State Wildlife Action Plan

This report is a 10-year comprehensive review and revision of the entire Idaho State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP), the product of an expert workgroup convened by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

DRAFT 2023 Idaho State Wildlife Action Plan

Idaho Fish and Game has submitted its updated 2023 Idaho State Wildlife Action Plan to the US Fish and Wildlife Service for Regional Review Team review, a requirement for all state wildlife action plan comprehensive reviews and major revisions. The revised plan is a statewide plan for conserving and managing Idaho’s most at-risk fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats.

This plan remains a draft until officially approved by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Director. In the meantime, if your work or funding source requires that you work from an officially approved state wildlife action plan, please use the 2015 Idaho State Wildlife Action Plan available below.

Download the Draft 2023 State Wildlife Action Plan (PDF)

State Wildlife Action Plan

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Full Document ( PDF: 39.6 MB )

Last updated 02/15/2017

State Wildlife Action Plan by Section

Section Title	Size
About This Document / Table of Contents	563 KB
Team / Contributors / Acknowledgments	117 KB
Executive Summary	131 KB
Introduction	155 KB
Conservation Status Assessment	161 KB
Approach Criteria for Selecting Idaho Species of Greatest Conservation Need	145 KB
Location and Condition of Key Habitats	637 KB
Threats, Actions and Monitoring	272 KB
Review, Revision and Coordination	177 KB
Public Participation	70 KB
Ecological Sections	Size
Overview of Methodology for Sectional Plans	789 KB
1. Okanogan Highlands Section	1.2 MB
2. Flathead Valley Section	1 MB
3. Bitterroot Mountains Section	1.3 MB
4. Idaho Batholith Section	1.6 MB
5. Beaverhead Mountains Section	1.4 MB
6. Challis Volcanics Section	1.7 MB
7. Blue Mountains Section	1.5 MB
8. Yellowstone Highlands Section	2.6 MB
9. Overthrust Mountains Section	1.6 MB
10. Palouse Prairie Section	935 KB
11. Northwestern Basin and Range Section	1.4 MB
12. Owyhee Uplands Section	2.3 MB
13. Snake River Basalts Section	1.4 MB
14. Bear Lake Section	1.1 MB
Appendixes	Size
Appendix A Annotated Checklist of Idaho Vertebrates, 2015	511 KB
Appendix B Summary Checklist of Idaho Invertebrates, 2015	274 KB
Appendix C Idaho Species of Greatest Conservation Need, 2015	232 KB
Appendix D Key Ecological Sections for Each Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Idaho. Species are Arranged First by Priority Tiers and Second by Taxonomic Order	271 KB
Appendix E SWAP Vegetation Conservation Target Abstracts	5.9 MB
Appendix F Species Conservation Status Assessments	9.9 MB
Appendix G Species Monitoring Summary	345 KB

Literature Cited	740 KB
Glossary	106 KB

The Action Plan describes key conservation targets (fish and wildlife species and their habitats), threats to those targets such as invasive weeds and wildfire, and recommended actions to address the threats.

The Plan is intended to conserve fish and wildlife by helping landowners, resource-based industries, and land management agencies choose programs and on-the-ground activities that benefit those species that need the most help. All guidance, strategies, and actions suggested in the Action Plan are voluntary and will help prevent future endangered species listings.

Map of Idaho's Ecological Sections

The SWAP Slicer Spreadsheet is an interactive excel workbook that allows one to quickly explore the relationships between Ecological Sections, Conservation Targets and Species in the Action Plan.