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Interim Study on Access Committee to Meet May 11th
The Interim Committee on Land Access is having a livestream meeting Monday, May 11 at 12 p.m. to discuss the land access pilot study...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
May 5, 20201 min read


Our Outdoors: In the Wind
I’ve been on both sides of the wind in many of my outdoor adventures but none more notable than last week, when the well-worn mooring...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 27, 20203 min read


Rockin' Smallies
Springtime is primetime for smallies and the best way to turn things up for brown bass is knowing where they will be this time of year....
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 27, 20203 min read


For the Record
Not Even Close. While this 29.5-inch walleye caught in early May from the Sheyenne River remains the author’s personal best, it doesn’t...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 22, 20204 min read


Report All Poachers: Spring Sightings
The continuous fishing season in North Dakota and South Dakota coupled with warming weather and rumors of a hot bite in any given...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 21, 20203 min read


Our Outdoors: Holes in the Water
Wedged into the narrow corner under the removable jumpseat in the big boat which had just come out of storage this weekend, I struggled...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 21, 20204 min read


A Bird Would Be A Bonus
When the alarm went off, I had already been awake for 15 minutes. I easily popped out of my bed in the back of my 4Runner and started...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 20, 20203 min read


Lessons Learned, Licensing Changed in ND Due to ANS Detection
With the detection in 2019 of zebra mussels in Lake Ashtabula - a 5,000-acre impoundment stretching for more than 12 miles north of...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 20, 20205 min read


Feeling Out Spring Walleye
Spring walleyes - especially those river fish that offer up some of the season’s first opportunities as ice takes its time peeling off...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 10, 20204 min read


Flatlining Crappies
While crappies aren’t known for adrenaline-inducing strikes or heart-pounding battles, they’re often some of the earliest angling...
North Dakota Wildlife Federation
Apr 8, 20203 min read
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