Idaho Contributions to the American System of Conservation Funding • 336 fishing and boating access sites to Idaho’s lakes, which total 469,045 acres of open water. • The Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s (IDFG) Access Yes! Program, created in 2003, has opened 359,378 private acres and 470,735 additional public acres for hunting, fishing, trapping, and other recreational access. • In 2015, for the first time in nearly 40 years, a chinook salmon fishing season was opened on the Upper Salmon River, opening 184 miles of salmon fishing for Idaho’s anglers. • The 2015 Idaho big game season featured the largest deer harvest since 1991 and the largest elk harvest since 1996. 68,764 deer and 24,543 elk were taken during the 2015 season. • In 2015, IDFG conservation officers checked 65,521 licenses and issued 4,348 fish and game citations. Through the American System of Conservation Funding (comprised of revenue from sporting licenses and Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux funds), sportsmen and women contribute billions of dollars to conservation. The System is a “user-pays, public-benefits” model, wherein sportsmen and women provide the vast majority of the funding for state fish and wildlife agencies – the primary stewards of our nation’s fish and wildlife resources. The revenue generated through this System helps to conserve fish and wildlife, provide clean water and healthy landscapes, and maintain access to these resources for the public at large, not just hunters and anglers. 2015 Certified Paid License Holders Fishing: 444,520 Hunting: 258,547 2015 Total Licenses/ Permits/Tags Fishing: 574,499 Hunting: 1,029,816 Pittman- Robertson Fishing Licenses Dingell-Johnson/ Wallop-Breaux Total 2015 Funding 2015 National Rankings Historical Funding Total Historical Funding US Rank $20.67 M 18 $614.88 M 11 $10.81 M $280.88 M 20 25 24 $174.98 M 23 $15.58 M 18 21 $53.15 M 25 $142.36 M 23 $6.09 M Hunting Licenses Idaho sportsmen and women’s contributions to the American System of Conservation Funding: sportsmenslink.org/policies/state/ascf $ 1.21 B This report is made possible thanks to:

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Idaho Contributions to the American System of Conservation Funding

• 336 fishing and boating access sites to Idaho’s lakes, which total 469,045 acres of open water.

• The Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s (IDFG) Access Yes! Program, created in 2003, has opened 359,378 private acres and 470,735 additional public acres for hunting, fishing, trapping, and other recreational access.

• In 2015, for the first time in nearly 40 years, a chinook salmon fishing season was opened on the Upper Salmon River, opening 184 miles of salmon fishing for Idaho’s anglers.

• The 2015 Idaho big game season featured the largest deer harvest since 1991 and the largest elk harvest since 1996. 68,764 deer and 24,543 elk were taken during the 2015 season.

• In 2015, IDFG conservation officers checked 65,521 licenses and issued 4,348 fish and game citations.

Through the American System of Conservation Funding (comprised of revenue from sporting licenses and Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux funds), sportsmen and women contribute billions of dollars to conservation. The System is a “user-pays, public-benefits” model, wherein sportsmen and women provide the vast majority of the funding for state fish and wildlife agencies – the primary stewards of our nation’s fish and wildlife resources. The revenue generated through this System helps to conserve fish and wildlife, provide clean water and healthy landscapes, and maintain access to these resources for the public at large, not just hunters and anglers.

2015 Certified Paid

License HoldersFishing: 444,520Hunting: 258,547

2015 Total Licenses/

Permits/TagsFishing: 574,499

Hunting: 1,029,816

Pittman-Robertson

Fishing Licenses

Dingell-Johnson/ Wallop-Breaux Total

2015 Funding

2015 National Rankings

Historical Funding Total

Historical Funding US Rank