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Category: Outdoor Issues

Zebra Mussels Discovered in South Dakota

ND Game and Fish release Zebra mussels have been confirmed in the lower end of Lake Oahe in South Dakota, after the species was detected at both the East Shore and Cow Creek boat ramps during inspection done by South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks staff.Ben Holen, North Dakota Game and Fish Department aquatic nuisance […]

by The Dakotan

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December 13, 2023

ND Game and Fish News

ANS Awareness Week May 14-20 is Aquatic Nuisance Species Awareness Week in North Dakota in an effort to raise the public’s understanding of the preventative steps recreationists need to follow to stop the introduction and spread of ANS in the state’s waterways. ANS are nonnative plants, animals or pathogens that can affect the ecology of […]

by Kim Fundingsland

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May 15, 2023

Open Fires Banned on Oahe WMA, Surrounding Areas

ND Game and Fish The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is prohibiting open burning beginning May 5 on public property it manages south of Bismarck and Mandan, to reduce the potential for wildfires in a heavily wooded recreation area along the Missouri River. All open burning, including campfires, is banned until further notice on […]

by The Dakotan

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May 3, 2023

ND Game and Fish News -CWD Test Result

CWD Test Results With most chronic wasting disease testing completed, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department reported 24 deer from the 2022 hunting season tested positive. Eight deer were from hunting unit 3F2; eight from unit 3A1; two from unit 4B; and one from units 3B1 and 3E2. Single positive deer were also found […]

by The Dakotan

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March 13, 2023

Raccoon Woman Sentenced

North Dakotan who brought raccoon to bar gets probation BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A woman who brought a wild raccoon into a bar earlier this year will spend a year on probation. Erin Christensen of Maddock, 38, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of providing false information to law enforcement, tampering with evidence and unlawful possession […]

by AP - The Dakotan

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December 26, 2022

Hunters Encouraged to Have Deer Tested for CWD

Hunter-harvest surveillance continues The North Dakota Game and Fish Department will continue its Hunter-Harvested Surveillance program during the 2022 hunting season by sampling deer for chronic wasting disease from select units in the western portion of the state, and unit 2B in the east. Samples will be tested from deer taken from units 1, 2B, […]

by The Dakotan

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October 25, 2022