Salmon Region | Idaho Fish and Game

The Salmon area is home to the Salmon River, one of the few undammed waterways left in America. The river and its forks serve as the only pathways into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness area, the largest single federally designated wilderness in the lower 48. Steelhead and salmon start and end their 900-mile journey to the ocean in this region of Idaho. Nine of Idaho’s big game animals roam the valleys and mountains in this area.

News

Spring bear hunters reminded of baiting rules

Friday, May 22, 2020 - 12:23 PM MDT

With spring black bear hunting season well underway, Idaho Department of Fish and Game reminds hunters that using bait comes with easy to follow rules. Yet each spring, some run afoul with the law when their blunders could easily be avoided.

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Connecting streams, habitat improvements and monitoring efforts support spawning steelhead in the upper Salmon River

Friday, May 15, 2020 - 10:37 AM MDT

In 2007, Fish and Game began operating picket weirs and traps on multiple tributaries of the Salmon River to document the number of steelhead that enter certain tributaries to spawn. Fish and Game gathers information such as length, weight, sex, origin, and other data on the fish before releasing it upstream to spawn. The information collected is then used to evaluate ongoing habitat restoration projects and guide future management decisions.

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Local ponds and lakes in the Salmon Region provide great fishing destinations this Memorial Day Weekend

Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 12:14 PM MDT

Fishing should be good over the Memorial Day weekend in the Salmon Region, but anglers should be mindful that cool temperatures and late spring rain and snow have extended high flows of many rivers and streams. Driving to higher-elevation lakes may be challenging to impossible. Yet, there’s plenty of fishing to be had for those looking to cast a line.

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Wild Adult Steelhead Returns: detections at a new tributary PIT array.

Friday, May 1, 2020 - 9:57 AM MDT

Last fall IDFG wild salmon and steelhead monitoring staff, installed a fish-detection system - called a PIT array - into Marsh Creek, a tributary to the upper Middle Fork Salmon River.

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During the spring wildlife baby boom, young animals are better off left alone

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 9:44 AM MDT

Spring is here, and so is the peak of baby wildlife season. People are bound to see young wildlife when they venture outdoors during the spring and early summer, and there is a pretty good chance that they will see a baby animal that appears to be alone. Fish and Game officials have a simple suggestion to people who discover baby animals that appear to be abandoned: Just leave them be.

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Repeat Spawning Steelhead - An Amazing Adventure

Monday, April 13, 2020 - 2:12 PM MDT

Spring is spawning season for Idaho’s steelhead. These fish make an incredible journey to reach their home streams to spawn. Sometimes, it is not their first trip home.

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Some nonresident licenses, permits, and tags sales temporarily suspended by F&G Commission

Saturday, April 4, 2020 - 9:19 AM MDT

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Elevations in the Salmon Region reach up to 12,662 at Borah Peak, the highest peak in Idaho.

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Location

Salmon Regional Office

99 Highway 93 North

Salmon, ID 83467

(208) 756-2271