Information needed regarding swan shooting near Newdale Idaho Department of Fish and Game NEWDALE, Idaho (KIFI) - Conservation Officers are seeking information after discovering multiple dead trumpeter swans on March 27 at the intersection of 100 N. and 2750 E. in Fremont County, just north of Newdale. Five swans in various states of decomposition are suspected to have been shot. Holes indicative of gunshot wounds were found in the three bird carcasses that were intact enough to perform necropsies on. “Trumpeter swans are classified in Idaho as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need,” wildlife biologist Matt Proett said. “Although large congregations of migrant swans may be observed in the agricultural landscape in winter, the summer breeding population in eastern Idaho is still quite low. We want to manage and conserve this iconic species for the enjoyment of future generations and poaching of trumpeter swans is taken very seriously.”