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Authorities locate missing kayaker in Fremont County Updated at Share This ASHTON – A missing kayaker in Fremont County has been found safe and sound. Fremont County Sheriff Len Humphries tells EastIdahoNews.com the kayaker got separated from his group while recreating at Warm River about eight miles northeast of Ashton Monday evening. It happened just before 6 p.m. Search and Rescue was able to find him about 30 minutes later. Humphries says the sheriff’s office responded to two similar calls earlier in the day, one of which was also at Warm River. The other one happened at Coffee Pot ...

A cumulative reward of $40,000 from various groups is being offered for information leading to a conviction in the case of a grizzly sow killed last month in Island Park. An adult female grizzly bear was shot and killed sometime between March 15 and March 23 near the Pole Bridge Campground which also resulted in the loss of her 6- to 8-week old cub at the bear’s den site, Idaho Fish and Game reported. “The loss of a reproductive female grizzly is a real tragedy,” says regional conservation officer Doug Petersen. “Someone out there knows what happened to this bear and we ar...

$40,000 reward offered for info about illegal shooting of momma grizzly bear Share This Courtesy Yellowstone Park Service ST. ANTHONY — Today, five conservation organizations announced a $40,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons connected to the illegal shooting of an adult female grizzly bear in Fremont County near Mesa Falls and Fish Creek. According to an Idaho Fish and Game press release, a female grizzly was shot and killed near the Pole Bridge Campground in Island Park between March 15 and March 23. The female grizzly died leaving be...

Grizzly bear illegally shot and killed in Idaho, Fish and Game says. Her cub died, too. Nicole Blanchard, The Idaho Statesman © KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images North America/TNS A grizzly bear mother and her cub walk near Pelican Creek on October 8, 2012 in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. A female grizzly bear was shot and killed in a poaching incident in East Idaho last month, according to a news release from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Fish and Game officials found the bear's carcass lying partially submerged in Little Warm River near Island Park after ...

$40,000 reward offered after illegal shooting of mother grizzly bear MGN Online/Pixabay ISLAND PARK, Idaho (KIFI) — Five conservation organizations are offering rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the illegal shooting of a female grizzly bear in Fremont County. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game confirmed Monday a 6-to-8-week-old cub also died in its den as a result of its mother’s death. “There have been decades of collaborative conservation work in Idaho since grizzly bears were listed as threatened. This bear was not only a produ...