halloween.
As Montana grizzly bears have pushed beyond their usual mountain strongholds into the Bitterroot and Judith Basin areas, Washington state residents got a surprise visit this fall from a 476-pound grizzly west of the Pend Oreille River.
Three years ago, David Moskowitz saw a mountain caribou for the first time.
Ten years ago, Zahan Billimoria was a busy man working in Jackson, Wyo., with a wife and kids. But he carved out time for skiing by getting up at 5 a.m. in the dark before work and skiing with his friend Wray Landon.
The Skyline Gun Club will hold its annual fall turkey shoot from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
It was a classic movie-making scenario: One of the stars bails out during production and the new kid gets his shot at a role and comes up big.
The Forest Service will be offering fourth-graders a free permit to cut Christmas trees this season if they present a valid “Every Kid in a Park” pass to their local ranger district office.
We have been camped at Twin Bridges near Ririe for the past week enjoying the last days before the snow falls.
Although increased predation by grizzly bears, cougars and wolves along with drought have been blamed for the decline in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem’s elk populations, a recent study said scientists have overlooked the effect the disease brucellosis is having on elk reproduction.
Virgil Moore, director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, announced he will retire early next year, and the Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved a job announcement seeking a new leader of the agency.
It’s that time of year when we look forward to a new season and snow on the ground.
Idaho Fish and Game added 13,000 sterile kokanee to Mosquito Flat Reservoir, providing anglers a new fishing opportunity.
Two woodland caribou, a rarely seen member of the deer family, were spotted in northwest Montana, according to a Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks news release.
The authors of the new book “Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates” will present their findings of a six-year collaborative study during a program in Jackson, Wyo., on Sunday.
It took the efforts of a llama whisperer and three friendly llamas to persuade Ike to leave his renegade life roaming the Yellowstone National Park backcountry.
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A majority of Idaho’s white-tailed deer hunters surveyed show support for current white-tailed deer management. It’s not unanimous, and there are contrasting opinions about management in the core of Idaho’s white-tailed deer country.
As with most activities and events, you gain a little experience and learn a few new things.
I was returning from Boise via Craters of the Moon National Monument one November afternoon several years ago. A few miles from Arco, I noticed three mule deer in the field alongside the road. It wasn’t an unusual scene and I barely glanced at them as I drew closer. But when I realized what …
Snake River Cutthroats to hold membership meeting
An obsession with finding Bigfoot runs in Laura Krantz’s family.
