Wild Salmon and Steelhead Press Releases and Blogs

steelhead head shot being held January 2012

Not all hatchery steelhead are adipose-clipped

Friday, February 7, 2020 - 8:50 AM MST

cut throat spawning underwater shot July 2011

River Restoration Series: Monitoring Fish Populations

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 5:35 PM MST

Snorkeling, electrofishing, and PIT-tags are just a few of the tools biologists use to study Idaho's salmon, trout and steelhead. In part 3 of our series - R estoring Fish, Restoring Rivers - we look at how biologists study how fish populations before and after building habitat restoration projects. Understanding how fish populations respond helps us design better restoration strategies so these projects can have the biggest benefit.

Broodstock Collection on the South Fork 2020

Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 10:25 AM MST

We will begin the angler broodstock collection program on February 8 and will continue until we meet our broodstock goals or the first week of April, whichever comes first. Anglers who would like to participate in the program are required to sign a volunteer form that IDFG personnel will be carrying with them. This will allows anglers to handle steelhead with an adipose fin as they put them into a tube. We will be driving up and down the road and should be easy to track down if we don’t come to you first!

River Restoration Series: Engineering, heavy equipment renew habitat for Idaho's fish

Friday, January 31, 2020 - 8:58 AM MST

Dump trucks. Bull dozers. Excavators!

These aren't the usual tools we think about when it comes to fisheries management. However, sometime stream restoration is a big job that needs some big tools. In our film Moving Earth, we show how a diverse team of biologists, engineers, contractors and landowners come together to rebuild streams and preserve trout, steelhead and salmon for all Idahoans.

wild steelhead in the Salmon River drainage being held underwater Ron Roberts April 2011

River Restoration Series: Partnerships essential in restoring fish habitat

Friday, January 24, 2020 - 9:39 AM MST

It’s about communities working together to address challenges to bringing back salmon, trout, and steelhead for everyone. Idaho Fish and Game has been investing in restoring fish habitat for a long time, and continues to do so. These are great stories, and we’d like share those with you.

Fish PIT tag 2007 - passive integrated transponder

Detecting fish in the fast lane

Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 2:32 PM MST

Steelhead Angler on the Clearwater River

Steelhead anglers continue to report tags for F&G, U of I research

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 - 1:26 PM MST

As the new year begins, we thought it would be a good time for an update on the steelhead encounter rate and catch and release mortality study.

Testing of PIT Tag antenna in the East Fork Potlatch River/ Photo by Brian Knoth

Wiring the Potlatch River

Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 5:36 PM MST

We recently improved our ability to track wild steelhead in the Potlatch River by installing new PIT Tag array systems in Big Bear Creek and the East Fork Potlatch River.

F&G fisheries staff recognized for catch-and-release research

Monday, November 25, 2019 - 10:10 AM MST

Picture of FLOY tagged steelhead from Snake River

Steelhead Catch and Release Study Update

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 5:32 PM MST

Trailing Steelhead - University of Idaho Podcast

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 12:55 PM MST

Characterizing the Annual Chinook Salmon Run in Real Time

Friday, November 1, 2019 - 1:59 PM MDT

Monitoring the entire Journey of Wild Chinook Salmon

Friday, November 1, 2019 - 1:44 PM MDT

Tiny tags and antennas help track juvenile Chinook in Lemhi and Salmon rivers

Friday, October 25, 2019 - 9:49 AM MDT

New fish detection system installed on Marsh Creek

Thursday, October 24, 2019 - 10:51 AM MDT

Idaho Fish and Game's wild salmon and steelhead monitoring staff recently improved the department's wild steelhead monitoring infrastructure with a fish-detection system – called a PIT array – that was installed into Marsh Creek, which is a tributary to the Middle Fork Salmon River.