Category Archives: Outdoors Live
The Endangered Species Act Turns 50
By Doug Leier I can easily recall in the late 1980s seeing an endangered bald eagle feeding on a deer carcass off the road west of Napoleon in Logan County. Back in those days, if you saw a bal...
Dec 26, 2023 bald eagle NDGF
Free Ice Fishing Weekend
North Dakota's free ice fishing weekend is Dec. 30 and 31. Resident anglers may fish those two days without a license. All other winter fishing regulations apply. The weekend provides a great opportun...
Dec 25, 2023 NDGF ice fishing
Fish House Regulations
Any fish house left unoccupied on North Dakota waters must be made of materials that allow it to float. In addition, fish houses do not require a license. Other fish house regulations include: Occupie...
Dec 22, 2023 NDGF ice house
Darkhouse Spearfishing Registration
Individuals required to possess a valid fishing license (age 16 and older) to darkhouse spearfish must first register online at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Darkhouse ...
Dec 22, 2023 NDGF spearfishing
A Career As A Game Warden?
By Doug Leier As a kid in North Dakota, my dad took me everywhere outdoors. Hunting, fishing, trapping, NDSU football games, camping, fixing fences, picking rock and planting trees. Some of tho...
Dec 19, 2023
Tofteland Named Wildlife Officer of the Year
Jonathan Tofteland, North Dakota Game and Fish Department district game warden in Bottineau, is the state's 2023 Wildlife Officer of the Year. Tofteland was honored recently by Shikar-Safari Club Inte...
Dec 19, 2023 NDGF Game Warden Jonathan Tofteland
Bahnson Named Game and Fish Employee of the Year
Dr. Charlie Bahnson, wildlife veterinarian 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 staf...
Dec 18, 2023 NDGF Dr Charlie Bahnson DMV
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Dec 18, 2023
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2023-12-18 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked trapping, snowmobile, and angling activity around Roseau. Most waterbodies are still forming ice, but anglers are fin...
Dec 18, 2023 Members of Valley City Fire Dept. rescue two men from Lake Ashtabula
Minnesota DNR enhances protection for turtles
Two changes that enhance protection for Minnesota's native turtles will go into effect Jan. 1. Commercial harvest of western painted turtles and snapping turtles is no longer allowed in Minnesota begi...
Dec 18, 2023
Minnesota #CWD management hunt is taking place Dec. 15-17
Deer permit area 342 near Wabasha is being added to other DPAs in southeastern Minnesota and the south metro area where hunters can harvest deer during a late-season chronic wasting disease management...
Dec 14, 2023
