North Dakota, Game and Fish

North Dakota Senate passes bill that would limit Game and Fish’s power to ban baiting
In a 31-to-15 vote, Senators in Bismarck passed a bill that would limit North Dakota Game and Fish’s power to ban baiting. Senate Bill 2137 will move to the North Dakota house. If passed, it would stop NDGF from implementing rules keeping private landowners from using supplemental feed on their property.
Baiting bill limiting North Dakota Game and Fish policy passes Senate
Mandan, speaks during a public hearing of the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee on Jan. 17, 2025. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — A bill preventing policies that would limit the use of baiting for big game animals on private property passed the Senate floor Wednesday on a 31-15 vote.
North Dakota Senate passes bill to protect deer baiting on private property
Wednesday to pass a bill preventing the North Dakota Game and Fish Department from restricting the use of supplemental feed on private property.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department seeks contractors for work on private lands
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is seeking contractors to perform habitat work on Private Land Open To Sportsmen program lands across the state and encourages businesses to add their names to a list of available contractors.
ND Senate passes bill banning Game and Fish from restricting baiting
In a 31-to-15 vote, Senate Bill 2137 moves to the House. If passed, it would keep NDGF from implementing rules keeping private landowners from using supplemental feed on their property.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department sets spring turkey season
Spring turkey applicants can apply on the Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov. The deadline for applying is Feb. 12.
Lower North Dakota waterfowl numbers in midwinter survey not a surprise, Game and Fish says
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual midwinter waterfowl survey in early January indicated about 88,000 Canada geese and 3,225 mallards in the state, the department reported Thursday, Jan.
Jamestown Sun1h
Webcast offers preview of North Dakota’s 2025 spring turkey season
In this week’s “North Dakota Outdoors” webcast, host Mike Anderson visits with upland game biologist RJ Gross for a closer look at all of the details.
Grand Forks Herald2d
Game and Fish encourages contributions to Watchable Wildlife checkoff
To learn more about the Watchable Wildlife program, check out the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov.
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Game and Fish Seeks Contractors for Work on Private Lands
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department encourages businesses to add their names to a list of available contractors to ...
Game and Fish remain neutral at legislative session
House Bill 1147 would allow veteran residents with a disability rating of at least 50% or more to qualify for the $3 combined general game, habitat, small game and furbearer license.
Grand Forks Herald9d
Doug Leier: Game and Fish Department director looks at the state of North Dakota’s outdoors
Then again, sometimes the stars align and both animals and people benefit. Doug Leier is an outreach biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Reach him at [email protected]. I think ...
The Bismarck Tribune5dOpinion
Tribune editorial: Game and Fish needs ability to fight CWD
The Tribune Editorial Board opposed a bill in the 2023 legislative session to forbid the North Dakota Game and Fish ...
2025 Waterfowl Survey shows average results, according to NDGF
The Midwinter Waterfowl Survey started in 1935 and is one of the longest-running, coordinated migratory bird surveys in North ...
Grand Forks Herald6d
Winter of 2024-25 mostly good for fish and wildlife, so-so for outdoor recreation
The key for all upland birds is available thermal cover, said Jesse Kolar, upland game management supervisor for the North ...