Recent mountain lion encounters may indicate healthy, even expanding population in Idaho
Staff and News Reports
February 27, 2018
Video shows Fish and Game conservation officers releasing a cat from a trap.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Group wants lethal traps banned in Idaho wolverine habitat
Associated Press
January 19, 2018
BOISE, Idaho — An environmental group is asking Idaho officials to prosecute a trapper who killed a wolverine and ban lethal traps in areas inhabited by wolverines, but state officials say they will do neither.
Suit to stop federal agency wolf killings in Idaho rejected
Associated Press
January 8, 2018
BOISE, Idaho— A federal agency doesn’t need to do a new environmental study before being allowed to kill more wolves in Idaho, a federal court judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Lodge last
Wolverine killed in trap in east-central Idaho
Associated Press
December 21, 2017
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho wildlife officials say a trapper reported finding a wolverine dead in a trap in east-central Idaho. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game in a news release Tuesday says the Idaho
Experts: Idaho hatchery built to save salmon is killing them
Associated Press
November 20, 2017
BOISE, Idaho — Fisheries biologists in Idaho say they think they know why a relatively new $13.5 million hatchery intended to save Snake River sockeye salmon from extinction is instead killing thousands of fish before
Idaho racing to combat deadly bat fungus
Associated Press
September 7, 2017
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Officials are scrambling to slow a deadly fungal disease that has killed millions of bats before it eventually spreads to Idaho. The Times-News reports the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Idaho may offer hunters bounties for problem wolves, allow baiting
Associated Press
July 28, 2017
Idaho Wildlife Services killed 75 wolves in 2015 out of a statewide population of at least 786, according to a report. There were 35 cattle and 125 sheep killings that year.
Idaho could be first state in the country to allow baiting for wolf hunts
Associated Press
July 19, 2017
If the rule to allow baiting for hunting wolves goes into effect, Idaho would be the only state in the country to permit it.
Idaho wildlife agency trains dogs to track wildlife, people
Associated Press
July 11, 2017
SANDPOINT, Idaho — The state is beginning to embrace the concept of pairing Idaho Department of Fish & Game conservation officers with service dogs. Matt Haag, a Bonner County-based conservation officer, just completed a year
