Category Archives: Outdoors Live

South Dakota GFP Commission Holds January Meeting
GFP Commission Holds January Meeting PIERRE, S.D. - The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) Commission held their January Meeting at the Matthews Training Center in Pierre January 11-12. The Commi...
Syndicated Author Jan 15, 2024

Minnesotans fish free with kids Jan. 13-15
Safety is the first priority for anglers; ice remains unsafe in much of the state With Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend coming up Saturday, Jan. 13, through Monday, Jan. 15, the Minnesota Department of ...
Syndicated Author Jan 12, 2024 MN DNR

Doug Leier: Will fishing stay hot into 2024?
By Doug Leier The first time I felt safe enough to check the ice thickness was Thanksgiving weekend. It wasn't safe yet at 1.5 inches. A week later and it still wasn't. In early December we had 50-plu...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 09, 2024 winter ice fishing NDGF

2024 North Dakota Earth Day Patch Contest
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual Earth Day Patch Contest is, in part, an effort to heighten the awareness about the environment in North Dakota and beyond. Students who participate w...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 09, 2024

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Jan 8, 2024
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2024-01-08 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked anglers on Lake of the Woods and completed Division training. Fishing on the southwestern side of Lake of the Woods w...
Syndicated Author Jan 08, 2024 The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources K9 unit. Left to right: Lt. Phil Mohs and K9 Mack; Conservation Officer Mike Krauel and K9 Bolt; Conservation Officer Mike Fairbanks and K9 Fennec; Conservation Officer Adam Seifermann and K9 Jet; and Conservation Officer Luke Gutzwiller and K9 Earl.

Minnesota DNR report shows wetland gains in state
Wetland Status and Trends Monitoring Report summarizes 15 years of data Minnesota has had a net gain of approximately 43,000 acres of wetland in the period of 2006-2020 - that's one of the key finding...
Syndicated Author Jan 08, 2024 Itasca State Park, Minnesota from FireTower

Bobcat Zone 2 Closed
Bobcat hunting and trapping in Zone 2 is closed after the zone's predetermined harvest limit of eight has been reached. Zone 2 is land east of U.S Highway 83. The bobcat season in Zone 1 has no harves...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 08, 2024 NDGF Bobcat

CRP is a federal program and PLOTS is a voluntary state piggyback
By Doug Leier Hunters this past fall had more than 800,000 Private Land Open To Sportsmen acres available. An increase of about 5,000 acres from 2022 for this walk-in access program. Some might be dis...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 02, 2024 Maple River, Dickey County, ND.

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Jan 2, 2024
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2024-01-02 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) and CO Fontes assisted Lake of the Woods County with the recovery of a drowning victim at the Northwest Angle. Anglers were c...
Syndicated Author Jan 02, 2024

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports Dec 27, 2023
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2023-12-26 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked anglers on Lake of the Woods. Ice conditions are still spotty. Violations for the week included possessing an overlim...
Syndicated Author Dec 27, 2023
