Press Releases and Articles
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
Japanese Yew Claims Eight Elk Near Idaho Falls
| idfg-glosinski
Japanese Yew Claims Eight Elk Near Idaho Falls
IDAHO FALLS-Eight elk outside of Idaho Falls were added to the roster of known wildlife mortalities so far this year in Idaho, which have been linked to the toxic non-native Japanese Yew plant. Wildlife lab results confirmed that all… more
An opportunity to help Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Populations in Rainey Creek
| idfg-bhigh
Cutthroat run sizes in Rainey Creek continue to lag behind spawning runs in the other tributaries despite the fact that Rainey Creek is the South Fork Snake River’s largest tributary by drainage area. In 2016, 19 Cutthroat were captured at the Rainey Creek weir while runs at the other three main tributaries… more
How Winter Big Game Feeding Works
| idfg-glosinski
How Winter Big Game Feeding Works
IDAHO FALLS – If the prognostications of Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania carry any weight in Idaho, then we are set for six more weeks of winter. After having a number of milder winters in a row, this year’s winter seems harsh, even though it is… more
Elk found dead in Challis and North Fork after eating poisonous yew
| idfg-tcuret
In two separate events, a total of eight elk were found dead in the Salmon Region after apparent poisoning from eating Japanese yew, a common yet toxic landscaping shrub.
“Three elk were reported by a sportsman near North Fork and five elk were found on and adjacent to the golf course in Challis… more
Lake Cascade Ice Fishing Update 2/2/17
| idfg-pjanssen
The ice conditions as of Friday AM are very good. Lots of rain yesterday took away the slush and made good travel conditions. Anglers are even using 4 wheelers to get around. The parking areas are very ice covered and slick with rain water cuts, so be careful.
There is a perch fishing tournament at… more