Hunting and Fishing

A poacher allegedly connected to more than 50 crimes in Oregon’s Grant County has been sentenced to 95 days behind bars and more than $22,000 in fines.

Oregon State Police are asking for your help identifying the person who has been illegally taking wild steelhead from the North Umpqua River at John P. Amacher Park in Douglas County.  OSP investigators said a father and son were found in the Amacher Park parking lot on Thursday May 8th.  A wild ...

A U.S. District Court has stopped a logging project in northern Idaho that environmental groups claim could harm the Selkirk grizzly population habitat.  Estimates say roughly 50 grizzlies live in that portion of Idaho.  Mike Garrity head of the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a Montana-based conservation organization, which has been in litigation with the Forest Service over this issue for nearly

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is asking for your help identifying those responsible for the illegal killing of a pronghorn in the southeast corner of the state.  The dead adult pronghorn doe was discovered outside of Aberdeen, near the intersection of Gehring Rd. and Lava...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is updating the State Wildlife Action Plan, and they want to hear from you.  WDFW will host its second virtual public meeting to discuss the 2025 update on Monday, May 5th, 6-7:30 p.m.  The mee...

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is seeking information regarding the illegal killing of two trumpeter swans and three mule deer in southeast Idaho during the final week of 2024.   The dead trumpeter swans were found floating in the Bear River near the Thatcher area.  An...

Idaho Fish and Game is updating its strategic plan this year, and the department wants to hear from those that enjoy the state’s wildlife.  Known as The Compass, Fish and Game’s Strategic Plan was last updated in 2015.  Much has changed in Idaho since then, so the Department said to update the Compass to reflect the needs and demands of today.   Those who want to part...

Idaho Fish and Game is investigating two recent incidents of illegal take of a white-tailed deer and bull elk near Wallace, and investigators are asking for your help with information.  It’s believed the first poaching took place late January 9th into early January 10th.  A bull elk wa...

Rewards for information on poachers are increasing, along with the types of illegal fishing offenses that qualify for money or hunter preference points.   "It includes habitat disruption, such as introducing a non-native species,” said Yvonne Shaw, Turn in Poachers campaign coordinator for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.  She said there hav...

Idaho Fish and Game is asking for your help identifying the person or persons responsible for the illegal killing of a bald eagle in the Panhandle.  Fish and Game received information about a bald eagle that was shot and killed near Sandpoint between December 24th-26th.  Th...