WILDLIFE WATCHING -- A survey of bald eagles at Lake Coueur d'Alene today found 22 adult birds (white heads) and two juveniles still hanging out in the Wolf Lodge Bay area. The annual eagle gathering to feast on spawning kokanee starts in November and peaks...
WINTERSPORTS -- An avalanche danger warning has been issued for the St. Regis Basin area near Lookout Pass after a backcountry skier suffered a compound fracture while being buried by an avalanche Wednesday on the Montana-side of the Lookout Pass ski area. Idaho Panhandle Avalanche...
HUNTING – North Idaho’s fourth annual Great Outdoors Day, with vendors and speakers geared especially to hunters and anglers, is set for Saturday, Jan. 16, from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lake City Community Church, 6000 Ramsey Rd. Entry is $5. Featured speakers include: Gary...
PUBLIC LANDS -- If you were in a Yellowstone National Park tourist traffic jam last summer, you might be surprised at what worries parks managers most about the future. National Park Service looks beyond short-term crowding to looming apathy At the Outdoor Retailer winter market…
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