Idaho Politicians are taking wildlife management and hunting regs into their own hands.

"The best thing that we can do is remove some dams, return this to a more natural state, get those fish from the headwaters where, hopefully, we have snowpack and it's cold to the ocean where the nutrients are and it's a bit colder than it is in the stretches of river where the dams are.” Brian Brooks, Idaho Wildlife Federation

Each week, Brian Brooks, Executive Director of the Idaho Wildlife Federation recaps the events of the week in the Idaho Legislature, as they pertain to Idaho sportsmen and women, fish, wildlife, public lands, access and habitat.

Why the legislative season deserves space on every Idahoans yearly hunting, fishing, outdoor calendar

A resolution is defined as “the quality of being determined or resolute,” and with that, here’s a few of IWF’s 2022 New Year’s resolutions.

Locally-led efforts to prevent extinctions and help at-risk wildlife species across the nation would be funded through new bipartisan legislation in the House and Senate. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act will allocate approximately $17.6 million to Idaho each year, which the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will use to help hundreds of species of concern, including bighorn sheep, sharp-tailed grouse, and mountain goats.