Press Releases and Stories

April 22: Upper Salmon River Steelhead fishing report

Monday, April 22, 2019 - 10:17 AM MDT

Join the fun and learn about wildlife at the MK Nature Center's Spring Wildlife Event on April 27

Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 4:18 PM MDT

Chinook fishing season opens April 27

Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 3:02 PM MDT

Fishing will open on April 27, with a two-day-a-week season on the Clearwater River and a four-day-a-week season on the Salmon and Little Salmon rivers. There will be no spring Chinook fishing in Hells Canyon. 

Electrofishing schedule set for the South Fork of the Snake River

Friday, April 19, 2019 - 11:27 AM MDT

Stocking helps sturgeon population below C.J. Strike Dam

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 12:25 PM MDT

People may have heard about sturgeon being collected from the Snake River below C.J. Stike Dam during April. Don’t be alarmed, it's part of ongoing conservation efforts to help boost the number of sturgeon in the river.

Steelhead smolt transportation and release season is underway in Idaho

Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 7:49 AM MDT

The spring 2019 steelhead fishing season is winding down, but Fish and Game staff is releasing 5.75 million young steelhead into Idaho's rivers for their downstream migration to the Pacific, which will be the next generation of fish returning to Idaho. 

Mormon Reservoir revival produced great trout fishing and is attracting anglers

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 - 3:50 PM MDT

Become an Idaho Master Naturalist

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 6:17 PM MDT

April 15: Upper Salmon River Steelhead fishing report

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 12:37 PM MDT

Three years after stocking, Chinook in Spirit Lake are ready to be reeled in

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 12:25 PM MDT

Rainbow trout to be removed from the South Fork of the Snake River and stocked in local ponds

Saturday, April 13, 2019 - 1:02 PM MDT

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce hybridization between the non-native rainbow trout and the native cutthroat trout in the South Fork of the Snake River, biologists from the Idaho Fish and Game will be manually removing rainbow and hybrid trout. Fish will be stunned with electro-shocking equipment and then transported to local ponds around the Upper Snake region.

Strike while it’s hot! There are lots of crappie at C.J. Strike Reservoir.

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:17 PM MDT

See the spring waterfowl migration at McArthur Lake Wildlife Management Area

Friday, April 12, 2019 - 10:30 AM MDT

Birds that are traveling to points as far north as the Arctic Circle, or looking to set up shop in the Panhandle Region, were all taking advantage of the new spring’s onset and opportunities to forage and rest at McArthur Lake Wildlife Management Area.

F&G Commission sets migratory game bird seasons and adjusts wolf hunt in two units

Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 1:30 PM MDT

Steelhead to be stocked in Blue Mountain and Kids Creek ponds

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 - 9:55 AM MDT

Winter closures within Teton Basin Ranger District extended until April 30 to protect wintering wildlife

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 2:36 PM MDT

Due to persisting winter conditions the U.S. Forest Service in cooperation with Idaho Fish and Game and Wyoming Game and Fish has extended the winter closure in the Teton Basin Ranger District. The closure will remain in effect until April 30.

Local fishing ponds to be stocked with lunkers

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 2:09 PM MDT

Tundra swans are dying from historic mine waste in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 - 1:29 PM MDT

Panhandle Region Fish and Game staff have received numerous calls about dead tundra swans in the lower Coeur d’Alene River Basin, particularly around Harrison Slough. The deaths are attributed to poisoning from mine waste contamination found in the wetland sediments where the birds forage.

Volunteers jumpstart wildlife habitat restoration after a wildfire burned in 2018

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 2:07 PM MDT

Armed with trowels, augers, kneepads and thousands of sagebrush and bitterbrush seedlings, about three dozen volunteers joined Fish and Game staff in late March to replant where a 2018 fire scorched 700 acres near Lucky Peak Reservoir. 

Catch a kokanee salmon from southern Idaho's "silver triangle"

Monday, April 8, 2019 - 1:38 PM MDT

Fish and Game manages quality kokanee fisheries around the state, including in a trio of destinations – the kokanee "silver triangle" – that are a short drive from Idaho’s largest population center.