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2025 Remove Gear from WMAs
Tree stands, blinds, steps, and other personal items such as cameras, must be removed from all wildlife management areas by Jan. 31. Items not removed by then are considered abandoned property and are...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 16, 2025

The reality of winter and wildlife
By Doug Leier I've said for years how nature is not rated "G." Even in a winter like last year with little snow, warmer than normal temperatures, deer and pheasants died. Sometimes I get frustr...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 14, 2025 Ashley Peterson NDGF winter pheasant

2025 #NDGF Hunting and Fishing Legislation
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will track hunting and fishing issues during the 2025 legislative session. Outdoor enthusiasts can follow proposed outdoors-related bills by visiting t...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 13, 2025 State Capitol Bismarck

2025 #NDGF Earth Day Patch Contest
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual Earth Day Patch Contest is, in part, an effort to heighten awareness about the environment in North Dakota and beyond. Students who participat...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 13, 2025 2024 NDGF Earth Day Patch Winner Ella Haagenson

Minnesota #DNR Weekly Update
Provide input on 2024 deer populations, observations The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is seeking public input via an online survey on 2024 deer populations and observations. The survey in...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 13, 2025

Minnesota #DNR Conservation Officer Reports-Jan 13, 2025
Weekly CO report District 1 - Baudette area Last updated: 2025-01-13 CO Ben Huener (Roseau) monitored area snowmobile and angling activity. Enforcement actions for the week were taken for anglers in p...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 13, 2025 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.

Landowner Input Wanted for Conservation Programs
The South Dakota Grasslands Initiative (SDGI) is looking for input from South Dakota landowners and producers. A Connecting Producers and Programs workgroup within SDGI is working on gathering informa...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 08, 2025 SD Game Fish Parks

Chronic wasting disease reaches endemic stage in 3 southeast Minnesota deer permit areas, DNR adjusts management strategy per CWD response plan
DNR discontinues targeted culling of deer in these DPAs The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will discontinue targeted culling in deer permit areas 646, 647 and 648, in the southeast corner o...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 08, 2025 CWD sampling station, Vermillion Highlands WMA, Rosemount. CWD station for hunters to donate their deer head

Minnesota DNR evaluates progress on deer plan
Public invited to comment about plan progress, attend webinar Minnesota's management of white-tailed deer populations shows numerous accomplishments, and work that remains before some goals and metric...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 07, 2025

January Game and Fish News and Notes
By Doug Leier North Dakota's hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation heritage is well known and even those who don't hunt or fish enjoy the outdoors of our great state. It's part of why we ...
Sports/Outdoors Jan 07, 2025
