Roll of Honor
Incident
Conservation Officer Stanley Larson died from injuries sustained when his horse reared up and fell onto him at the Bowns Creek Fish and Game cabin along Big Smokey Creek, approximately 23 miles north of Fairfield. He and two other officers were loading horses into a trailer for transport when the accident happened. The horn of his horse's saddle struck him and caused fatal internal injuries. Officer Larson had served with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game for 26 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and six children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
26 years. You could have gone home.
Conservation Officer Larson gave the Idaho Department of Fish and Game 26 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Boise community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Conservation Officer Larson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Conservation Officer Stanley L. Larson is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In ID, 21 of 71 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 2 of 5 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stanley L. Larson's cause is highlighted.
How Stanley L. Larson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Stanley L. Larson is highlighted in Oct.
Incident Location
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