Pat Marcuson rounded out his legendary Montana backcountry fisheries career by working with salmon in Alaska and then with Idaho Fish and Game on Kootenay River white sturgeon and in central Idaho ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It was the end of a long, hot day of backpacking. My hiking companions Erik Petersen and Parker ...

Westslope cutthroat trout — like this colored-up, 15-inch male — are a common find in Idaho’s high-elevation fisheries. Jordan Rodriguez Huffing and puffing, my friend Clayton and I crested the saddle ...

Few moments cry out for the use of vacation time more than warm and sunny days in September and October in Oregon’s Cascade Mountain wilderness areas. The trails, lakes and peaks of Oregon’s most ...

CARSON, Wash. (AP) Will Rossi of Portland was looking to take advantage of the final bits of summer. So he and his friends decided on Thomas Lake trail No. 111 in Indian Heaven Wilderness. "This is my ...

Have you ever dreamed of a fishing spot so secret, so untouched, that only the most hardcore backpackers can even find it? One where the fish haven't seen every lure in the tackle shop, and the only ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you want to explore the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area, Putnam Pond Campground is the only place you should start. New York boasts a ton of ...