Press Releases and Articles
Project Wild Workshop Offered
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has scheduled another "Project Wild" workshop for teachers and youth leaders. The workshop is scheduled for April 12-13 in the Bonners Ferry area (exact location tba). The workshop includes a Friday evening (4-9 p.m.) and Saturday (8a.m.-6p.m.). Space is limited, pre-registration… moreBobcat Pelt Tag Deadline Approaching
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LEWISTON -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game reminds hunters and trappers of the March 10th deadline for mandatory tagging of bobcat pelts. Sportsmen can take their pelts to any IDFG regional office, the McCall office or an official check-point to obtain the appropriate tags and complete a harvest report. A… moreHunter Education Course Offered In Kamiah
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KAMIAH -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is encouraging future hunters to signed up for the mandatory hunter education course scheduled in Kamiah for March 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, and 14, with a field shoot planned for March 16. For more information and to register for this class, contact IDFG at 935-4284. Please… moreIDFG Schedules March Breakfast Meeting
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LEWISTON -- Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to the monthly Idaho Fish and Game breakfast meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 a.m., at the Helm Restaurant in Lewiston. IDFG personnel will provide information on the recent waterfowl and big game aerial surveys, turkey trapping and transplant efforts, results… moreSteelheading Heats Up
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Despite wintry conditions and low water temperatures, steelhead anglers are stacking up fish on the Salmon River below North Fork and on the Clearwater. Fish and Game check station workers at North Fork saw 178 anglers and 90 steelhead over the weekend. Anglers were averaging 11 hours per fish; anything under 20… moreTurkey Hunt Stats on Web
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As hunters' thoughts turn to spring turkey hunts, new information is available on the Fish and Game Internet web site. Turkey hunters can now review bird harvest, hunter success rates, number of hunters and other important information by individual hunt in the newly expanded web site section on wild turkeys in Idaho.… moreIdaho's Natural Heritage on Display
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A new display is available free to the public at the Nature Center in Boise. Discover Idaho's Natural Heritage at the MK Nature Center. Together for the first time, three traveling exhibits from the Natural Heritage Center at Idaho State University will be on display through May 31. Each of these displays offers… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q. What can a private citizen legally do when a game animal, such as a deer, is mortally wounded (as in a recent case involving a deer and a car) and needs to be dispatched as quickly and mercifully as possible? A. Doing what seems the most expedientÑand decentÑthing to do at the moment has the potential to cause the… moreBringing Back the Bighorns: The Hells Canyon Initiative
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The area is vast, rugged and spectacular; an imposing, primitive landscape, twice the size of Yellowstone National Park. Eight hundred bighorns are estimated to live here, scattered in 15 different herds, but that is probably just a fraction of the numbers that once inhabited Hells Canyon. "The thing that's really… morePhone in for Fun-Radio Auction
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Float the Salmon River, fish for sturgeon in Hells Canyon, fly into the Middle Fork of the Salmon to stay at a wilderness ranch all trips you can win by tuning into the radio on Tuesday evening, March 5th at 7 PM. The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation (IFWF) has teamed with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG… moreMontana Bighorns Call Hells Canyon Home
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A small group of volunteers and Fish and Game staff cheered as 20 bighorn sheep raced up the hillside of their new home in Hells Canyon earlier this week. Once the bighorns were away from their human handlers, they seemed unfazed by their strange adventure that began along the bluffs of the Missouri Breaks in Montana… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q. Salmon fishing last summer was fantastic. Are we going to be able to fish for chinook again this year? A. Currently, salmon biologists are anticipating enough hatchery chinook salmon will return to Idaho to allow fishing again. Seasons, limits, and open fishing areas will not be determined until more information… moreHuffaker Chosen for Director
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Meeting by conference call Feb. 13, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to hire department veteran Steve Huffaker to be director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Huffaker has worked for Fish and Game since 1984. The motion to hire also awarded a 15 percent pay increase, bringing his salary to… moreHunter Education Registration Last Week of February
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Registration for spring hunter education, both rifle and bow, will be held the last week of February and the first day of March. This will be the only chance for those needing hunter education to sign up for and get into a class this spring. The cost for each hunter education course is $8.00 per student. Students… moreFish and Game Will Host Ice Fishing Clinic
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Idaho's lakes, reservoirs and streams provide great fishing from spring to fall, but another opportunity for a great fishing experience sometimes eludes the Idaho angler. Ice fishing is a very popular sport in some parts of the country, but relatively few take advantage of it in the Gem State. Getting outdoors to enjoy… moreMagic Valley Bowhunters Receive Grant Money
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The Magic Valley Bowhunters of Twin Falls recently received a $3000 grant from the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation for shooting range improvements at their facility in the basement of "The Ballroom," 205 Shoshone St. North. In addition to the indoor range, the Magic Valley Bowhunters maintain an outdoor range near… moreMountain Lion Season Closed in Units 43, 44, 48 and 49
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A third female mountain lion has been taken from the combined area of game management units 43 (North Soldier), 44 (South Soldier), 48 (Big Wood) and 49 (Little Wood) effectively closing the harvest season for all cougars in those four units on Monday, February 11, 2002. In accordance with regulations, a dog… moreWhirling Disease Parasite Found in Upper Henrys Fork Trout
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The parasite that causes whirling disease in trout has now been discovered in trout in Upper Henrys Fork. Since it was first found in Idaho waters in 1987, Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists have inspected hundreds of streams, at thousands of sites, to determine whether fish populations have been exposed to… more