Press Releases and Articles
IDFG Keeping An Eye On Deer Populations Because of Unusual Late Winter Snow Condition
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ST. ANTHONY - Everyone knows that winter can be a tough time of year for wildlife, but recent unusual winter snow conditions have IDFG biologists keeping an especially close eye on one population of deer wintering in an area known as the Junipers, located on the Sand Creek Desert just outside of St. Anthony, Idaho.… morePlanting Sterile Trout
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Idaho Fish and Game biologists are working to bring us bigger, longer living and tastier rainbow trout through research. This is not a TV add or radio jingle. It is a catchable fact. Over the last three years regional biologists along with research biologists have been planting sterile trout in Daniels and Treasurton… moreAnglers Reminded of Trout Regulation Changes for the Kootenai River
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) is reminding anglers of the trout fishing regulation changes for the Kootenai River that took effect on Jan 1, 2002. The new bag limit is now 2 trout (either rainbow or cutthroat), and no trout under 16" may be kept. There are no gear restrictions. Some anglers expressed… morePend Oreille Public Workshop Scheduled
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) will host a public workshop to solicit community ideas on how to recover the kokanee population in Lake Pend Oreille. The workshop will include a continental breakfast and will be held on Saturday March 23 from 8 am until noon at the Sandpoint Community Hall, 204 S First Ave… moreDogs and Deer Don't Mix
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Winter perils to big game are many. The foremost problem is finding food and maintaining enough fat reserves to outlast winter. One unnecessary strain on big game animals, deer in particular, is surviving stress and energy loss associated with being chased by free roaming dogs. The IDFG office has received reports… moreProject Wild Workshop Offered
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has scheduled another "Project Wild" workshop for teachers and youth leaders. The workshop is scheduled for April 12-13 in the Bonners Ferry area (exact location tba). The workshop includes a Friday evening (4-9 p.m.) and Saturday (8a.m.-6p.m.). Space is limited, pre-registration… moreBobcat Pelt Tag Deadline Approaching
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LEWISTON -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game reminds hunters and trappers of the March 10th deadline for mandatory tagging of bobcat pelts. Sportsmen can take their pelts to any IDFG regional office, the McCall office or an official check-point to obtain the appropriate tags and complete a harvest report. A… moreHunter Education Course Offered In Kamiah
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KAMIAH -- The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is encouraging future hunters to signed up for the mandatory hunter education course scheduled in Kamiah for March 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, and 14, with a field shoot planned for March 16. For more information and to register for this class, contact IDFG at 935-4284. Please… moreIDFG Schedules March Breakfast Meeting
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LEWISTON -- Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to the monthly Idaho Fish and Game breakfast meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 a.m., at the Helm Restaurant in Lewiston. IDFG personnel will provide information on the recent waterfowl and big game aerial surveys, turkey trapping and transplant efforts, results… moreSteelheading Heats Up
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Despite wintry conditions and low water temperatures, steelhead anglers are stacking up fish on the Salmon River below North Fork and on the Clearwater. Fish and Game check station workers at North Fork saw 178 anglers and 90 steelhead over the weekend. Anglers were averaging 11 hours per fish; anything under 20… moreTurkey Hunt Stats on Web
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As hunters' thoughts turn to spring turkey hunts, new information is available on the Fish and Game Internet web site. Turkey hunters can now review bird harvest, hunter success rates, number of hunters and other important information by individual hunt in the newly expanded web site section on wild turkeys in Idaho.… moreIdaho's Natural Heritage on Display
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A new display is available free to the public at the Nature Center in Boise. Discover Idaho's Natural Heritage at the MK Nature Center. Together for the first time, three traveling exhibits from the Natural Heritage Center at Idaho State University will be on display through May 31. Each of these displays offers… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q. What can a private citizen legally do when a game animal, such as a deer, is mortally wounded (as in a recent case involving a deer and a car) and needs to be dispatched as quickly and mercifully as possible? A. Doing what seems the most expedientÑand decentÑthing to do at the moment has the potential to cause the… moreBringing Back the Bighorns: The Hells Canyon Initiative
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The area is vast, rugged and spectacular; an imposing, primitive landscape, twice the size of Yellowstone National Park. Eight hundred bighorns are estimated to live here, scattered in 15 different herds, but that is probably just a fraction of the numbers that once inhabited Hells Canyon. "The thing that's really… morePhone in for Fun-Radio Auction
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Float the Salmon River, fish for sturgeon in Hells Canyon, fly into the Middle Fork of the Salmon to stay at a wilderness ranch all trips you can win by tuning into the radio on Tuesday evening, March 5th at 7 PM. The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation (IFWF) has teamed with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG… moreMontana Bighorns Call Hells Canyon Home
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A small group of volunteers and Fish and Game staff cheered as 20 bighorn sheep raced up the hillside of their new home in Hells Canyon earlier this week. Once the bighorns were away from their human handlers, they seemed unfazed by their strange adventure that began along the bluffs of the Missouri Breaks in Montana… moreAsk Fish and Game
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Q. Salmon fishing last summer was fantastic. Are we going to be able to fish for chinook again this year? A. Currently, salmon biologists are anticipating enough hatchery chinook salmon will return to Idaho to allow fishing again. Seasons, limits, and open fishing areas will not be determined until more information… more