When you’re a nonprofit with an office of four people doing advocacy work in the outdoors, it’s hard to maintain a brand identity, let alone establish one. Since it was founded, the Idaho Wildlife Federation…

In 1964, Poppy Cummins drove from Bozeman, Montana to Walla Walla, Washington along Highway 12 and fell in love. The Clearwater River and surrounding landscape took his heart and despite the distance over the coming years, the river never left his mind. In 1985…

The River State has always felt like a more fitting moniker for Idaho than The Gem State to me. Maybe it works if you think of the Salmon, Clearwater, Lochsa, Selway, and Snake as gems in the state’s crown, priceless and worthy of our close protection…

In today’s busy world, time is a valuable resource. Not everyone has the extra minutes to read through long documents and submit comments regarding public land management. To those who can relate, we’ve got good news! IWF staff works..

All eyes were on Lewiston last week as IWF participated in the third meeting of Governor Little’s Salmon Workgroup on the same day IDFG suspended all steelhead fishing on the Clearwater River and parts of the Snake River due to severely low...

Idaho’s Fish and Game Commission has voted to close the steelhead season on the Clearwater & Snake Rivers, effective at midnight on September 29th. Included in the closure is the main Clearwater, North Fork Clearwater, South Fork...

Joining IWF as its first remote employee, Lizzy will be amplifying the voices of sportsmen and women in natural resource management discussions in the northern reaches of our state. Lizzy grew up in rural Texas in a family that’s nuts about...

Trapping dates far back into Idaho’s history, long before the days of statehood. Tales of trappers deep in the Gem State’s mountains have captivated audiences young and old for generations. Today, the Idaho Trappers Association, an IWF...

Why is an IWF truck on that flatbed in Carey, Idaho? Read more on where we are. So many Idaho landscapes are facing a similar situation: highly productive basins of private ranch land parcels are peppered with smaller sections of public land...

Recently, IWF has worked to ground-truth claims of illegal access obstructions in our state. After countless rebukes from lawmakers that “no one is blocking access to public lands”, we’ve felt the need to simply provide proof...

The Bureau of Land Management is accepting comments on the Four Rivers Field Office Draft Resource Management Plan until August 22nd. Once finalized, the RMP will guide the management of 800,000 acres of public land within an 8-million-acre...

Want better management of public lands? So do we. The answer isn’t putting a lawyer in charge who wants to give away your public land. On July 29 William Perry Pendley was appointed as new Deputy Director of the BLM – not the actual...

Recently reintroduced by Idaho Senator Jim Risch, the Pittman-Robertson Modernization Act would help to ensure hunting remains a keystone to America’s wildlife heritage. The bill would allow state agencies to use federal aid money to recruit new...

The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (HR 3742) was recently reintroduced and on the list of cosponsors is Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson. Time and time again, Simpson has proven himself to be a friend to Idaho hunters and...

Job Announcement Job Title: North Idaho Field Representative Reports to: Executive Director Compensation: $36,000 – $42,000, plus competitive health benefits, retirement savings, and vacation leave Classification: Full-time, Exempt...

IWF is selected by the Governor to represent sportsmen on the newly formed Salmon and Steelhead Workgroup. For several years IWF has brought rural Idahoans to meet with former Governor Otter, (then) Lieutenant Governor Little, their staff, and...

Three-fourths of IWF supporters are registered Republican or Independent and located outside Ada County. The Idaho Wildlife Federation recently cross-referenced publicly available information from the national voter registration database and...

IWF is offering a $500 reward for Idahoans who initiate the successful conviction of persons illegally communicating any public ground, road, trail, easement, or waterway is private or inaccessible. Our public lands define our western character...