At least two Idaho state lawmakers received threatening letters concerning their votes on a law intended to drastically reduce wolf numbers.

A new study shows that boats, not weather, cause the biggest waves, but there's still no definitive evidence that boats are lone significant erosion culprit. 

Montana’s long, hot summer has taken a toll on pronghorn fawns, dropping survival rates to a new low in several areas.

It was not your regular teenager’s summer job of flipping burgers and frying potatoes.

Loss came to me on a Monday morning in a bloody smear that could not be misunderstood. I gathered my heart from the floor as the trembling began and prepared myself for the unavoidable freight train of grief I could hear chugging toward me. It sounded like my heartbeat.

Idaho fisheries managers are proposing to reduce bag limits for steelhead but not close harvest seasons for the sea-run trout in the midst of a dismal run.

Researchers at the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality are seeing more phosphorous in Lake Coeur d’Alene, and recent state funds could help determine why the trend is happening and how to slow it down.

Washington state has always had its share of mosquitoes, but because their numbers are relatively small, the viruses they carry have also been relatively rare, especially in western Washington. Scientists say climate change may alter that reality.

Fly fishing

Lisa Giegel took this photo of a squirrel grabbing a drink at Duncan Garden last Thursday.

You can enjoy the colorful, exotic birds of Florida without traveling – neither to Florida nor to a local meeting location -- at the Spokane Audubon Society’s Sept. 8 online meeting.

Amongst the mountains and high alpine of the Cascade Mountains a carnivore, highly adapted to the snow pack and rugged terrain, roams the tree line. This creature’s savage reputation is more tall-tale than fact, preferring to scavenge and feed on small mammals, and it would rather run as soon as human eyes get a rare glance.

Although its waters have long nourished Montana, the Yellowstone River has a reputation for being untamed, forceful and during high spring runoff extremely destructive.

Idaho Fish and Game officials said Wednesday that a deer die-off centered around Kamiah is caused by a variant of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, and they believe deer dying in other areas of the Clearwater Region may be caused by a different strain of the viral illness.

Although fire risk and closures have decreased, Idaho hunters may need to consider contingency plans for early season hunts, according to an Idaho Department of Fish and Game news release.

Cooler weather and significant moisture has prompted public, state and tribal land managers to rescind all fire restrictions in the Coeur d’Alene Dispatch Zone on Friday at 12:01 a.m. Although several large fires and complexes in the northern panhandle are still under active suppression, the recent precipitation and decreased temperatures have lowered fire danger and other indices that inform the need for restrictions.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officials continue to monitor an outbreak of bluetongue and epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) after 38 whitetail deer in eastern Washington died from the two diseases.

Where do birds live? How do they behave? How vulnerable are they to changes in their habitat?

SPOKANE — The state of Washington on Thursday ordered the killing of one or two wolves from the Togo pack in Ferry County in response to repeated attacks on cattle.