Category: Local Outdoor News

Click on image to see a larger photo from “Union Butte” It was Saturday January 1st, 2011 and I was looking for a good place to walk my overactive Plott Hound dog, off leash. A good place for us would

Idaho Topo Maps for Rock Hounds, Hunters, Hikers and ATV Folks – They Are Free The United States Geological Survey is in the process of creating new topographical maps for Idaho…and the most of the US. These new generation maps

The Bureau of Land Management has issues a warning to campers, fishers and boaters the drinking water supply at the Cove Recreation Site is contaminated with E. coli. No water will be available at this popular spot on the CJ

On Friday, August 13th 2010 we headed back to the Silver City, Idaho area for some more quartz crystal hunting. Our last rock hounding trip to this area was on June 27th and it was so productive we decided to

Quartz crystals and some excellent smoky quartz specimens were what we were after on this Boise National Forest rock hounding trip. Dismal Swamp is located roughly 20 road miles north of Featherville, Idaho off Trinity Ridge Road. The road to

On Wednesday August 11th, 2010 I went fishing on the South Fork of the Boise River upstream or east of Featherville, Idaho. This is my trip report with video, coordinates of where I fished and some pictures. It was a