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Fire Danger Index for Fall Outdoor Activity As hunting seasons and other fall activities get underway, hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts need to be aware of the daily fire danger index. Considering this year’s prolonged drought, combined with typical dry, late-summer and early-fall ground conditions, an elevated fire danger index in most counties will likely influence outdoor activities. Hunters are urged to keep up with the daily rural fire danger index, which is issued by the National Weather Service, to alert the public to conditions t...
Devils Lake, ND - In late 2020, North Central Planning Council was allocated additional dollars from the Economic Development Administration to invest in the six-county region’s economic recovery and resiliency efforts. With those funds, North Central Planning Council has made strategic investments in the creation of tools and collection of data to support communities to leverage future funds to meet their existing needs. “When the opportunity to access additional funds from the Economic Development Administration was made available, we sou...
BISMARCK, N.D. – Pandemic-related job losses and other financial hardships have had a domino effect on households’ finances, impacting the ability to pay rent or mortgages, utilities and other household expenses. It has also increased household debt and placed a financial burden on many housing providers. To help North Dakota renters regain their financial stability, the North Dakota Department of Human Services announced that in addition to help with rent, the N.D. Rent Help program can now also help qualifying renters pay past-due uti...
One thing is for sure, we are spoiled here in North Dakota when it comes to walleye fishing and so far, the dog days of summer are pretty dog gone good! I'll start with Lake Sakakawea since that is where I have been mostly. Lots and lots of fish are still being caught all over the lake. Many of the fish are still in 20 to 30 feet of water. You can catch them on crankbaits, bottom bouncers with slow death or a propeller rigs, or my favorite, the jig rap or shiver minnow. Watch for the jig raps an...
This past week has been one of the best weeks of the season so far, with lots of active muskies moving to the inside weed edge. The fish have been active all day long. Detroit Lake has been one of the best local lakes producing quality fish. It has been giving everyone who goes out opportunities at muskies, some as many as five or six fish a day. We haven't been having many follows throughout the day as most of the fish either eat or don't show themselves. The inside weed edges have been the...
Perhaps the most amazing number included in the North Dakota Game & Fish Department's (NDG&F) recent release of upland tallies from the fall of 2020 was the jump of more than 52,000 estimated sharptailed grouse harvested over the previous season. Coming on improved nesting and recruitment of broods into the population, last autumn's grouse harvest was also buoyed by a 43 percent increase in hunters pursuing the birds which can be found throughout much of the state. In total, an estimated 19,971...
