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Doug Leier: Poaching is theft; here’s how to help stop it in North Dakota

National Fishing, National Hunting /

Even if you’ve never been a hunter, you’re likely familiar with the term poaching. Poaching is theft, plain and simple. It’s the illegal taking or killing of fish and wildlife.
It’s stealing from legal hunters and trampling on the public trust. It might be shooting before legal hours, fishing without a license or shooting an extra deer, duck or pheasant. The first few issues of poaching I witnessed in my time as a game warden are etched in memory.

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Recapping what North Dakota’s 2025 legislative session meant for the outdoors

Fishing, Hunting, Minnesota, National Fishing, National Hunting, National News, News /

One often overlooked area in North Dakota’s outdoors is the recently completed legislative session. Game and Fish Department Director Jeb Williams, deputy Director Scott Peterson, along with division chiefs and expert staff worked diligently for the sportsmen and women throughout the legislative session.
As a biologist in the field, it’s interesting to see Department leaders confidently testify on issues of significance, such as the social impacts of distributing deer tags or addressing hunter congestion and competition for high interest areas such as badlands mule deer hunting.

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Work of a North Dakota game warden about more than just enforcing the law

National Fishing, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky /

For many, a career as a game warden might sound like a dream job. A life spent outdoors, checking fishing licenses and keeping hunters safe and catching poachers. For most the job goes far beyond the glamour of a uniform or the thrill of patrolling the open landscapes of the state. It’s a combination of passion, responsibility and dedication.
Being a game warden is about more than just enforcing the law.

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Research examines the importance of grasslands in North Dakota

Minnesota, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News /

You don’t have to be a biologist or range scientist to see how the land use of grasslands of North Dakota has changed.
Ashlyn Herron, a University of North Dakota master’s in biology student, is using technology to determine if high-quality grassland habitat restoration through the Meadowlark Initiative is successfully occurring. The Meadowlark Initiative is a statewide strategy that teams landowners, conservation groups, scientists and others to enhance, restore and sustain native grasslands in North Dakota.

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Stories of big fish in North Dakota waters

Features, Fishing, Minnesota, National Fishing /

I’m old enough to remember when North Dakota had a closed fishing season, I bought my fishing license at a gas station, with a trout stamp, and signed my name on the side so as not to mark the stamp’s beautiful artwork.
With that I reference the point of view of Greg Power, North Dakota’s fisheries division chief, who began with the Game and Fish Department while I was at Wakefield Elementary school in LaMoure. So, when it comes to sharing stories about “big fish” from North Dakota, he has some amazing fish tales.

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Looking at the current status of bighorn sheep in North Dakota

National Hunting, National News /

Big-game biologist Brett Weidmann is the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s bighorn sheep guru and has forgotten more about bighorn sheep than most will ever know.
While Weidmann spends his share of time behind the screen and in the office, his work puts him into the old-fashioned role of a biologist. Monitoring, studying, researching and learning about one of North Dakota’s smallest populations but highest interest species.
Here’s what we do know about the 2025 status of bighorn sheep in North Dakota.

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Breaking down North Dakota’s hunting and fishing by the numbers

National Fishing, National Hunting, National News /

Jeb Williams, North Dakota Game and Fish Department director, recently addressed the joint Senate and House Legislative Natural Resource committees.
The Game and Fish Department manages 439 fishable waters which make up 851,462 acres. For comparison sakes, North Dakota is made up of 70,704 square miles. Land is 68,900 square miles, while water is 1,804 square miles; of those there are 1,330 square miles that are considered fishable.

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Available gun licenses reduced for North Dakota deer hunters during 2025 season

Hunting, Minnesota, National Hunting, National News, News /

Before applying for a 2025 North Dakota deer license, with an application deadline of June 4, hunters should review the 2024 numbers.
First, hunters are reminded these are numbers, statistics. What you can’t read in deer “success” are hunters who chose not to squeeze the trigger waiting for a bigger buck or doe. Or archery hunters who on the last day decided to pass on a doe in hopes it may help replenish the herd.

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Memorable stories from the field with North Dakota warden Ken Skuza

National Fishing, National Hunting, National News /

Like many growing up hunting, fishing and trapping, my memories of our North Dakota game wardens were my first exposure to natural resource law enforcement.
In LaMoure, it was Harold Bellin. In Valley City, Delbert Tibke. Prior to becoming a game warden myself, I rode along with Ken Skuza who took me under his wing and helped mentor me in my first post at Bottineau. Here’s a few of warden Ken Skuza’s favorite stories in his own words.

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