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F&G seeks public input on 2025 Strategic Plan update; you can attend meetings in March/April or comment online

Bear Identification and Test Requirement

Chronic Wasting Disease in Idaho

Salmon/Steelhead Electronic Validation

Dust off the fishing rod and plan your next family fishing outing this spring

Monday, March 24, 2025 - 9:42 AM MDT

Spring fishing is an exceptional opportunity for anglers looking to spend a day or weekend outdoors with their friends or families. Not sure where to even begin? Check out these easily accessible and regularly stocked lakes and ponds all across the state.

Kids Creek Pond & Johnson Pond to be stocked with steelhead

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 1:07 PM MDT

Now’s a good time to grab the kids, your fishing gear, and head to a local fishing hole. Personnel from Idaho Fish and Game's Pahsimeroi Hatchery will release 200 adult steelhead in Kids Creek Pond on Thursday, April 3, followed by approximately 200 steelhead into Johnson Pond on Friday, April 4.

medium shot of mule deer herd in the BRWMA Boise River Management Area in snow January 2010

The closure of a portion of Boise River WMA ended on April 1, but read this before you dust off your hiking boots

Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 12:41 PM MDT

Although the winter closure for a portion of the Boise Front segment has been lifted, recreationists should be aware that several trails and roads on the Boise Front Segment will close again intermittently during April and early May in the interest of public safety, as Idaho Power crews will be running heavy equipment to work on the power line that runs from the West Highland Trailhead up to the archery range, then Highland Valley Road to Highway 21.

A recent hunter education graduate hunts pheasants in a mentored pheasant hunt in the Magic Valley

Magic Valley hunter education instructor named Idaho’s 2025 Instructor of the Year

Wednesday, April 2, 2025 - 8:23 AM MDT

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission recently recognized Mike Fairchild of Jerome as Idaho’s Hunter Education Instructor of the Year for 2025. During their March 2025 meeting in Boise, the Commission presented Fairchild with a plaque to honor his work to both teach and mentor new hunters over the last 14 years in southern Idaho.

Embrace the challenges and rewards of wildland turkey hunting

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - 2:15 PM MDT

Hunters can find turkeys in vast national forests, Bureau of Land Management land, Fish and Game’s Wildlife Management Areas, State Endowment Lands, and other properties where Fish and Game has secured access for hunters. Combined, there are millions of acres in Idaho to pursue turkeys.