List of Salvageable Species
SALVAGEABLE
Only big game animals, upland game animals, upland game birds, furbearers, predatory, and unprotected wildlife may be salvaged.
NOT SALVAGEABLE
Protected nongame, threatened and endangered species, and migratory birds, including waterfowl, may not be possessed or salvaged.
Salvageable Species
* Several animals require mandatory checks.
Big Game
American Black Bear Ursus americanus *
Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis *
California Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis californiana *
Elk Cervus canadensis
Gray Wolf Canis lupus *
Moose Alces alces *
Mountain Goat Oreamnos americanus *
Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma Puma concolor *
Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis *
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
Upland Game Animals
Mountain Cottontail Sylvilagus nuttallii
Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
Upland Game Birds
California Quail Callipepla californica
Chukar Alectoris chukar
Columbian Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus
Dusky Grouse Dendragapus obscurus
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
Greater Sage-Grouse Centrocercus urophasianus
Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
Spruce Grouse Falcipennis canadensis
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Furbearing Animals
American Badger Taxidea taxus
American Beaver Castor canadensis
American Marten Martes americana
American Mink Neogale vison
Bobcat Lynx rufus *
Common Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
Northern River Otter Lontra canadensis *
Pacific Marten Martes caurina
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
Predatory Animals
Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
Coyote Canis latrans
Ermine or Short-tailed Weasel Mustela erminea
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Long-tailed Weasel Mustela frenata
Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor
Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis
Striped Skunk Mephitis mephitis
Western Rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus
Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis
White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
Unprotected Animals
Unprotected animals are all remaining animals in Idaho that are not listed as protected, endangered, or threatened AND all animals listed in categories above without a season.
These protected animals are listed in the following column
Protected Species
The following animals are illegal to salvage:
Endangered
Caribou Rangifer tarandus
Threatened
Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis
Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus
Big Game - No Active Season
Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos *
Upland Game Animals - No Active Season
Pygmy Rabbit Brachylagus idahoensis
Upland Game Birds - No Active Season
Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
Furbearing Animals - No Active Season
Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis
Fisher Pekania pennanti
Protected Nongame
Aechmophorus
Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
American Pika Ochotona princeps
American Pipit Anthus rubescens
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
American Robin Turdus migratorius
American Three-Toed Woodpecker Picoides dorsalis
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Barred Owl Strix varia
Bats (order Chiroptera) Chiroptera
Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
Bear Lake Sculpin Cottus extensus
Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
Bewick's Wren Thryomanes bewickii
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Black Rosy-Finch Leucosticte atrata
Black Swift Cypseloides niger
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-billed Magpie Pica hudsonia
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Gray Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Black-throated Sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata
Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis
Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
Brewer's Sparrow Spizella breweri
Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
Brown Creeper Certhia americana
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
California Gull Larus californicus
California Myotis Myotis californicus
Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
Canada Jay Perisoreus canadensis
Canyon Bat Parastrellus hesperus
Canyon Wren Catherpes mexicanus
Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
Caribou Rangifer tarandus
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Cassia Crossbill Loxia sinesciuris
Cassin's Finch Haemorhous cassinii
Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
Cassin's Sparrow Peucaea cassinii
Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Cave Myotis Myotis velifer
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens
Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
Clark's Grebe Aechmophorus clarkii
Clark's Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana
Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
Cliff Chipmunk Neotamias dorsalis
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Coeur d'Alene Salamander Plethodon idahoensis
Columbia Spotted Frog (Northern Population) Rana luteiventris
Columbia Spotted Frog (Great Basin DPS) Rana luteiventris pop. 3
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
Common Gartersnake Thamnophis sirtalis
Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
Common Loon Gavia immer
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
Common Poorwill Phalaenoptilus nuttallii
Common Raven Corvus corax
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Common Rock Squirrel Otospermophilus variegatus
Common Side-blotched Lizard Uta stansburiana
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
Cordilleran Flycatcher Empidonax occidentalis
Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae
Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
Curve-billed Thrasher Toxostoma curvirostre
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
Desert Horned Lizard Phrynosoma platyrhinos
Desert Nightsnake Hypsiglena chlorophaea
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus
Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis
Flammulated Owl Psiloscops flammeolus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Callospermophilus lateralis
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer
Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Gray Flycatcher Empidonax wrightii
Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis
Great Basin Collared Lizard Crotaphytus bicinctores
Great Basin Spadefoot Spea intermontana
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret Ardea alba
Great Gray Owl Strix nebulosa
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Greater Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma hernandesi
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Green Sucker Pantosteus virescens
Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni
Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Idaho Giant Salamander Dicamptodon aterrimus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus ridgwayi
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis
Least Chipmunk Neotamias minimus
Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
Least Tern Sternula antillarum
LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis
Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
Little Brown Myotis or Yuma Myotis Myotis lucifugus or Myotis yumanensis
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard Gambelia wislizenii
Long-nosed Snake Rhinocheilus lecontei
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum
Lucy's Warbler Oreothlypis luciae
MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
Merlin Falco columbarius
Merriam's Ground Squirrel Urocitellus canus
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus
Myotis sp. Myotis
Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
North American Racer Coluber constrictor
Northern Alligator Lizard Elgaria coerulea
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
Northern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
Northern Hawk-Owl Surnia ulula
Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus brunneus
Northern Leatherside Chub Lepidomeda copei
Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Northern Parula Setophaga americana
Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Northern Rubber Boa Charina bottae
Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
Orange-crowned Warbler Oreothlypis celata
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
Pacific Lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
Pacific Wren Troglodytes pacificus
Painted Turtle Chrysemys picta
Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus
Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus
Piute Ground Squirrel Urocitellus mollis
Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
Purple Martin Progne subis
Pygmy Nuthatch Sitta pygmaea
Pygmy Short-horned Lizard Phrynosoma douglasii
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Red-naped Sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Chipmunk Neotamias ruficaudus
Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus
Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog Ascaphus montanus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus
Sagebrush Sparrow Artemisiospiza nevadensis
Sand Roller Percopsis transmontana
Sanderling Calidris alba
Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Scott's Oriole Icterus parisorum
Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Shoshone Sculpin Cottus greenei
Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
Sierran Treefrog Pseudacris sierra
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vernalis
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus
Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Sora Porzana carolina
Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel Urocitellus endemicus
Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
Striped Whipsnake Coluber taeniatus
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
Terrestrial Gartersnake Thamnophis elegans
Thick-billed Longspur Rhynchophanes mccownii
Tiger Whiptail Aspidoscelis tigris
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii
Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Uinta Chipmunk Neotamias umbrinus
Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius
Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
Veery Catharus fuscescens
Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
Virginia's Warbler Oreothlypis virginiae
Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
Western Fence Lizard Sceloporus occidentalis
Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
Western Groundsnake Sonora semiannulata
Western Gull Larus occidentalis
Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
Western Red Bat Lasiurus blossevillii
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
Western Scrub-Jay Aphelocoma californica
Western Skink Plestiodon skiltonianus
Western Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Western Tiger Salamander Ambystoma mavortium
Western Toad Anaxyrus boreas
Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
White Ibis Eudocimus albus
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
White-headed Woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucura
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Whooping Crane Grus americana
Willet Tringa semipalmata
Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus
Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
Wolverine Gulo gulo
Wood Frog Lithobates sylvaticus
Wood River Sculpin Cottus leiopomus
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Woodhouse's Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii
Wyoming Ground Squirrel Urocitellus elegans
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Yellow-pine Chipmunk Neotamias amoenus
Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
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