By Doug Leier, NDG&F Dept. With North Dakota’s deer gun season license application deadline fast approaching, it’s a good time for a reminder to prospective hunters that the fastest and easiest way through the process is online via the state Game and Fish Department’s website. This is especially true for people who are eligible for…

With the Memorial Day weekend underway, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department (NDG&F) reminds boaters to be patient, courteous and ready when launching or removing boats at the many launches in the state. North Dakota boaters are reminded to exercise patience and plan accordingly when heading to a lake or river this summer. The NDG&F receives…

By Doug Leier, NDG&F Dept. North Dakota’s prairie potholes get a lot justifiable credit for their role in helping sustain the continent’s waterfowl populations. What we don’t often hear about is the equally important role that prairie wetlands play in the life cycle of more than 30 shorebird species that either pass through in spring…

NDG&F Press Release For the sixth consecutive year, North Dakota early Canada goose season hunters bagged more than 36,000 birds, according to a recent harvest estimate released by the state Game and Fish Department. This is the combined harvest from the August Canada goose management take, and the September Canada goose hunting season. While the…

NDG&F Press Release Outdoor water recreationists are gearing up for another season on the open water. With that in mind, boaters and anglers are once again reminded to help prevent the introduction and spread of aquatic nuisance species in North Dakota. State Game and Fish Department ANS coordinator Jessica Howell said as other states continue…

By Nick Simonson   Twenty years ago, a collection of biologists and fisheries scientists set out to reestablish a population of lake sturgeon in the Red River basin straddling the North Dakota-Minnesota border; just this week members of the cooperative group began seeing their vision, which started with the stocking of fish two decades ago,…

By Nick Simonson   With the first green leaves starting the spring canopy above the lake shore, our boat glided over the shallow stretch of mud bottom along a backwater lobe just off of the main lake.  Through the glare-cutting view provided by a pair of polarized sunglasses, it was tough to miss the schools…

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department emphasizes a simple message to well-intentioned humans who want to pick up and rescue what appear to be orphaned baby animals this time of year – don’t touch them. Whether it is a young fawn, duckling, cottontail rabbit or a songbird, it is better to just leave them…

NDG&F Press Release North Dakota’s 2017 deer season is set with 54,500 licenses available to hunters this fall, 5,500 more than last year. The number of licenses available for 2017 includes 2,750 for antlered mule deer, an increase of 200 from last year; 1,022 for muzzleloader, an increase of 94 from last year; and 245…

By Doug Leier, NDG&F Dept To understand the current North Dakota bighorn sheep population, it’s a good idea to try to understand the past. And really it’s a past highlighted by a “who’s who” in Midwest wildlife documentation. Writings describing these majestic bighorn sheep were first recorded by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805…