Press Releases

Feb. 19: Upper Salmon River steelhead fishing report

Feb. 19: Steelhead angler effort on the upper Salmon River over the past week was light with most anglers only fishing for an hour or two during the afternoons.

Fish and Game Schedules Big Game Measuring Day in Pocatello on March 5

Tuesday, March 5, is Big Game Measuring Day at the Southeast Regional Office of Idaho Fish and Game located at 1345 Barton Road in Pocatello.

UPDATE: F&G adds three proposals to 2019-20 big game hunts

Idaho Fish and Game is adding three proposals for the 2019-20 big game hunting season for eastern Idaho mule deer hunts and elk hunts in the Weiser and Brownlee zones in response to new information. 

Public's Help Sought in Deer Poaching Case

Fish and Game is asking the public for information regarding the recent poaching of two mule deer bucks just off Big Willow Road north of Emmett.

Bighorn Sheep Capture Planned in Hells Canyon

An interagency effort is planned between Idaho Fish and Game, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to capture 80 bighorn sheep in five Hells Canyon herds Feb. 19–28.

Submit your project ideas to the Coeur d’Alene Basin Restoration Partnership

The Restoration Partnership is soliciting restoration project ideas from citizens, businesses, non-profit organizations and government agencies to benefit natural resources in the Coeur d’Alene Basin. Deadline to apply is March 20.

Bridge Repairs Close Fort Boise WMA Boat Ramp Access

The badly dilapidated bridge spanning Sand Hollow Creek at Fort Boise Wildlife Management Area (WMA) will soon be replaced, one of the last repair projects resulting from the “snowpocalypse” of 2016-2017.

Despite snowstorms, it's a normal winter and wide-spread emergency feeding unnecessary

When big snowstorms roll through Idaho, people often wonder how they will effect big game, and whether Idaho Fish and Game will start feeding deer, elk, pronghorn and other animals.

2018 deer, elk harvests similar to 2017; above 10-year averages except mule deer

Hunters took more mule deer and fewer white-tailed deer in 2018 compared to 2017, while the elk harvest was similar between the two years -- dropping by less than 2 percent from 2017 to 2018.

The 2018 elk harvest was about 15.4 percent above the 10-year average, and the overall deer harvest was less than 1 percent below the 10-year average.

Game cameras provide new methods for counting and managing wildlife

An innovative approach using trail cameras to capture wildlife allows Idaho Fish and Game biologists to estimate deer and elk populations in a safer, less-invasive, and less-expensive way.

Idaho’s 2019 & 2020 big game season proposals available online

Idaho Fish and Game's proposed changes for the 2019 & 2020 big game hunting seasons are now available online for public review and comment.

Herd of elk raising concern near Rexburg/Sugar City

A herd of about 100 elk wandered into a rural area between Sugar City and Rexburg. The elk have been easily sighted from both Highway 20 and Highway 33 and are a cause for concern to passing motorists. Fish and Game started feeding them in mid February to keep them off highways and away from agriculture fields

Lewis and Clark Master Naturalist Chapter seeks new members

Anyone who enjoys and appreciates Idaho’s outdoors can be an Idaho Master Naturalist; teachers, hunters, nature guides, farmers, retired professionals, and …you! The Idaho Master Naturalist Program aims to develop a corps of well-informed volunteers to actively work toward stewardship of Idaho’s natural environment.

Juvenile mountain lion attacks dog in Mackay

Early on the morning of Jan. 30 a woman responded to what she thought was a fight between her dog and another dog outside of her Mackay home. As she pulled the two animals apart, she soon realized that in one of her hands she held a juvenile male mountain lion and not another dog as expected.

Hoof disease detected in Idaho elk for the first time

Idaho Fish and Game has confirmed a case of Treponema Associated Hoof Disease in an elk harvested by a hunter near Whitebird in 2018, which is the first animal diagnosed with TAHD in Idaho.

Elk Hit by Train in Southeast Idaho

In the early morning hours of Friday, January 25, a herd of elk was hit by a train traveling between Montpelier and Soda Springs. No people were injured in the collision.

Anglers are hooking into burbot, the Panhandle’s newest fishery

It’s been a little while since the Kootenai River burbot fishery reopened on Jan. 1, after a 26-year closure. Biologists didn’t know what to expect, and they were unsure how accessible about 45,000 burbot in the river would be to anglers.

F&G officers serve warrants in Franklin County in Southeast Idaho

On January 31, officers from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game assisted by the Preston Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff’s Office served two search warrants in the Preston area of Southeast Idaho.