The Idaho Fish and Game announces new Director.

"The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has extended an offer to Jim Fredericks to serve as the new director of Idaho Fish and Game. Fredericks has been a deputy director for Fish and Game since 2021 and is a former fisheries bureau chief."

Fredericks, 58, was raised in Moscow from grade school on, graduated from the University of Idaho with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's degree in fishery resource. He has spent his entire professional career with the Idaho Fish and Game.

Fredericks started in 1994 as a fisheries research biologist before working his way up to regional fisheries manager in the Upper Snake and Panhandle regions, before becoming fisheries bureau chief at the Boise headquarters in 2015 and then to deputy director.

“I would say this is a dream come true, but this is beyond my dreams,” Fredericks said. “My dream was to work for Fish and Game, and I am humbled to be named director.”

Fredericks replaces Ed Schriever, who announced his retirement from the department after 39 years at fish and game.