Category Archives: Outdoors Live
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Dec 30, 2024
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2024-12-30 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) worked the fur registration and checked anglers and snowmobilers on Lake of the Woods. Violations for the week include posses...
Dec 30, 2024
Myhre Named Game and Fish Employee of the Year
James Myhre, district game warden for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department in New Rockford, received the agency's Director's Award for professional excellence at the department's annual staff mee...
Dec 30, 2024
A Public Lands Success Story
By Doug Leier "Government land" is a pretty standard designation for most public hunting property. While 93% of land in North Dakota is held in private ownership, mixed in amongst the remaining...
Dec 24, 2024 NDGF Native Grassland Seeding
Minnesota #DNR ConservAtion Officer Reports-Dec 24, 2024
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2024-12-23 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked traps and angling activity throughout the week. Fishing success has varied throughout the week, with some good fishin...
Dec 24, 2024 Caption: DNR Assistant Commission Bob Meier (far left), DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen (second from left) and Col. Rodmen Smith, DNR Enforcement Division director (far right), are pictured here with the 18 new conservation officers who graduated from the CO Academy and now are field training across the state.
Join walkers across the country during a First Day Hike at a state park
First Day Hikes will take place at 10 Minnesota state parks on Wednesday, Jan. 1, as part of a nationwide effort to connect people to the outdoors. In an initiative spearheaded by the America's State ...
Dec 24, 2024 MN DNR First Day Hike 2024
#NDGF Tentative 2025 Season Opening Dates
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department annually provides its best estimate for opening dates to help hunters prepare for hunting seasons. Dates become official when approved by governor's proclamat...
Dec 21, 2024 Hunter NDGF Ashley Peterson
#NDGF 2024 Free Ice Fishing Weekend
North Dakota's free ice fishing weekend is Dec. 28-29. Resident anglers may fish those two days without a license. Residents 15 and younger do not need a fishing license at any time of year. All other...
Dec 20, 2024 Austin Barchenger, right, and Jackson Bryant, both of Bismarck, fish for walleye and perch at Sibley Lake in central North Dakota on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018.
Habitat and Hunting Access Summit Recording Available
Landowners, hunters, lawmakers, wildlife managers and others gathered in mid-December in Bismarck to discuss the importance of wildlife habitat on the landscape and providing access to hunters across ...
Dec 19, 2024 Maple River, Dickey County, ND.
#NDGF 2024 Take Someone New Ice Fishing
To encourage greater participation in ice fishing, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is again running the Take Someone New Ice Fishing Challenge from Dec. 16 - Mar. 31, 2025. Invite somebody n...
Dec 18, 2024
A Look At Spearing In North Dakota
By Doug Leier Have you ever been darkhouse spearfishing for pike? It's relatively new compared to most outdoor recreation, having started a mere 25 years ago, but for those who have taken the opportun...
Dec 17, 2024 Ashley Peterson NDGF spear fishing
