The idaho department of fish and games department mission is to preserve protect perpetuate and manageidahos fish and wildlife resources for the public interest idaho code 36103

The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service (CFDA 15.605 Sport Fish Restoration) has awarded a $2,256,832 Formula Grant to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to fund the agency's Technical Services Bureau. This grant will support IDFG's annual activities responding to technical assistance requests from the public and state/federal agencies on a variety of fish and wildlife topics. Key services to be provided include:

• Participation in land use and travel management planning with state and federal resource agencies
• Involvement in FERC water appropriation and instream flow proceedings
• Reviewing applications for stream, lake, and wetland alteration permits
• Analyzing potential effects on fish and wildlife resources from forest, range, transportation, energy, mining, infrastructure, and water development projects
• Responding to data requests from the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Information System

This grant will enable IDFG to leverage its expertise in wildlife and fisheries management to provide technical assistance and biological context to support federal, state, and local decision-making on natural resource projects across Idaho. The grant period runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

Within the departments 2015STRATEGIC plan the idaho fish and game commission establishes an overarching goal to sustain idahos fish andwildlife and the habitats upon which they depend. A key objective of this goal is to obtain mitigation forhabitats affected by infrastructure and development projects.annually the department receives numerous technical assistance requests from the public and local state andfederal agencies addressing an array of fish and wildlife topics. This project provides funding for thedepartments technical services bureau composed of the technical assistance program and idaho fish and wildlifeinformation system to accomplish annual activities responding to technical assistance requests including thefollowing common examplesparticipation in land use and travel management planning with state and federal resource agencies. Participation in ferc water appropriation and instream flow proceedings. Reviewing applications for stream lake and wetland alteration permits. Analyzing potential effects on fish and wildlife resources from forest and range management improvementprojects. Reviewing project proposals and recommending measures to avoid minimize and mitigate adverse effects to fishand wildlife resources from transportation energy mining infrastructure and water development and useprojects. Responding to requests for data stored within the idaho fish and wildlife information system and providingtechnical assistance and biological context with the data delivery.