Features
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Sagebrush is the smell of home
The students got a pleasant surprise when they were asked to rub the sagebrush leaves between their fingers and take a whiff.
“Smells like Boise,” one volunteer said, and this was repeated by the student with a large grin. “Yes, smells like Boise.”
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Saving the 'Grey Ghost'
How the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is Working with a Bi-national Coalition to Save the Southern Mountain Caribou.
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Gravel to Greenery
More than 90 volunteers made quick work of planting 550 shrubs at this City of Boise reserve on April 14 as part of a cooperative project to improve wildlife habitat and decrease fire risk.
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Collaborative conservation pays off for one of Idaho's rarest plant species
For one of the most rare plants in Idaho, a trip to the Emergency Room of conservation - a listing under the Endangered Species Act - was never necessary thanks to proactive and collaborative treatment administered by the Bureau of Land Management and other partners.
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Raptor Rapture: Bird Enthusiasts Play Biologist for a Day
For one day a group of citizen-scientists experienced what it’s like to work as a biologist on the conservation of raptors during a trip to the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in southwest Idaho.
CONSERVATION
2019 IDAHO JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONTEST
The Idaho Fish and Wildlife office is excited to announce the 2019 Jr. Duckstamp Competition! Encourage your kids and students to express their creativity and help teach them about wetland and waterfowl conservation.
Click here for more information on Duck Stamp entries
Greater sage-grouse
In September 2015, a status review conducted by the Service found that the greater sage-grouse remains relatively abundant and well-distributed across the species’ 173-million acre range and does not face the risk of extinction now or in the foreseeable future. The decision followed an unprecedented conservation partnership across the western US that significantly reduced threats across 90 percent of the species’ breeding habitat. The Service determined that protection for the greater sage-grouse under the Endangered Species Act was no longer warranted and so withdrew the species from the candidate species list.
