Category Archives: Outdoors Live
What's the current status on muskrats and coyotes in North Dakota?
By Doug Leier We continue a series with Game and Fish Department staff on current outdoors topics and issues in North Dakota. This week we visit with Stephanie Tucker, Department furbearer biol...
Dec 29, 2020 NDGF muskrat
Minnesota trappers have special requirements for in-person fur registration
Trappers who harvest furbearers are required by law to register their harvests in person at select Minnesota DNR offices and will need to follow COVID-19 safety protocols when doing so this season. Wh...
Dec 26, 2020
South Dakota Get Outdoors This Holiday Season
This year has been a strange one, for sure. One good thing is that South Dakotan's have hit the outdoors to make family memories in big numbers. This great winter weather might not do much for a white...
Dec 24, 2020
North Dakota Smartphone Apps for Ice Fishing
Advancements in technology, easily retrieved on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's website, allow ice anglers access to more than 200 lake contour maps, providing yet another tool in t...
Dec 24, 2020
Minnesota Fishing Report
WEEKLY FISHING UPDATE - DEC. 23, 2020 Ice developed rapidly this week due to colder and more seasonable temperatures. Up to a foot of snow is expected throughout much of Minnesota today which should m...
Dec 23, 2020
Kylor Johnson Named Wildlife Officer of the Year
Kylor Johnson, North Dakota Game and Fish Department district game warden stationed in Hazen, is the state's 2020 Wildlife Officer of the Year. Johnson was honored recently by Shikar-Safari Club Inter...
Dec 23, 2020
Mike Anderson Named Game and Fish Employee of the Year
Mike Anderson, video project supervisor for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in Bismarck, received the agency's Director's Award for professional excellence at the department's annual staff m...
Dec 22, 2020
How is new equipment changing ice fishing?
By Doug Leier Here's some ice fishing insight for North Dakota this winter from Greg Power, fisheries division chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Q: In terms of fishing activi...
Dec 22, 2020
DNR continues chronic wasting disease response with two special hunts
DNR continues chronic wasting disease response with two special hunts Contact: Barbara Keller, big game program leader, 651-259-5198; Michelle Carstensen, wildlife health program supervisor, 651-539-3...
Dec 21, 2020 MN DNR CWD
Game and Fish Recognizes Employee Efforts
North Dakota Game and Fish Department Director Terry Steinwand recently honored employees with performance-based awards. Steinwand presented the following employees with special recognition awards dur...
Dec 21, 2020
