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Game and Fish Briefs

Pronghorn Survey Begins The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s annual aerial pronghorn survey will begin July 1 and is scheduled to be completed within two weeks. During the survey period, small airplanes will sometimes fly low over some parts of western North Dakota. The survey determines pronghorn abundance, herd demographics and fawn production. This […]
by The Dakotan
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June 21, 2022

Basin' Bandits

CENTER — The conditions were ideal as the Badlands Bass Bandits launched the second stop on their summer tour – this one at the warm waters of power plant fed Nelson Lake, one of the few largemouth bass fisheries in the state. After a brief safety and rules meeting, participants were eager to get lines […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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June 19, 2022

Northern Celebrations: Brushing up on Boating Safety and Regulations

Summer is officially only days away even though boaters, anglers, and watercraft enthusiasts have already enjoyed some time on the water – wind permitting, that is. In celebrating summer’s arrival it doesn’t hurt to test one’s brain power when it comes to water, boats, safety, and perhaps above all, North Dakota’s laws when to avoid […]
by Patricia Stockdill
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June 18, 2022

Game and Fish Briefs

New Buffalo Record Set A bow fisherman from Bismarck has set a new bow/spear state record. Mitch Estabrook arrowed a 60-pound, 8-ounce buffalo from Heart Butte Reservoir on May 16. It broke the previous record by 3 pounds, taken at Heart Butte Reservoir in 2017 by Derek Larson of Mandan. Buffalo are a native fish […]
by The Dakotan
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June 13, 2022

Summertime is Campground Time

GARRISON — Campground usage has been strong recently at North Dakota State Parks. The season got off to a slower start than usual due to late snowstorms, but warmer temperatures and recreational opportunities have increased visitations since then. “We were down early a bit, for sure,” said Chad Trautman, Fort Stevenson State Park manager. “But […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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June 12, 2022

Northern Celebrations: The Roosevelt Trail

President Theodore Roosevelt didn’t spend all that many years in what was known as Dakota Territory at the time. But the years he spent hunting and ranching in the 1880s shaped not only what would become North Dakota in 1889 but the rest of the nation’s citizens, its lakes, rivers, wetlands, mountains, prairies, and the […]
by Patricia Stockdill
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June 11, 2022

Game and Fish Brief

Spring Breeding Duck Numbers Tallied The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 75th annual spring breeding duck survey conducted in May showed an index of nearly 3.4 million birds, up 16% from last year. Migratory game bird supervisor Mike Szymanski said the index was the 23rd highest on record and stands 38% above the long-term […]
by The Dakotan
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June 10, 2022

Outdoor Lessons for the Real World: Will I Make It

Perspective is one of those things that’s more important than we give it credit for. Perspective is so powerful that it controls how and why we act in every situation of life… we just lose track of that fact more than we like to admit. There’s a lot of stuff out there that affects our […]
by Geremy Olson
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June 9, 2022

USDA Awards $829K to Improve Outdoor Recreation, Perform Infrastructure Maintenance in North Dakota

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $829,000 from the Great American Outdoors Act to improve outdoor recreation opportunities on the Maah Daah Hey Trail and perform maintenance to improve access to national grasslands in North Dakota. Grants from the Great American Outdoors Act funded the following […]
by The Dakotan
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June 8, 2022

Expanded Sakakawea Shorelines

GARRISON — It is certainly not what it used to be. Not even close. Thousands of acres of shoreline have emerged all along Lake Sakakawea this year as the state’s largest reservoir has seen water levels drop considerably below preferred operating levels. However, the June runoff forecast into the Missouri River basin that feeds Lake […]
by Kim Fundingsland
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June 6, 2022
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