Clearwater Region

Researchers head into their second season of radio collaring fawns and deploying remote cameras to help understand white-tailed deer populations.  Fish and Game is working to improve their understanding of white-tailed deer populations in Idaho, and equip wildlife managers with the tools to better manage one of Idaho’s most popular big game species. 

All Idaho Fish and Game offices will be closed Friday, June 18, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Offices will reopen Monday, June 21. Learn more  

Check out this week's spring Chinook salmon fishing update!

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishery Update (6/8/2021) Rapid River Run, Hells Canyon, and Clearwater River Fisheries

Wild steelhead abundance data from this year is headed the right direction after a series of poor return years. Each year, Fish and Game biologists monitor adult steelhead returning to a number of Idaho tributaries they were born in so they can estimate how many fish are producing the next generation of wild steelhead. 

Spring Chinook Salmon Fishery Update (6/1/2021) Rapid River Run, Hells Canyon, and Clearwater River Fisheries

A partnership between Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Idaho Fish and Game allowed access to this unique property to be improved for hunters and recreationists. Adjacent state and federal lands is also now more accessible due to recent improvements.