The Idaho Fish and Game Strategic Plan, known as The Compass, was last updated in 2015. The plan serves as the roadmap to chart the Department's strategies and objectives to achieve its mission to “preserve, protect, perpetuate and manage” Idaho’s treasured wildlife resources.
The Compass is structured around four goals:
- Sustain Idaho’s fish and wildlife and the habitat upon which they depend
- Meet the demand for hunting, fishing, trapping and other wildlife recreation
- Improve the public understanding of, and involvement in, fish and wildlife management.
- Enhance the capability of the department to manage fish and wildlife and serve the public.
Each year, IDFG creates an annual step-down of The Compass known as Directions. It outlines the priorities for the coming year and serves as Fish and Game’s annual strategic plan required by Idaho Code. The department also produces an Annual Performance Measurement Report – due every September – to review IDFG’s success at meeting past goals across ten specific metrics.
The 2015 Compass, recent Directions documents and Annual Performance Measurement Reports can be found at the bottom of this page.
IDFG 2025 Strategic Plan Update
Much has changed in Idaho since 2015, so Director Fredericks has directed IDFG staff to conduct an extensive public and internal outreach process to gather input on what the department’s strategies and objectives should be in the years ahead in order to achieve its mission.
Public meetings were held in every region in March and April to review potential priority areas and get feedback from Idaho residents on what they feel IDFG should focus on in the coming years. People also provided feedback online through April 26.
A draft version of the 2025 Strategic Plan Update will be released to the public for review and comment before being considered by the IDFG Commission for adoption later in 2025.
