Idaho
Southeast Region Winter Feeding Advisory Committee Meeting scheduled for Dec. 10
Members of the Southeast Region Winter Feeding Advisory Committee (WFAC) will meet on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. to assist Idaho Fish and Game with the assessment of winter conditions and observations related to big game animals (movements, depredations, activity on roadways, body conditions, mortalities) in the Southeast Region.
The committee is made up of five local citizens from around the region whose input helps to inform Fish and Game’s winter-feeding decisions.
Committee members meet several times each winter as they monitor local weather, wildlife distribution, and landscape conditions. Committee members also serve as sounding boards for citizens in their communities and communicate with Fish and Game staff on a regular basis.
Members of the public are invited to attend the meeting in person or call in, but please note that meeting rules do not allow for the public to provide comment or ask questions during the meeting. The public is welcome to provide comments to the WFAC members or to the Idaho Fish and Game anytime before a meeting convenes.
Follow this link to learn more about winter feeding in Idaho.
WFAC Meeting Details and Agenda for Dec. 10, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Idaho Fish and Game Southeast Region Office, 1345 Barton Road, Pocatello, ID
Call-in Number: 208-236-1280
Agenda:
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Welcome (Jennifer Jackson, IDFG)
Please note that any members of the public who have called in are welcome to listen to the discussions and official business of the WFAC. However, members of the public are not allowed to provide input or ask questions anytime during this meeting per rules guiding the official business of the WFAC. That being said, members of the public can ask questions or provide comments for consideration via phone calls, emails, or texts to both Fish and Game staff and committee members outside a WFAC meeting.
As a friendly reminder, WFAC members and IDFG staff are asked to please identify themselves before speaking.
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David Priestley, Chair of the WFAC
Welcome. Call for any new agenda items?
Announcement of this year’s committee members and the areas represented by these individuals.
- Dan Garren, IDFG Regional Supervisor, to share purpose of the WFAC committee as well as the guidelines and process for making decisions regarding emergency winter feeding.
- IDFG staff to share data and information about deer/elk going in to this winter: winter conditions in general as compared to last year at this time, body conditions of animals, depredation issues, efforts to manage any conflicts so far this fall and winter, etc.
- Regional Round-up (reports, observations, issues, concerns, comments, etc.) from each Committee Member and participating staff.
- Other items? Concerns? Questions?
- Discussion of possible action items.
- Schedule next meeting.
- Adjourn.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — An Idaho Falls angler is back in the Idaho record books after landing a record-setting lake trout at Payette Lake.
Idaho Fish and Game said Dylan Smith caught and released a 43.25-inch lake trout on May 2, setting a new state catch-and-release record for the species. The fish surpassed the previous record of 42 inches.
The catch marks Smith’s second appearance in Idaho’s record books. He previously held the state catch-and-release lake trout record after landing a trophy fish in 2018 before that mark was later broken.
According to Fish and Game, Payette Lake has become one of Idaho’s premier lake trout fisheries thanks to years of management efforts aimed at improving both lake trout and kokanee populations.
Pride Month looks different this June along Boise’s Harrison Boulevard, where a long-standing tradition of hanging Pride flags on lamp posts has been put on hold after a new state law restricted which flags can be flown on government property.
For several years, Pride flags lined lamp posts along Harrison Boulevard in Boise’s North End neighborhood. But Idaho House Bill 561, signed by Gov. Brad Little in March, restricts which flags can be flown on government property, including the City of Boise’s Harrison lamp posts.
In response, a group of neighbors formed Pride North End and launched a distribution effort to help residents show support from their own front yards. The group has been making Pride flags and yard signs available to people who want to display them at home.
“I thought that I would…be a personal example of ‘yes, this is what I do.’ This is what I believe in,” said Edna Schochat, a North End resident.
Pride North End has already distributed more than 900-yard signs and 250 flags. The group’s original donation goal was around $2,000 to order 100 flags and 200 yard signs, but it has exceeded that GoFundMe goal, reaching $10,000 worth of donations.
The group plans to continue holding public flag and sign distributions through the end of the month.
“We cannot just say something without doing something that proves that we mean what we say,” Schochat said.
Pride North End said any leftover funds after materials are distributed will go to local LGBTQ+ nonprofits. A link to the group’s GoFundMe can be found here.
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