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Outdoors

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 ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Professional gives outdoor photography tips, tricks

There’s a big difference between doing it and doing it well. I can take outdoor photographs but it’s more the equivalent of beating a drum than “playing” the drums. Everyone has a camera on their mobile device but taking a picture and true photography are not one in the same. Trust ...

Game and Fish advises early fish house removal

While the deadline for removing permanent fish houses from North Dakota lakes is March 15, the state Game and Fish Department is urging anglers to consider removing their houses early in areas of the state where ice conditions are deteriorating. Given the current long-range weather forecast ...

FOR THE TREES: Keeping an eye out for emerald ash borer

You may have heard that emerald ash borer (aka EAB) is knocking on North Dakota’s doorstep. Forestry partners across North Dakota have been on the lookout for this invasive insect for over a decade, so having discovered it in a few boulevard trees in a Moorhead, Minnesota, neighborhood ...

Spring turkey drawing held

The 2024 spring wild turkey lottery has been held and more than 1,000 licenses remain in 11 units, according to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Remaining licenses are issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8 a.m. Central time on Wednesday. Hunters are allowed two ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Working hard for fish, wildlife of ND

Dean Hildebrand, former Game and Fish director, had a flair for telling stories. Dr. Seuss could’ve taken notes. “When I lived in Kulm, it was so dry the ducks carried canteens … I played cops and robbers with a young girl that always won. Turns out, it was Angie Dickinson.” (If you ...