Press Releases and Stories

10 reasons to keep fishing (or learn to fish) during late summer

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 3:07 PM MDT

Late summer can be an odd season for anglers because sometimes it feels like fishing season is winding down, but in many parts of Idaho, summer-like weather lasts through September and into October. That means lots of time remains for great fishing.

Prime nursery grounds for Hells Canyon bighorn sheep permanently protected along the Snake River

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 1:39 PM MDT

The property provides secure cliff habitat along the Snake River where ewes give birth and raise their lambs.

Returned elk/deer tags will be sold on Aug. 13

Friday, August 7, 2020 - 10:59 AM MDT

Idaho Fish and Game will offer for sale about 465 nonresident elk tags and about 30 nonresident deer tags starting at 10 a.m. MDT on Aug. 13 on a first-come, first-served basis. Sale will also include some returned resident elk tags in capped elk zones.

F&G conservation officer helps wrangle alligator in Nampa

Thursday, August 6, 2020 - 3:53 PM MDT

For Idaho Fish and Game conservation officers, encounters with bears, mountain lions, elk, deer and moose are just part of the job description. Alligators? Not so much — but a Fish and Game conservation officer recently assisted Nampa Police officers with capturing a gator at a home in Nampa.

Deer Creek motorized closure in unit 10A north of Pierce now in effect

Thursday, August 6, 2020 - 10:50 AM MDT

Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) in cooperation with Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and PotlatchDeltic Corporation recently revisited a long-standing agreement for a motorized closure surrounding the Deer Creek Reservoir in game management unit 10A north of Pierce, ID. Approximately 4,820 acres are included in the road closure agreement originally signed in the late 1980’s.

State Highway 55 Construction Work Scheduled

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 4:00 PM MDT

MK Nature Center Kiosk

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 3:35 PM MDT

Clearwater Region August rainbow trout stocking schedule

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 1:43 PM MDT

Walleye locations in Lake Pend Oreille in July

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 3:09 PM MDT

Firewood sale underway on Craig Mountain Wildlife Management Area

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 11:48 AM MDT

girl with her card after graduating from hunter education wearing a hunter orange cap small photo

F&G's online courses are only option for hunter and bowhunter education

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 11:37 AM MDT

Eagle angler lands new catch-and-release state record black crappie

Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 11:20 AM MDT

Congratulations to Jon Urban of Eagle on a new catch/release record black crappie from Crane Creek Reservoir. Urban was fishing the reservoir on July 26, when he landed the 17-inch lunker panfish. After a quick measurement and photo, Jon released the fish to fight another day.

Food-conditioned black bear euthanized in East Fork canyon near Hailey

Monday, August 3, 2020 - 4:04 PM MDT

Application period is Aug. 5-15 for second controlled hunt drawing for deer, elk, pronghorn and bear

Monday, August 3, 2020 - 3:18 PM MDT

Didn't draw a tag in the first round? It's not too late to apply for the second controlled hunt drawing for over 2,200 unclaimed, controlled hunt tags for deer, elk, pronghorn and bear. There are a total of 939 deer tags, 1,155 elk tags, 103 pronghorn tags, and 19 bear tags available in the second controlled hunt drawing.

Super Hunt winner Arie Roeloffs in 2013. Facebook post

Deadline for second Super Hunt drawing is Aug. 10

Monday, August 3, 2020 - 11:43 AM MDT

Grizzly camera captures female bear and her cubs emerging from den

Monday, August 3, 2020 - 9:17 AM MDT

Lake trout work to continue on Stanley Lake

Friday, July 31, 2020 - 2:05 PM MDT

First sockeye of 2020 arrives at the Sawtooth Basin, run likely larger than last year

Friday, July 31, 2020 - 1:59 PM MDT

The first sockeye of 2020, a naturally produced female, returned to Redfish Lake Creek trap near Stanley on July 31 and a second arrived on Aug. 2, which are among the 412 sockeye that have crossed Lower Granite Dam through Aug. 2 and signals a substantially larger return to Idaho than last year.