Summary
There has always been a strong feeling among IDFG people that it's the role of the department to preserve, protect and perpetuate the fish and wildlife of Idaho. That's always been the motivation behind most of the workers. It's never been monetary, that's for sure. Most of the biologists have college degrees and training equivalent to civil engineers or other professions that they could make a lot more money at. The philosophy that's driven most people is standing up for fish and wildlife and making sure that development did not impede their survival. The inclination and interest is still there in employees, but now there is intimidation in the department due to politics.
The department used to showcase our resources more. Magazines like Idaho Wildlife and television programs like Outdoor Idaho and Incredible Idaho profiled the resources and the work that IDFG was doing to protect them. Now it's rare to see any images of Idaho, other than in the outdoor page of The Idaho Statesman that's stuck in the back of the sports section. Those IDFG projects are all gone now, so I guess they suffered the budget axe and the philosophic axe, $0 to speak. I think a lot of philosophies have changed and a lot of politics became injected into the department and caused the demise of those projects.See the full content of this document
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Bill Goodnight
Between deer hunting in North Idaho, fishing in Mexico and restoring classic cars, Bill Goodnight hasn't slowed down much since his retirement in 1995 from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, where he served as the North Idaho regional fisheries manager and later as the chief of education and inf...
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