Press Releases

Commission to meet via conference call June 23

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission will meet by conference call Friday, June 23 to adopt the Price Lock order to discount license, tag, and permit fees with consecutive year purchases. An update concerning the Chinook salmon season will also be included.

Trailers clip millions of fins so anglers can spot the keepers

Here's your task: Clip millions of tiny fins off young salmon and steelhead so they can be identified as hatchery fish when they return from the ocean. Do it in a few months and at nine different hatcheries from Springfield to Orofino.

South Fork of the Salmon River will not open for Chinook fishing

A poor return to the South Fork of the Salmon River means anglers will miss a year of Chinook fishing on the popular river, but anglers can still get a crack at the fish.

Public Invited To Presentation About Sharp-tailed Grouse, Habitat, And Wind Energy

The Upper Snake Region is home to a number of species of grouse, one of these is the Columbia Sharp-tailed Grouse, that have lived for centuries on the fields east of Idaho Falls.

Super Hunt winners announced

Winners in the first of two Idaho Super Hunt drawings have been drawn.

Sawtooth Hatchery raises mountain-climbing Chinook salmon

The fishing season for Chinook in the Upper Salmon River opens June 22.

Learn about native trout and where to find them

Two species of Idaho fish are the subject of a fascinating series by the Western Native Trout Initiative, a private/public collaboration that partners to conserve native trout and their habitat in the West.

Most ‘capped’ resident elk tags go on sale July 10, Sawtooth tags available July 12

Resident hunters wanting to purchase a general season elk tag in a ‘capped’ zone will want to review this year’s seasons and rules booklet for changes on how tags will be sold in July.

Avoid fall rush, sign up for hunter education course this summer

If your sights are set on hunting this fall and you still need to complete Idaho’s hunter education requirement, now is the perfect time to sign up for a course.

Hunter education is required for anyone born on or after January 1, 1975 who wants to purchase an Idaho hunting license.