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Hunter Education Classes
If you were born after 1961, are 12 years or older, you must take an in-person or home study certified hunter education course before you can get a firearm or bowhunting license in North Dakota. Under...
Doug Leier Jan 17, 2024
Hunters Urged to Participate
North Dakota hunters receiving a survey this winter are encouraged to help with wildlife management by completing the survey online or returning it to the state Game and Fish Department. Big game, sma...
Doug Leier Jan 16, 2024
Training the next generation of safe hunters
By Doug Leier January 7 was the official end date for archery deer, pheasant, grouse, partridge and turkey seasons in North Dakota. While squirrel season is open through Feb 29, most of the hun...
Doug Leier Jan 16, 2024
Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Jan. 16, 2024
District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2024-01-16 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) checked anglers on Lake of the Woods and coyote hunters and trappers around Roseau and Kittson counties. Enforcement action f...
Syndicated Author Jan 16, 2024
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...
Doug Leier 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...
Doug Leier 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