The Idaho Fish and Game Strategic Plan was updated and approved by the Idaho Fish and Game Commission in 2026. 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 plan is structured around four goals:
- Sustain Idaho’s fish and wildlife and the habitats on which they depend.
- Improve user experience for hunting, fishing trapping, and other wildlife-related recreation opportunities and experiences.
- Improve public understanding of, and involvement in, fish and wildlife management.
- Enhance the capacity of the department to manage fish and wildlife and serve the public.
Each year, IDFG creates an annual step-down of the plan 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.
