Hunters applying for a 2023 swan license can submit an online application through the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s website, gf.nd.gov. North Dakota residents and nonresidents are eligible to apply. The resident swan license is $10, while the nonresident fee is $30. The deadline ...

It’s hard to forget winter and its impact on fish, wildlife, hunters and anglers. While the recovery will slowly meld into the coming fall seasons, it’s important to realize the influence down the road. In similar fashion, the legislative session, which wrapped up around the same time the ...

Even as a lifelong North Dakota hunter, angler, former game warden and veteran (old) biologist, there are plenty of times when my colleagues and agency make me smile and think “WOW, now that’s cool.” Take for instance a few years back when North Dakota’s first big game crossings were ...

North Dakota Pheasants Forever invites landowners to an informational event to learn more about land conservation programs available to farmers and ranchers in Ward and surrounding counties. The event will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1, between 4-8 p.m. at the NDSU North Central Research Extension ...

GARRISON — Kids can show off their fishing skills at the North Dakota Junior Governor’s Cup Youth Fishing Derby at Fort Stevenson State Park on Saturday, July 22, in the DeTrobriand Marina. The derby is open to anyone 17 and younger. Registration starts at 10 a.m. on the lawn. Multiple ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since the first legal mountain lion season in North Dakota. To think there’s a generation that has grown up never knowing a time when there wasn’t a season. It puts into context the label of “new” or “experimental” when describing one of the more ...