FISHING -- Gillnets are out in the south end of Lake Coeur d'Alene this week as fisheries biologists begin another season of a multi-year project targeting northern pike in order to improve survival of spawning cutthroat trout. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe and Idaho Department of...
WILDLIFE -- Two bighorn sheep rams that were in immediate proximity to domestic sheep near Challis were euthanized Thursday, March 30, to prevent the bighorns from potentially carrying disease back to the wild herd, the Idaho Fish and Game Department reports today. One ram was…
FISHING -- The annual Lake Pend Oreille "State of the Lake" public meeting will begin at 6 p.m. tonight at Ponderay Events Center ,401 Bonner Mall Way, Suite E, in Ponderay. Idaho Fish and Game staff will give a presentation summarizing fisheries information and activities…
WATERSPORTS -- Kayakers are willing to drag their boats over snow to get in on the spring runoff whitewater action this month. Local paddler Brian Jamieson and friends headed to Western Montana's Yaak River last weekend. Since the Lincoln County Sheriff hasn't closed access to…
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