Press Releases and Articles
Upper Snake Winter Feeding Report - Feb. 6, 2017
| idfg-staff
HistoryFish and Game's Upper Snake Region has significant history of winter feeding and has an active Winter Feeding Advisory Committee. The Henry Creek Fire burned over 50,000 acres in the summer of 2016, including over 30,000 acres of the Tex Creek Wildlife Management Area. Tex Creek WMA provides… more
Salmon Winter Feeding Report - Feb. 6, 2017
| idfg-staff
HistoryWinter feeding last occurred in the late 90’s in the Stanley area.
Feb. 6, 2017 status report
Significant numbers of elk are still wintering on and adjacent to agriculture fields, but are not currently at risk of significant nutritional based mortality. Depredation… more
New Idaho Fishing Planner is up and running!
| idfg-pcooper
“IDFG been working hard to update the Idaho Fishing Planner. The newly updated version is up and running!
This is an advanced mobile-friendly web tool that provides a huge amount of fishing information including: stocking data, fishing regulations, access facilities, fish species and… more
Sportsmen Against Hunger Event to Raise Money for Idaho Foodbank
| idfg-jjackson
Date: 8 February 2017
Sportsmen Against Hunger Event to Raise Money for Idaho Foodbank
Sportsmen and sportswomen in southeast Idaho are joining forces to help with an important cause—fighting hunger.
The 10th annual Sportsmen Against Hunger event is… more
Fish and Game Releases Fourth Mountain Lion Kitten
| idfg-jjackson
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has finally released the fourth mountain lion kitten that was captured from the Johnny Creek Area at the end of January.
Using signals from a radio collar affixed to the mother mountain lion, Fish and Game was able to determine her location by the end of last week… more
Youth Hunter Education Challenge-Wildlife Identification
| idfg-jbruns
Bill Seybold talks to students about distinguishing characteristics of a number of different types of mammals at a Youth Hunter Education Challenge meeting on Tuesday night. Youth Hunter Education Challenge, also known as YHEC is a program sponsored by the Jack O'Connor center. The program is an advanced hunter… more
Protecting Haystacks From Wildlife Damage
| idfg-dkoehler
Summer is typically the primary season for big game depredations on agricultural crops in the Clearwater Region. But with this winter’s snow depths exceeding anything seen in recent years, complaints of deer and elk getting into haystacks have been rolling in. Regional Landowner-Sportsman Coordinator Jana… more
Big Game Season Setting Meetings Scheduled for Southeast Region
| idfg-jjackson
Fish and Game Schedules Big Game Season Setting Meetings in Southeast Idaho
The southeast regional office of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is getting ready to discuss the proposals for the 2017 hunting seasons for big game.
To hear these proposals and for an opportunity to ask… more
Salmon River Road below North Fork temporarily closed
| idfg-mdemick
Steelhead anglers will have to wait to get down river.
The Salmon-Challis National Forest has issued a temporary road closure along the Salmon River Road (#030) from North Fork, ID to the Panther Creek Road due to multiple rock and debris slides causing threats to human safety. … more
Upper Snake Sets Meetings To Present Proposed Big Games Seasons
| idfg-glosinski
February 8, 2017
IDFG Sets Meetings To Present Proposed Big Games Seasons
IDAHO FALLS – Biologists from the Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) are ready to begin… more
Instructor Application Addresses
| idfg-bbeckley
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is divided into seven administrative regions with offices in Coeur d'Alene, Lewiston, Nampa, Jerome, Pocatello, Idaho Falls and Salmon.
Mail your completed Instructor Application to the nearest regional address.
… more
Clearwater River Steelhead Fishing Update
| idfg-bbowersox
Steelhead fishing remains good on the mainstem Clearwater River below Orofino (Section 3) with catch rates still below 10 hrs/fish. Catch rates in the North Fork Clearwater River (Section 5) were excellent at 5 hrs/fish.
This past week most of the angling effort was from the Lenore boat ramp… more
Super Bowl Sunday Bighorn Sheep Capture in Hells Canyon
| idfg-jbruns
Radio collaring sheep in Hells Canyon
Panhandle Winter Feeding Report - January 30, 2017
| idfg-mkeckler
HistoryThe Fish and Game Panhandle Region does not normally declare winter feeding emergencies because big game do not congregate in large concentrations and it is virtually impossible to use feeding as a tool in a way that is meaningful from a population standpoint, and is certainly not cost effective.… more
CORRECTION – Fish and Game unable to reimburse homeowners for removing Japanese Yew
| idfg-mkeckler
Last week, an Idaho Fish and Game press release incorrectly stated that the agency would reimburse homeowners for the cost of removing the ornamental plant Japanese Yew from their yards.
Fish and Game does encourage homeowners to consider removing the plant, or wrapping the plant with burlap during… more
Time running out to apply for spring bear controlled hunts
| idfg-mdemick
Hunters have through Feb. 15 to apply for this spring's controlled black bear hunts.
Spring 2017 bear controlled hunt information is in the 2015 & 2016 Big Game Seasons and Rules book available at all license vendors and online at https://idfg.idaho.gov/hunt/rules/big-game.
… more
Fish and Game seeks comments on 2017 and 2018 big game seasons
| idfg-mdemick
Idaho Fish and Game plans several open house meetings around the state during February to collect public comments on the 2017 and 2018 proposed seasons and rules for deer, elk, pronghorn, black bear, gray wolf and mountain lion.
Interested individuals can visit with department… more
Another big game animal visits a basement in Hailey
| Anonymous (not verified)
We wish we were making this up folks.... but last evening, another elk was confronted by our conservation officers for breaking and entering. This elk crashed through a window well in a basement in Hailey. Fish and Game Conservation Officer Lee Garwood was able to negotiate with the elk by… more