TRAILS -- For the second year, volunteers from various groups will be putting their muscle into building a new eight-mile loop trail at the Fishtrap Lake Recreation Area on Saturday. Others are invited to join in the National Public Lands Day project organized by the…
HUNTING – Two hunters were hospitalized after encountering grizzly bears in separate incidents over the weekend in southwestern Montana, state wildlife officials say. A bowhunter looking for elk was mauled by a bear on Sunday in the Tom Miner Basin north of Gardiner, Montana Fish,...
WILDLIFE -- Skin "warts" on deer are alarming to see, but they don't affect the table quality of the meat, experts say. "Idaho Fish and Game receives calls each year about deer with abnormal skin growths," said Kara Campbell, department regional wildlife biologist. Most of...
HABITAT -- Starting today, rock, willows and equipment will be barged to the the Clark Fork Delta where the mouth of the river meets Lake Pend Oreille to continue a multiyear, multimillion dollar project to keep vital wildlife habitat from eroding away. Barges and equipment...
FISHING -- A white sturgeon measuring 117 inches long has been confirmed as the Idaho state catch-and-release record. The fish was caught in the Snake River on Aug. 16. Four anglers are listed in making the catch: Kirk, Lawaine and Seamus Fairchild and Homer Brown.…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
