Dickinson Dike, Camel Hump Lake among waters stocked with Wyoming trout

BISMARCK — North Dakota Game and Fish Department personnel recently stocked six lakes with about 1,200 trout from Wyoming.

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Leier: Legislature weighs in

The 2013 North Dakota Legislature dealt with a number of bills related to outdoor recreation and conservation.

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CRP general signup begins Monday

The number of plots is substantially less, but the overall importance remains high.

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Spearfishing decoy business booming for Lidgerwood man

LIDGERWOOD — Rick Whittier’s business keeps him so busy making fish, he barely has time to catch them anymore.

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Combing the woods: For archery hunter Haaby, searching for shed antlers is part of an ongoing process

ROSEAU COUNTY, Minn. — Mitch Haaby is scouring the woods on this perfect May morning trying to find the equivalent of a needle in a haystack.

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Dakota Recreation Report

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No sage grouse hunting in ND for 6th straight year

BISMARCK — For a sixth straight year, North Dakota will not have a sage grouse hunting season because the population of male birds is too small.

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Outdoor Heritage Fund projected to fall well short of $30 million cap

FARGO -- A glitch in the funding formula for North Dakota’s new Outdoor Heritage Fund means the conservation initiative is projected to have only a little more than half of the $30 million authorized for the next biennium.

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N.D. to list ‘culturally important’ sites for protection from drilling

FARGO -- North Dakota plans to compile a list of “culturally important” places that officials will protect from disturbances from energy development or other impacts.

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• Outdoor Heritage Fund projected to fall well short of $30 million cap

Dates set for North Dakota deer gun hunting season

BISMARCK — Dates have been set for North Dakota's two-week deer gun hunting season in the fall.

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South Dakota teen shot in head returns to school

BRITTON, S.D. — A northeastern South Dakota teenager who authorities say suffered a head wound in an accidental shooting in a school parking lot returned to class less than a week after the incident.

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For women only: Sturgeon trip proves to be a memorable adventure for mother, daughter

BAUDETTE, Minn. — Cheri and Madelyn Petersen had done “a little bit” of fishing, including a charter boat trip for salmon on Lake Michigan, but they’d never tangled with anything like the behemoth that now was sending large bubbles to the surface from the murky depths of the Rainy River.

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Units in SW ND see increase in deer licenses

Though the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has dropped its number of deer licenses to the lowest issued since 1983, not everything is grim.

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Most big fish come from big lakes in ND

I spend the bulk of my fishing hours each year at the same mom-and-pop pond. The family and I enjoy fishing, in our own way. Just like you do.

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Rankin is calling it quits after 36 years

LARIMORE — Gary Rankin came to Larimore in 1977 as the new game warden for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department after spending a year teaching in West Yellowstone, Mont., and two years as a teacher in his hometown of Marmarth.

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