About JIM
Jim is currently the director of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. He was raised in northern Idaho where he grew up engaged in a range of outdoor pursuits. He attended the University of Idaho for his undergraduate education, earning a B.A. in psychology in 1988. After working in a psychiatric hospital for a year, he changed course and returned to the University of Idaho and earned an M.S. in Fishery Resources in 1994. Since that time, he’s worked for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, serving the agency as a Fishery Biologist, Regional Fishery Manager, Chief of the Fisheries Bureau, Deputy Director. He has served in leadership roles with the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and the American Fisheries Society.
