Idaho Fish and Game Faces Budget Cuts and Hatchery Changes
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission approved nearly 1 million in cuts for the current year and carried the reductions into FY 78. The department will operate with an $83 million budget, eliminate 26 positions, and reduce hatchery output including Sandpoint Eagle Twin Falls closures remaining. Overall statewide hatchery production drops about 35 percent this year and is 54 percent below 1972 levels.
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Fish and Game Commission
Department of Fish and Game
Department
Idaho
Eagle Fish
Boise
Eagle Hatchery
Whisky Rock Bay Land Exchange Nearing
A lakeshore park project at Whiskey Rock Bay on Lake Pend Oreille advances as a proposed exchange moves forward between the Carney Pole Co holdings and Forest Service land in the St Joe River Drainage. The 150 plus acres include 3500 feet of frontage and a rare sand beach, accessible by rough Forest Service roads or by boat across the lake. A 30 personal tour from Kootenai Latah Shoshone Bonner counties observed the area and nearby facilities, including the Weber mine, BPA and WWP transmission lines, with the trip to Lakeview via four cruisers.
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Bonner
Lou Vermeer
Whiskey Rock Bay
Vermeer
Jerry Stern
Ray Hilding
Gus Verdal
Kootenai County
Doug Frymire
Sowder
Lake Pend Oreille
Tri-County Natural Resources
Sandpoint District
Stern
Carney Pole Company
Forest Services
St Joe River
Forest Service
Clark Fork
Athol
Kootenai
Latah
Shoshone
Bonner County
Weber Mine
Lakeview
Bonneville Power Administration
Washington Water Power Company
Carney Polo Co
U.S. Forest Service Sowder
Hope Area Sportsmen Discuss Big Game Management
At the September Hope Area Sportsmen Club meeting Jeb Best clarified proof of sex for elk and deer, Harold Tiffany objected to Idaho Fish and Game relocations, and District Ranger Jerry Stern and District Engineer Bill Stockman outlined road closures and future forest travel plans. They noted trail conditions, planned mule nature trails, and a proposed wildlife exhibit committee for the Bonner County Fair with secretary Doug Towner presiding.
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Hope Area
USFS
Jerry Stern
Bill Stockman
IFG Department
Sandpoint Ranger District
Strawberry Mountain
Stockman
Samonen Park
Stern
Bonner County
Doug Towner
Chuck Peterson
Electrics Considered for No Motor Lakes by Idaho Fish and Game
Panhandle region fisheries biologists propose allowing electric trolling motors on northern Idaho lakes with no current motor restrictions. The plan would permit only electric outboards and is part of a broader package for IFG review. Biologist Greg Mauser noted sportsmen drove the idea and discussed potential objections like speed oil spills noise and fumes. Mauser said the Idaho Fish and Game Commission would see the recommendations soon. He also reported spawning bokanee on Trestle Creek near Pend Oreille showing counts up from 1,100 to 1,800, while a blind Rainbow Trout caught on a Clark Fork River dry grasshopper was sent to Mauser for study.
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Idaho
Mauser
Trestle Creek
Vern Ellis
Ellis
Lake
Pend Oreille
Hope
Paul Croy
Clark Fork
Croy
Coeur d’Alene
Clark Fork River
Elk Tag Sales Deadline Nears in Idaho
Idaho hunters have two weeks to buy elk and deer tags with a September 28 cutoff for counties north of Idaho County. Idaho County shares the same deadline, while counties south of Idaho County have until October 12 for deer tags. Two exceptions permit late tags for eligible age residency hunters and Idaho servicemen on leave arriving after the cutoff.
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Idaho
Department of Fish and Game
Idaho County
Eat Them Sparingly By Twisted Stalk Berries
Bonner County outdoors writer warns against eating unknown wild berries in north Idaho. He details Twisted Stalk berries also called wild cucumber and scoot berries, noting their mild laxative effect and risks from misidentification. He cautions to learn edibles before harvesting and stresses sparing consumption.
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Dave Finkelnburg
Idaho
Northwest
British Columbia
Bradford Angier
Angier
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Twin Falls
Whisky Rock Bay Land Exchange
Ranger
Pack River
Sundance Burn
Sandpoint
Bill Carter
Dennick Lake
Carter
Dale Heimgartner
Sandpoint High
FFA
Sand Lake
Boise Ifg
Idaho Fish and Game Commission
IPG
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