Jerrod Randall Farr and Michael Timothy Scott, both from Challis, Idaho, have been sentenced in United States District Court for the District of Idaho for violations of the Lacey Act. The announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Bart Davis.
Farr, a licensed outfitter and guide operating White Cloud Outfitters, was indicted in 2024 on five counts. These included two counts of Lacey Act violations, two counts of providing false or fictitious information to a Forest Service officer, and one count of conducting work activity without special-use authorization. Scott, formerly a licensed outfitter and currently a licensed guide with White Cloud Outfitters, faced two counts of Lacey Act violations.
Court records indicate that on June 23, 2025, Farr pleaded guilty to one Class A misdemeanor count under the Lacey Act. Scott also pleaded guilty to one Class A misdemeanor count under the same act. According to authorities, Farr sold and facilitated Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep hunts in an area of the Salmon-Challis National Forest that is closed to commercial guiding activities. Scott guided these hunts illegally. The bighorn sheep taken during these hunts were transported to Idaho, Utah, and Alaska.
On November 6, 2025, Judge David C. Nye sentenced Farr to two years of probation. During this period he is barred from hunting or participating in any hunting-related activities or profiting from such activities as an outfitter or guide. Farr must also pay a $9,500 fine to the Lacey Act Reward Fund and $15,000 in restitution to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Scott received his sentence on November 24, 2025: four years probation with similar restrictions on hunting-related activities and profits from guiding or outfitting hunters. He was also ordered by Judge Nye to pay a $9,500 fine to the Lacey Act Reward Fund and $15,000 restitution to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
U.S. Attorney Davis acknowledged the investigative efforts by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Idaho Fish and Game that led to these charges being filed against Farr and Scott. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Justin Paskett and Christian Nafzger prosecuted the case.
