Any seasoned Dutch oven cook can tell you of the stories where the cooking just did not turn out as planned. Raw, over-cooked, burnt, too salt…
HENDERSON — Grass-roots anglers from nine Western states will take to the iconic waters of Nevada’s Lake Mead Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2020 for the TN…
COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in better air quality due to decreased commercial activity and automobile traffic. The lifting of lockdowns and a …
The Ruby Mountains is a special place, containing 10 peaks above 10,000 feet and more than two dozen alpine lakes. Much of its special quality…
Any good western movie has a scene where a cowboy is cooking on an open fire with their pot hanging over the flames. While cooking over a flam…
Two weeks ago the highs were in the 90s, currently they are in the 80s, but late next week they are projected to be in the 70s with overnight …
There are many things that go into making a stream or lake a great fishery and each angler has their own idea of what is good and what isn’t.
We were surprised, or even shocked, the first time we found a toad hopping about in our yard. We do not live near a river or reservoir, but at…
During a normal year, Nevada Outdoor School would be gearing up for our annual fundraiser, the Buckaroo Dutch Oven Cook Off (affectionately kn…
Where did summer go? It’s Labor Day Weekend though with the temperatures predicted to be in the mid to high 90s all weekend, it sure doesn’t f…
Campers at Thomas Canyon Campground enjoy watching chipmunks run across their campsite, or even chipmunks running right up to campers. The pro…
A little bit of precipitation this week brought some welcome release to isolated areas around Elko County. With the rain several streams in th…
Daily, I go to the Elko Interagency Dispatch Center website to look at the Current Incidents list. This shows me new wildfires, their sizes an…
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission has two new faces and one familiar face as Governor Steve Sisolak has reappointed Tiffany Tripp East a…
It’s August and hot! The heat and sunny days are causing lots of weed and algae growth at most of our reservoirs. This will gunk up rods, reel…
Black bears, some with cubs, continue to find unsecured residential garbage throughout the Wood River Valley leading to food-conditioned bears.
Idaho Fish and Game has launched a new website, gohuntidaho.org, to help new hunters learn an Idaho tradition that helps people provide their …
It’s not too late to submit photos for this fall’s Hunting and Fishing pages in the Elko Daily Free Press.
As one is exploring the outdoors, trail safety should be at top of mind. While human attacks on most trails are quite rare, it’s important to …
ELKO — Jay Presti lives a long way from his native homeland of Lamoille.
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There’s this term I keep hearing from friends when I ask them to go for walks in the woods.
This is a story of land management, starting from a good natural setting, then adding a bad manipulation to it, then adding a good manipulatio…
The prolonged heat is causing problems for many area streams with flows at about half of normal for this time of year. The only bright side is…
The afternoon highs are expected to over 100 degrees for the weekend and mid to high 90’s all next week, which means that trout fishing on man…
Did you know that boaters born after 1983 who have an engine greater than 15 horsepower must have a “Boaters Card”, earned by taking a 3-hour …
Last week, I described three problems that have damaged the Great Basin landscape of northeastern Nevada. This week, I tell of hope for the fu…
ON ISLAND LAKE, Minn. - Timmon Lund was reeling in a small perch on this big reservoir north of Duluth when the conversation turned to his bat…
