About Outdoor Idaho

Outdoor Idaho celebrates the incredible richness of Idaho. Shot entirely on location, the program explores the beauty, the drama, and the science of nature, while examining the significant environmental and resource issues facing the intermountain West.

Since 1983, through every season and several economic downturns, Outdoor Idaho has persevered, producing about 240 programs to date and winning hundreds of national and regional awards, making it the most honored half hour program in the West.

A fiddle festival in Weiser, a rodeo in Council, a harmonica contest in Yellow Pine, a ranch family in eastern Idaho, a fishing trip on Lake Pend Oreille - each program offers insights into what it means to be an Idahoan.

By horseback, tennis shoe, fixed wing, jet boat and raft, the crew of Outdoor Idaho has explored some of Idaho's best-kept secrets and hard-to-reach places, taking viewers to the top of Mt. Borah and to the depths of a mine in the Silver Valley; traversing Big Hill and Three Island Crossing on the Oregon Trail; and exploring Native American pictographs along the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

Outdoor Idaho has not avoided controversy either, producing award-winning programs on wolves, mining, hunting, public lands, to name a few.

Each week, more than 30,000 viewers tune in to learn something new about their state. And the lessons learned in an Outdoor Idaho program go down easily, whether the topic is Idaho wines, architecture, wildfires, or extreme sports.

Now in its 29th season, the show's writing style, its breathtaking videography, its fairness and its adherence to the highest technical standards give Idahoans a reason to feel proud of their state.

It's a state that still surprises and I suspect it always will," says host Bruce Reichert. “I know I speak for all who work on the show. It's an honor to share our state with fellow Idahoans. Idaho is truly the keeper of special places. Esto Perpetua. May she live forever.”