2023-24 Big Game Seasons and Rules
The digital 2023-24 Big Game Seasons and Rules brochure is now available and the printed brochures will arrive at Fish and Game offices and license vendors this month… in time for the May 1 to June 5 application period for big game controlled hunts. Hunters are also reminded that the draft Pronghorn Management plans is […]
Read MoreAgricultural Best Management Practices Grant Program
Idaho landowners, farmers, and ranchers who are interested in implementing agricultural best management practices, only have a few more days… until April 15th… to submit applications under the state Agricultural Best Management Practices Grant Program… designed to support pollution reduction efforts statewide. It’s aimed at helping landowners modify their agricultural practices to improve water quality […]
Read MoreMan Jumps to His Death on I-84
Idaho State Police are investigating a death Sunday morning around 8:30 on eastbound Interstate 84, near milepost 56 in Ada County. Police say an SUV driven by a 23-year-old woman from Twin Falls, was eastbound, when a 25-year-old male passenger, also from Twin Falls, simply got out of the vehicle while it was in motion […]
Read MoreOne Suspect Taken Into Custody / One Suspect Shot
A robbery suspect was taken into custody and another was fatally wounded Sunday in St. Regis, Montana. The Mineral County Sheriff’s Office, in coordination with the Sander’s County Sheriff’s Office, and the Montana Highway Patrol was part of an officer-involved shooting near the travel center that began with an armed robbery in Osburn, Idaho. Investigators […]
Read MoreBird Comments Sought
Idaho Fish and Game is seeking public comments on statewide migratory game bird season proposals for the 2023-2024 season in the Panhandle and elsewhere in the state. The comment period comes after some hunters in Northern Idaho over the past year or so, have been dissatisfied with the season structure during the 2022-2023 season and […]
Read MoreWinds Sicken Chickens
A recent study of chicken farms in the West found that high winds increased the prevalence in outdoor flocks, of a bacterial pathogen in poultry that is the largest single cause of foodborne illness in the U.S. Researchers found that about 26% of individual chickens had the pathogen at the “open environment” farms in the […]
Read More3 Idaho Farmers Settle Suit
According to federal prosecutors, three farmers in Eastern Idaho have paid a total of $500,000 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting fraudulent Coronavirus Food Assistance Program applications. The settlement resolves allegations that the three knowingly and impermissibly included millions of pounds of potatoes on applications by two of them […]
Read MoreTraffic Stop Leads to Drug Charges
Tuesday afternoon, Idaho County Deputies assisted the Grangeville Police Department with a traffic stop on the Truck Route in Grangeville. K9 Millie was deployed and alerted on the vehicle. 46 year old Leonard Kelso of Nezperce was arrested. He now faces charges, including felony possession of methamphetamine.
Read MoreWinter Survival Numbers Dip
According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, statewide winter survival for mule deer fawns and elk calves fitted with tracking collars has shown to be slightly lower through the end of February. Fish and Game biologists are monitoring 182 mule deer fawns and 149 elk calves that were captured in early winter and […]
Read MoreDomestic Incident Leads to Felony Charges
A man from Mount Idaho was arrested after what deputies are now calling a case of Domestic Battery. Sunday morning around 9AM, Idaho County deputies got a report of a domestic violence incident which had just occurred in the Mount Idaho area. Deputies responded and after investigating, they arrested 54 year old William Ashton of […]
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