Statewide Projects

Executive Committee

  Executive Director:
  Gayle Valentine
  Boise

  President:
  Gary N. Mumford
  Soda Springs

  1st Vice President:
  Suzanne Sawyer
  Sandpoint

  2nd Vice President:
  Gary Rose
  Victor

  Secretary:
  Phyllis Kochert
  Gooding

  Treasurer:
  Stephen M. Barton
  Boise

  Past President:
  Gail Siemen
  Pocatello

  Board of Directors

  John A.K. Barker
  Lewiston

John E. Burns
Carmen (Ex-officio)

Irwin Caufield
Lewiston

Merlyn Clark
Boise

Daniel S. Deagle, CPA
Buhl/Twin Falls

Sandy Emerson
Coeur d'Alene

Floyd Harvey
Lewiston

Charles Hervey
Boise

Jim Mathias
Blackfoot

Patrick J. Mills
Boise

Pam Morris
Ketchum

Hadley Roberts
Salmon

Wesley G. Rose, O.D.
Jerome

William Stamps
Hayden

Steve Huffaker
Boise (ex-officio)

Statewide Projects

Panhandle Region

Sandpoint Fish Hatchery
The Sandpoint Fish Hatchery has a new mission: education. IFWF and IDFG signed an agreement in May to develop the ten-acre hatchery site on Lake Pend Orielle. The facility will continue to be used as a hatchery but will also provide students and tourists with an opportunity to learn about fish and aquatic habitat. The waterlife center will feature hands-on educational activities, nature trails, and wetlands.

Bayview Research Facility
Research to restore the kokanee population at Lake Pend Oreille continues thanks in part to IFWF. IFWF recently purchased the Bayview Research Center in North Idaho. The acquisition allows IDFG research crew much needed additional space for their work and ensures that the research site stays in Bayview. Along with expanded office space, plans include development of interpretive displays for the public. The research site cost $135,000.

Clearwater Region

Lewiston Wildlife Habitat Area
Understanding wildlife and its habitat in the goal of this project. IFWF, working in partnership with the Charles DeVlieg Foundation, provided $4,000 for interpretive information kiosks at the Lewiston Wildlife Habitat area. The seven-acre site is open for self-guided tours, allowing visitors to experience a diverse environment.

Southwest Region

South Fork Boise River
Outdoor enthusiasts will soon have a convenient place to stop when nature calls! Plans are finalized for construction of restroom facilities along the South Fork of the Boise River. IFWF is partnering with USDA Forest Service, Boise National Forest, Mountain Home Ranger district, Boise Valley Fly Fisherman club, IDFG, and Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited to fund the $17,000 project. The restrooms, located on national forest system land, will improve recreational opportunities while protecting natural resources.

MK Nature Center
As the MK Nature Center begins its second decade of operation, the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation has turned over the building to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The center continues to be one of the Treasure Valley's most popular destinations with more than 350,000 visitors in the year 2000. The foundation appreciates the partnerships that helped achieve the $2.9 million funding goal. Donations and memorials in support of the center are still welcome.

Nampa Bow Chiefs
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game partnered with IFWF and awarded $2,800 to the Nampa Bow Chiefs Archery Club to help purchase new bows and accessories. The Bow Chiefs offer free archery instruction to school, church and youth groups throughout Nampa, Boise, and Caldwell. Trainers not only teach basic skills and hunter safety, they also educate students about the contribution hunters make toward wildlife and habitat conservation.

Magic Valley Region

Magic Valley Bowhunters
IFWF granted $3,000 to this organization dedicated to the training and education of sporting archers in a safe and fun environment while preserving the archery heritage. The funds will be used for equipment and an outdoor sign.

Conservation Easement, Magic Valley
IFWF is pleased to accept a generous conservation easement of 400 acres near Mormon Creek Reservoir in Camas County. The property provides habitat for a variety of wildlife including sage grouse, deer and antelope. Limited agricultural uses will be allowed, while residential development is prohibited.

Salmon Region

Agency Creek Habitat Restoration
Improved fish habitat is the goal of a project at Agency Creek. Working in partnership with landowners, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service, IFWF helped provide funds for fencing and willow planting. Historically, this two-mile stretch of the creek has been spawning ground got Steelhead, Cutthroat, Bull trout, Rainbow trout, and Chinook salmon. Currently, only Rainbow trout exist in lower Agency Creek.

Southeast Region

Field Archers
IFWF hit the bull's-eye with archery enthusiasts! A $10,000 contribution helped fund the new Pocatello Creek Archery Range on a 47-acre site outside the city. The range features indoor and outdoor facilities and attracts archers from throughout Idaho and the West. Until now, the Pocatello Field Archers have used a number of less-than-ideal locations including a downtown building and an old hotel!

Hilda Thompson Wetlands
IFWF provided $7,000 to help build a view area and associated shelter on the west side of the project. The area is about thirty feet higher than the wetlands and provides a nice view over the entire project.

Upper Snake Region

Assistance for Yellowstone Cutthroat
IFWF assisted in a habitat improvement project to save Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Henry's Fork Basin. The foundation and its partners, the Michael D. Ferguson Charitable Foundation and Amcor Precast of Idaho Falls, provided more than $900 for a new culvert at West Thurman Creek in Harriman State Park. The culvert improves upstream fish migration and helps reduce sediment.

Sheridan Creek Restoration
IFWF provided $6,818 to help recreate 2.8 miles of good trout spawning habitat to help sustain a naturally producing component of the trout population in the Island Park Reservoir. Approximately five acres of new wetlands will be created in the eroded ditch. Sediment loading to the reservoir will be greatly decreased and lower water temperature and greater water depths will become attractive to trout.

Statewide

Annual Radio Auction
2001 Radio Auction: Partnering with Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, IFWF raised nearly $10,000 to benefit wildlife in Idaho. The funds went toward (1) Southwest Region hunter and aquatic education building; (2) signs and parking areas for Conservation Reserve Program Lands; (3) reestablishing stream conditions for Dry Creek cutthroat trout spawning in Magic Valley Region; and (4) elk collaring for population monitoring.

2002 Radio Auction: IFWF brought in $7,190 to be applied toward (1) construction of the Southwest Region hunter and aquatic education building; (2) reestablishing stream conditions for Dry Creek cutthroat trout spawning in Magic Valley Region; and (3) wildlife awareness kiosk for Southeast Region, emphasizing sagebrush ecology and its importance for mule deer winter range, sage grouse and non-game obligate species.

2003 Radio Auction: An outdoor classroom for students in Salmon, Idaho will receive new interpretive trails and reconstruction of a stream channel to its natural state thanks to a fundraiser by the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation (IFWF) and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG). The 13th annual radio auction on March 4, 2003 raised over $10,000 for the nature area, which students will use for hands-on studies of waterfowl, birds and small mammals. The four-acre site, including a pond, wetland, stream and related habitat, was purchased by the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation and will be leased to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game for use by students and other visitors.