Wildlife Conservation and Management

Idaho Fish and Game is charged with preserving, protecting, perpetuating and managing all wildlife in the state for present and future generations. Most animals are not hunted, trapped or fished.

Wildlife Management Areas improve and maintain wildlife habitat for both game and nongame species and provide access for disabled hunters, fishermen, and wildlife watchers.

Our management plans, provide guidance and overall direction and help identify both statewide and regional population and management objectives

Programs indirectly related to hunting or fishing include wildlife diseases, the Wildlife Diversity Program and information on lands and landowners.

News

Baby animals are better off when left alone

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 11:09 AM MDT

Spring is baby season for all things wild. Being the peak time for wildlife to have their young, the Idaho Fish and Game offers this simple suggestion to those well-intentioned people that discover baby animals that appear to be abandoned - leave them alone.

Wildlife Conservation and Management Regions
Another bighorn euthanized after contacting domestic sheep near Challis

Monday, April 17, 2017 - 1:55 PM MDT

A one-year-old bighorn sheep ram that mingled with domestic sheep near Challis was euthanized Friday, April 14, to prevent the sheep from potentially carrying disease back to the wild herd. This is the third bighorn sheep removed from the same area on the edge of Challis since March 30.

Wildlife Conservation and Management Bighorn Sheep Hunting Science and Research Salmon Region Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)
Please avoid big game herds to let them recover from winter

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 2:59 PM MDT

Fish and Game officials appreciate the public’s patience and assistance in helping wildlife recover after a record winter. The difference between people complying with the closure or not could mean life and death to many animals.

Big Game Winter Feeding updates Big Game Hunting Wildlife Conservation and Management
F&G finds safe new home for orphaned mountain lion kittens

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 - 12:58 PM MDT

Two orphaned mountain lion kittens took refuge behind hay bales in a barn in Meadows near McCall, much to the surprise of the property owners and their horses. Too small to make it on their own, and after several weeks of becoming habituated to and fed by humans, Fish and Game decided that a captive facility would be the best option for these naïve youngsters.

Southwest Region Wildlife Conservation and Management Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma (Puma concolor)
Snow Geese Descend on Fort Boise WMA [video]

Monday, March 13, 2017 - 3:46 PM MDT

Wildlife Conservation and Management Migratory Bird Hunting Southwest Region Snow geese
State wildlife action plan renewed for 10 years

Monday, March 13, 2017 - 10:20 AM MDT

The State Wildlife Action Plan is for conserving and managing Idaho’s diverse fish and wildlife and the habitats on which they depend.

Wildlife Conservation and Management
Idaho's Monarch Connection

Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 10:03 AM MST

Biologists mobilize to address monarch butterfly and milkweed data gaps in Idaho

Wildlife Conservation and Management Salmon Region Monarch (Danaus plexippus)