Idaho Fish and Game, Magic Valley Region, is applying for a grant seeking funds to improve an existing public fishing and boating access site located on the Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Area (WMA) located near Hagerman, Idaho.

Increased use and failing existing infrastructure have resulted in the need for these site improvements. 

The public is invited to an open house to learn more about the proposed site changes.

The open house will be held on January 8, 2024, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Fish and Game’s Magic Valley Regional Office located at 324 South 417 East Suite 1, Jerome, ID, 83338. For those unable to attend, written comments may be submitted by email to mike.peterson@idfg.idaho.gov until January 17, 2025.

Fish and Game staff is developing a grant application to submit to Idaho Park and Recreation’s Waterways Improvement grant program, seeking monies to fund public access improvements. The project will improve the takeout at Billingsley Creek WMA by installing a dock, stairway landing, widening the stairs, reducing stairway steepness, installing a vault toilet, and constructing a larger parking area at the top of the stairway.