The deadline for submitting entries in the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest is Oct. 1. The contest has categories for nongame and game species, as well as plants/insects. An overall winning photograph will be chosen, with the number of place ...

BISMARCK – The USDA Forest Service McKenzie Ranger District has received the North Dakota Recreation & Park Association (NDRPA) Partnership Award at the Rough Rider Center in Watford City Wednesday, the district announced in a news release. The NDRPA Partnership Award is presented to an ...

With the close of summer, you’ll notice a swing from fishing rods to shotguns. For many it’s a seamless transition and welcomed, even if the tradeoff means we’re one step closer to winter. People who hunt all fall, starting with early goose, then doves and working through upland game ...

I grew up in an era before the early August goose hunt, and 25 years later it still feels a bit odd to think of hunters swatting mosquitoes and lathering on sunscreen. Our first hunt of the season was mourning doves in early September. Where birds were plentiful, the sense of accomplishment ...

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An NDSU Extension agent in Minot offers information about the emerald ash borer. Adult beetles were found in a trap in Edgeley, 39 miles south of Jamestown, last week. North Dakota is the 37th state to find the beetle. Officials are still doing analysis to make sure the beetle is only present ...