Craig Mountain WMA video series: Forest health part III- Wildlife screen

In certain areas across the mountain, wildlife screens are provided to allow for security for big game and other wildlife species.

Fish and Game seeks volunteers to plant sagebrush to rehabilitate big game winter range damaged by wildfires

The Magic Valley Region, Idaho Fish and Game, in partnership with the Twin Falls District, BLM are seeking volunteers to help plant sagebrush to rehabilitate big game winter range at two different locations in the Magic Valley on April 1 and April 22.
The goal is to plant 13,000 seedlings over two weekends.

Joint project underway to reduce big game-vehicle collisions in North Idaho

The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Idaho Fish and Game and the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative recently announced a joint project to improve traffic safety and protect wildlife by repairing existing highway fencing and extending it by about a mile near wildlife underpasses on U.S. 95 north of Bonners Ferry.

Irrigators in Salmon Region asked to contact Fish and Game before turning ditch water on this spring

Idaho Fish and Game’s screen program, water users, and area landowners have been working together successfully to prevent the loss of fish into ditch systems for 65 years. The program currently operates and maintains over 280 fish screens that have been installed with the cooperation of local landowners and water users.

March 21: Upper Salmon River Weekly Fishing Report

The Deadwater ice jam opened up Monday night. Red Rock, Bobcat Gulch, and North Fork ramps will be cleared of ice this week.

Mountain lions continue to be active throughout the Wood River Valley

Residents throughout the Wood River Valley continue to see and report mountain lions frequenting their yards or are seeing them on their security cameras. Since October 1, 2022, the Magic Valley Region has received 85 calls about mountain lions in the Valley, with a majority of those calls coming from Hailey residents. While most of the calls are observations, Fish and Game is aware of non-fatal attacks on several dogs and residents becoming increasingly concerned about lions taking up residence in their neighborhoods.

March’s Wildlife Express newsletter wades through the lives of Idaho’s shorebirds

Shorebirds is a broad term, used to define birds that, you guessed it, inhabit shorelines. Wildlife Express’s March issue focuses on the life and migration of Idaho’s shorebirds.

Recreationists, homeowners reminded to take precautions with their pets as coyote denning season arrives