Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Sockeye salmon are having a banner year as they make their way to high mountain streams in Idaho, posting one of their highest returns on record so far.

Representatives from Idaho Fish and Game and Clear Creek Disposal presented options to the Ketchum City Council Monday for how to keep bears and people safe.

An aggressive sow bear in Ketchum has died after Idaho Fish and Game (IDFG) staff received a call about a bear digging in garbage cans and then growling and snapping at a resident.

Idaho Matters takes a look at how White-nose syndrome is impacting bat populations, what people can do to help and how the fungus may be affecting other parts of the Gem state.

A presentation Friday evening in Hailey will share research on black bears and grizzly bears in Idaho.

The mature plants were destroyed, and so were the seeds, which tend to rest in the top layer of the soil.

Idaho Fish and Game has found six cases of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk since the disease was first detected in the state last fall.

A special surveillance hunt and testing in central Idaho has found four additional cases of chronic wasting disease in about 550 samples.

The board – which pays a federal and a state agency, and now potentially private contractors, to kill wolves – said the collars are primarily to aid with responding to livestock depredations.

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded gray wolf hunting and trapping opportunities on Thursday based on a bill signed by Gov. Brad Little this past legislative session.