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Grant applications available for Assist R3

Wildlife, shooting, fraternal and nonprofit civic organizations can submit an application for the Encouraging Tomorrow’s Hunters program, a North Dakota Game and Fish Department grant program developed to assist in the recruitment, retention and reactivation of hunters. The program supports projects and events that provide a positive environment to develop the skills and confidence needed to create lifelong, conservation-minded hunting and shooting sports participants. Application deadline is May 1. The maximum grant allowed is $3,000. The program currently helps fund about 40 ...

Summer workshops set for educators

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is sponsoring professional development for educator workshops this summer in Minot and Dickinson. Pollinators in the Classroom will be held June 10-11 at North Central Extension Station in Minot. The workshop will explore pollinators, what they are, where they live, life cycles, importance and how you can make a difference. Students will receive a copy of the “Urban Pollinator Program Curriculum,” and should be prepared for walking field trips in the area. All materials are included. Habitats of North Dakota: A New Generation of Lessons ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Story of winter kill of fish beneath snow, ice

Winterkill of fish in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs is nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year there’s a potential for winterkill. Just like for pheasants and deer in North Dakota, long, cold, snowy winters exact a toll. Dead deer and pheasants are easier to spot with a white ...

Hunters, anglers asked to participate in survey

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is collaborating with North Dakota State University on a statewide survey aimed at understanding the economic impact of hunting and fishing activities in the state. The survey will be distributed via email to a random sample of hunters and anglers beginning March 11. Participants will be asked to provide details on their expenditures related to equipment purchases, vehicles, travel, accommodations and other associated costs incurred during hunting and fishing trips. By conducting this survey, the Game and Fish Department intends to develop a ...

Game and Fish offers wildlife food plot seed

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is offering free seed for the 2024 growing season to landowners interested in planting wildlife food plots for pheasants. Rather than a traditional corn or sunflower food plot, this seed mix increases plant diversity, including flowering plants from spring through fall, which will attract insects, the major diet component of pheasant chicks. Additionally, the mix will provide needed cover during spring and summer, as well as a winter food source. Other wildlife species will also benefit from this mix. Most Game and Fish food plots are part of ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Life (and death) in North Dakota outdoors

Around here we hope and pray March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. I’m not sure where this saying originated from, but last year it may have been more accurate to say March came in like a lion, stuck around until April and left a mess of death and destruction in its wake. It was brutal for both man and beast. When I hear complaints about deer and pheasant populations, I’m always reminded how rare deer were when the Lewis and Clark expedition traveled through North Dakota and the explorers documented deer just along the rivers, creeks and wooded corridors. At the ...