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Fish and Game director briefs committee on agency performance, chronic wasting disease and wolf trends
Summary
Idaho Department of Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks presented the agency’s performance report, outlined the department’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) response and gave updated population and monitoring information for wolves, including effects of a federal injunction on trapping.
Jim Fredericks, director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told the House Resources and Conservation Committee the agency’s core functions include communications, enforcement, engineering, technical services, fisheries and wildlife, and noted the department receives no general fund dollars, relying primarily on license sales, excise taxes and federal grants.
The director summarized performance metrics: a 9.5% violation rate in FY24 for checked licenses (target under 10%), near-target fish stocking numbers with adjustments for natural Kokanee recovery in Lake Pend Oreille, and personnel metrics showing a slight dip in two-year retention. Fredericks said license and tag prices are set in statute and noted inflationary effects on revenue and operations.
Chronic wasting disease: Fredericks described CWD as an untreatable prion disease that affects deer, elk and moose and “prions are virtually impossible…
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