Clearwater Region Press Releases and Blogs

Clearwater Region upcoming trapper/wolf trapper classes

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 - 5:14 PM MDT

Take a youth turkey hunting, youth season open through April 14

Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 3:14 PM MDT

Turkey hunting is a great way to introduce youth to hunting. It's also a great head start for young hunters who are planning to participate in next fall's big game hunts. 

Hunter Expectations for Bighorn Sheep in Unit 54

Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 11:22 AM MDT

Clearwater Region Spring Stocking

Thursday, April 5, 2018 - 8:10 AM MDT

Steelhead Habitat Restoration on the East Fork Potlatch River

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - 10:16 AM MDT

Landowners Play a Vital Role in Restoring Idaho’s Native Fish

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 - 9:35 AM MDT

Enter Super Hunt drawings for Idaho's best deer, elk, moose and pronghorn hunts

Monday, April 2, 2018 - 7:25 PM MDT

The great, glorious (and free) Take Me Fishing trailer tour begins in April

Monday, April 2, 2018 - 11:23 AM MDT

Trailers will travel to waters near communities to make it easy for people to attend, and events are on weekends and after work.

Payette Lake's fishing is at a crossroads, which way do anglers want it to go?

Friday, March 30, 2018 - 1:53 PM MDT

Managing with big, long-lived predators and a fluctuating prey species poses a big challenge for fisheries managers, and Payette Lake at McCall is the latest case where managers are asking anglers what they want. 

Apply for moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat hunts in April

Friday, March 30, 2018 - 10:53 AM MDT

New changes to 2018 big game rules: sheep, goat, Unit 10A deer hunt, Weiser River elk zone, and units 26 and 27 controlled deer hunts

Friday, March 23, 2018 - 5:12 PM MDT

Take a youth turkey hunting, youth season begins April 8

Friday, March 23, 2018 - 4:48 PM MDT

Turkey hunting is a great way to introduce youth to hunting. It's also a great head start for young hunters who are planning to participate in next fall's big game hunts. 

Add a fishing trip to your spring outings

Friday, March 16, 2018 - 11:04 AM MDT

Idaho Fish and Game stocks trout year round, but expands its operations in April as more waters become suitable for trout. Here are 32 places for early season fishing. 

Monitoring shows winter big game survival much higher than last year

Monday, March 12, 2018 - 4:40 PM MDT

Mild weather so far means more young deer and elk are surviving winter, which means growing herds and potentially more game for big game hunters next fall. 

Migratory Game Bird Season Open House in Lewiston

Monday, March 12, 2018 - 9:29 AM MDT

2017 total deer and elk harvest above average, but mule deer was down

Monday, March 5, 2018 - 1:52 PM MST

The 2017 elk harvest was about 17.5 percent above the 10-year average, and despite the dip in the mule deer harvest, 2017’s overall deer harvest was slightly above the 10-year average. 

F&G license sales will pause at 11 p.m. (Mountain Time), Feb. 28 and resume March 1

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 4:00 PM MST

Fish and Game’s licensing system will temporarily shut down at 11 p.m. (Mountain Time), Feb. 28, and the plan is to resume selling licenses with the new system around noon on March 1. 

Mountain lion management includes close encounters with cats

Monday, February 26, 2018 - 2:16 PM MST

Idaho Fish and Game conservation officers recently recorded a video when they released a lion from a trap in the Clearwater Region.

Fish and Game Commission does not support House Bill 536 to revise trespass laws

Friday, February 23, 2018 - 10:13 AM MST

Commission is concerned bill would make Idaho’s current trespass laws less enforceable and more confusing, increase landowner frustration with Fish and Game and local law enforcement, and erode landowner support for wildlife and recreation.  

More trout are heading to Idaho fishing holes in 2018

Thursday, February 22, 2018 - 2:26 PM MST

Stocking plans for 2018 call for about 123,000 more “catchable” rainbow trout (8 to 11 inches) and 41,000 more 12 to 14-inch trout.