Albert J. Tompkins, Director of Music in the Boise Public Schools, wrote a set of verses for the song. Singing, we're singing of you, ah, proudly too, all our lives thru, We'll go singing, singing of you, singing of Idaho. A legacy we'll always prize. The Monarch Butterfly is a unique insect. It is a great migrator, traveling many miles during its lifetime, which can be from a few weeks up to a year.
Monarchs go through a complete metamorphosis in three to six weeks.
The Cutthroat trout was designated the state fish by the 1990 legislature. The Cutthroat, along with the Rainbow and Bull Trout, is native to Idaho. The body color varies with the back ranging from steel gray to olive green. The sides may be yellow brown with red or pink along the belly. The Cutthroat's name comes from the distinctive red to orange slash on the underside of its lower jaw.