The North Dakota National Guard’s 957th Engineer Company will be training this coming weekend in the Kimball Bottoms area near the Missouri River south of Bismarck.
Wednesday is the deadline for hunters to apply for a North Dakota swan license.
Moderate drought has crept back into a small portion of southeastern North Dakota, and other parts of the state are getting drier.
North Dakota’s pronghorn hunting license lottery has been held, and all 1,965 licenses were issued.
Like most of you, I’ve long appreciated the grit of North Dakota’s native species. We tend to think more about the toughness of sharp-tailed grouse, northern pike and pronghorn that, like our ancestors, have managed to survive on the prairies, compared to the more beautiful but fragile nonna…
State wildlife officials are encouraging anglers to keep fish caught from depths of more than 25 feet, rather than practice catch-and-release.
An unseasonably cool weekend is giving way to another warm week in North Dakota.
North Dakota’s fall hunting seasons are on the horizon, with early Canada goose season getting underway next week.
Dry conditions are starting to intensify in the southeastern corner of North Dakota, but soil moisture in the rest of the state remains plentiful.
North Dakota is making 2,200 swan licenses available this year, the same as in the previous two years.
North Dakota’s 2022 small game, waterfowl and furbearer regulations are set, and most season structures are similar to last year.
Most hunters don’t apologize while spending the summer fishing, camping or enjoying any number of outdoor activities if the conversations drift to the coming fall hunting season.
A dog that spent nearly a month lost in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area has been reunited with its owners. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that Luigi, a black Labrador retriever mix, disappeared on June 25 while his owners, Zane Brunette and Max McKernan, were navigating a portage between lakes Kawasachong and Polly, about 30 miles northwest of Lutsen. Brunette and McKernan posted photos of Luigi all over the region. Finally, on July 24, a woman named Marit Warren encountered Luigi outside the cabin she was staying in at Loon Lake Lodge, at least 30 miles from the spot where the dog disappeared. Brunette raced to the lodge and brought the dog home to Minneapolis. Luigi lost 25 pounds during his wanderings.
🎧 One year ago a fatal grizzly attack captured national headlines. A new report looks at how bears and humans can coexist.
A hot, dry week is in store for much of North Dakota as a mass of trapped warm air blankets the region.
Wednesday is the deadline for hunters to apply for a 2022 North Dakota pronghorn license.
The federal government is addressing an issue with an aid program meant to help farmers recover from losses tied to weather disasters in 2020 and 2021.
I’ve loosely compared some of our fisheries division work to farming. Planting, stocking and growing fish is parallel to farmers planting crops.
More pronghorn hunting licenses are available in North Dakota this year following a drop in 2021 due to devastating drought last summer.
More than 3,500 deer licenses are still available in seven units for North Dakota’s 2022 deer gun season.
Drought in 2021 has impacted grouse populations in North Dakota, according to newly released spring survey results from the state Game and Fish Department.
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The sister of a man who died hiking in the Badlands says that he was camping as part of a trip to celebrate his college graduation when he became lost and ran out of water. The Pennington County Sheriff's Office tweeted that Maxwell Right died in the park on Wednesday. Right's sister, Lucille, says her brother and a friend had broken camp in the park but got lost. Right called his parents, who called the National Park Service for help. The sheriff's office initially said Right and his friend were hiking a trail featured in a social media challenge, but later clarified to say they had been following a trail on a hiking app. Lucille Right said her brother and his friend weren't taking part in any challenge.
A man who was hiking on an unmarked trail in southwestern South Dakota that was featured in a social media challenge died when he and another hiker ran out of water. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office said 22-year-old Maxwell Right, of St. Louis, was hiking in Badlands National Park Wednesday when he collapsed and died of suspected dehydration and exposure. A 21-year-old man from Missouri who was hiking with Right was flown to a Rapid City hospital, where he was placed under observation for exposure and dehydration. The weather in the park has approached 100 degrees most of the week. Pennington County has put out numerous public service announcements warning hikers to be prepared for the elements and stay on marked trails.
If you’re like me, at some point you begin to realize tasks and skills you struggle with make you appreciate those who make it look easy. From driving a golf ball straight down the fairway, to fixing a leaky faucet, to shooting wildlife photographs.
A new report found that a California woman who was fatally mauled by a grizzly bear in Montana last summer was the victim of a rare predatory attack by bear that had learned to seek out human food. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee’s Board of Review concluded the bear was likely attracted to food and scents near her tent. Leah Davis Lokan of Chico was mauled in the pre-dawn hours of July 6, 2021, in Ovando. The investigation found Lokan moved some food out of her tent but two bags that previously held dried blueberries remained. The bear was shot two days later.
It took Cody Pardon and Josh Gladback 5 ½ hours to get a fish in the boat during the first day of the 47th annual North Dakota Governor’s Walleye Cup tournament on Lake Sakakawea over the weekend.
A new report found that a California woman who was fatally mauled by a grizzly bear in Montana last summer was the victim of a rare predatory attack by bear that had learned to seek out human food. The Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee’s Board of Review concluded the bear was likely attracted to food and scents near her tent. Leah Davis Lokan of Chico was mauled in the pre-dawn hours of July 6, 2021, in Ovando. The investigation found Lokan moved some food out of her tent but two bags that previously held dried blueberries remained. The bear was shot two days later.
North Dakota’s next guide and outfitter written examination is 1 p.m. Aug. 20 at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department office in Bismarck.
Operation Dry Water, a nationally coordinated effort to educate the public about the dangers of boating under the influence, yielded seven boating under the influence of alcohol violations in North Dakota.