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Earth Day Patch contest for students

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual Earth Day Patch Contest is, in part, an effort to heighten the awareness about the environment in North Dakota and beyond. Students who participate will develop a patch design using five colors incorporating an aspect of Earth Day such as environmental awareness, respect Earth, water quality, wildlife, or habitat conservation in North Dakota. The contest is open to students in grades K-12. Winners are chosen from three grade categories (K-4, 5-8 and 9-12). Each winner will receive an outdoor kit, which includes a pair of binoculars ...

Bobcat Zone 2 closed

Bobcat hunting and trapping in Zone 2 is closed after the zone’s predetermined harvest limit of eight has been reached. Zone 2 is land east of U.S Highway 83. The bobcat season in Zone 1 has no harvest limit and is open through March 15.

North Dakota Outdoors: Will fishing stay hot into 2024?

The first time I felt safe enough to check the ice thickness was Thanksgiving weekend. It wasn’t safe yet at 1.5 inches. A week later and it still wasn’t. In early December we had 50-plus degree temperatures, making late season pheasant hunters and archery deer hunters smile. The ice ...

North Dakota Outdoors PLOTS: Voluntary program for landowners helps habitat

Hunters this past fall had more than 800,000 Private Land Open To Sportsmen (PLOTS) acres available – an increase of about 5,000 acres from 2022 for this walk-in access program. Some might be disappointed to read the number, which has shrunk from the historical high of over 1 million ...

North Dakota Outdoors: Endangered Species Act turns 50 years old

I can easily recall in the late 1980s seeing an endangered bald eagle feeding on a deer carcass off the road west of Napoleon in Logan County. Back in those days, if you saw a bald eagle and you could take a picture, you did. At the least you mentally marked the date, time and place and you ...

Game and Fish recognizes employee efforts

North Dakota Game and Fish Department director Jeb Williams recently honored employees with performance-based awards. Area employees honored include: Lisa Tofte, administrative assistant, Devils Lake, was recognized for her positive attitude, professionalism, knowledge and service to the public. Area district game wardens James Myhre, New Rockford; Shawn Sperling, Minot; Ken Skuza, Riverdale; Keenan Snyder, Williston, were among other district game wardens in the state recognized for their efforts as field training officers for committing countless hours to training new ...