“After spending $16 billion on salmon recovery over the last how many years, is it working?” Rep. Simpson asked a crowd of 400 representatives of guides, anglers, energy producers, food producers, port authorities, barge companies..

During the cool, early morning hours in the sagebrush hills north of I-85, I scanned my eyes left and right across the dimly lit landscape to find what we were searching for. My car rolled slowly down the southern Idaho dirt road, wildlife...

The spring Chinook fishing season is set. On March 13th, the Idaho Fish & Game Commission approved a two-day-a-week season on the Clearwater and a four-day-a-week season on the Salmon beginning April 22nd. There will be no season on the Upper...

On January 24, 2017, a fire was lit in the hearts of public land supporters across the west. Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) had introduced HR621, a bill that sought to sell federal lands deemed “suitable for disposal” in states across the...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game was originally established in 1903 by a few territorial laws, then as an official state agency governed by the legislature. The Department, led by the State Game Warden, was appointed by the Governor and was...

The Chronic Wasting Disease Management Act (CWDMA) would offer $35 million yearly to support state efforts to manage and control chronic wasting disease (CWD). The introduced bipartisan legislation would allocate funds to priority states...

On a workday, hundreds of public land supporters wearing “Keep your hands off my public lands” stickers packed the statehouse in opposition of HB162. The bill would create a “Council on Federal Lands”, to be populated by...

Today, IWF submitted testimony in support of House Joint Memorial 9 to urge NOAA to complete the review and processing of Idaho’s Fisheries Management and Evaluation Plan. It passed through the Senate Resources Committee and is on its way to the...

The predominant opposition to S1089 concluded that many people seem to be violating current law, and its passage would bring judgement. No, really… Listen to audio of the hearing below. We made it pretty far with the only piece of...

As the Conservation Program Coordinator and newest staff member of IWF, Garret will work to elevate the voices of Idahoans concerned and impacted by declining salmon and steelhead returns. Garret grew up on the coast of South Carolina where the...

Sponsored by Rep. Judy Boyle (R-Midvale), HB 162 would create an Idaho Council on Federal Lands. At first glance this seems like a harmless idea, maybe even a good idea. But inspecting the bill and it’s cost to taxpayers reveals some...

Sponsored by Rep. Heather Scott (R-Blanchard), House Bill 110 would make poaching a whole lot easier to get away with. The bill eliminates a clause that gives IDFG Conservation Officers the ability to search a suspect for illegal animal harvest...

Senate Bill 1089 will provide the public with legal recourse to hold anyone accountable for intentionally blocking access on public roads, public-use easements, and waterways, and communicating or indicating in any way that public land is private...

“Maybe we don’t all agree on everything, but we need to be each other’s allies.” – Rusty Kramer, President, Idaho Trappers Association Camo at the Capitol began as a rather straightforward event: bring sportsmen and...

Rep. Fred Wood introduced legislation for a Print Hearing to the House Resources Committee January 31st. Existing Idaho law allows landowners to be compensated for crop loss from big game. A part of your hunting license funds this depredation...

Idaho Transportation Department’s own data, which was never publicly distributed, directly contradicts their preferred alternative of the expansion of Highway 20, costing more, reducing effectiveness, and a waste of taxpayer dollars...

If you’ve never asked your legislators to do something about salmon and steelhead, now would be the time. 90,000 wild fish is the annual goal for spring/summer chinook returns to Idaho. Fish biologists project a mere 9% of that will come...

Hunters and anglers have long been some of the most trusted, enduring and effective voices in American conservation. While there are no shortage of threats to the lands and waters where we as hunters and anglers spend much of our time, it’s...