North Dakota Game and Fish Department News

Devils Lake Kids Fishing Camp Aug. 8-12

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is a co-sponsor for the annual Kids Fishing Camp at Devils Lake on Aug. 8-12.

Hosted by the Devils Lake Park Board at Lakewood Bible Camp, the camp is open to all youngsters ages 8 to13-years-old. Game and Fish volunteers from the Lure ‘em for Life fish club will provide classroom instruction and boats to help campers enjoy a week of learning about fishing, and all the other activities that come with a summer camp.

Some of the educational sessions featured include boating safety, casting, fish identification, fish anatomy, fish habits, knot tying, tackle and equipment, lure making, cleaning and cooking fish, shore fishing and more. Participants will also spend about three to four hours a day on the lake fishing.

The camp fee is $300 per participant, and registration is open until the maximum of 45 participants is reached. The fee includes all lodging, meals and expenses. Lakewood Bible Camp is located on the east shore of Creel Bay, one mile south and two miles west of Devils Lake.

Camper sites at Lakewood Bible Camp are also available for parents. Call 701-662-2296 for further information. Parents interested in chaperoning are asked to call Terry Wallace at 701-662-8243.

Registration forms and more information are available at the Devils Lake Park Board recreation office, 701-662-8243; email [email protected].

Habitats of North Dakota is online for educators

Educators, do you need additional professional development credits? If the answer is yes, Habitats of North Dakota is offering five online-only courses through North Dakota State University.

Select one or all - Wetlands, Badlands, Riparian, Woodlands and Prairie habitats, each for one credit. Work at your own pace and develop a list of concepts and a lesson plan that will implement the key concepts into an existing curriculum.

In addition, students are responsible for reading and reviewing text, video and supplementary materials for each habitat guide. Courses are suitable for educators K-12.

Comprehension and critical thinking questions are incorporated throughout each of the texts. Each unit also includes vocabulary and review sections. The material meets the state life science standards for grades three to six, and North Dakota Studies standards for grade four. Examples of implementation projects are provided for each Habitat course.

Online classes are Aug. 15 – Sept. 30, and Oct. 15 – Nov. 30. The NDSU course fee is $50 per credit payable upon registration at https://www.ndsu.edu/dce/k-12/k12_listing.

For more information, contact Sherry Niesar at [email protected] or 701-527-3714.

Guide and Outfitter Exam Scheduled

The next guide and outfitter written examination is Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department office in Bismarck. Preregistration is required no later than Sept. 3 by calling the Department’s enforcement office at 701-328-6604.

In addition to passing a written exam, qualifications for becoming a guide include a background check for criminal, and game and fish violations, certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and standard first aid, and employment by, or contract with, a licensed hunting outfitter.

Hunting outfitter eligibility requirements include the guide qualifications, as well as an individual must have held a hunting guide license for two years and must have proof of liability insurance.

The test is given periodically to anyone interested in becoming a guide or outfitter in the state.

First-Come, First-Served Deer Gun Licenses

available July 28

More than 6,000 antlerless deer licenses are still available in 18 units for North Dakota’s 2021 deer gun season. These licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis beginning July 28 at 8 a.m. Central Time. Residents and nonresidents who have not already received a lottery or landowner license are eligible to apply online by visiting the Game and Fish website, gf.nd.gov.

Hunters who want to purchase additional licenses will be able to Aug. 18 at 8 a.m. Central Time. At that time, any remaining antlerless licenses will be issued as a concurrent season license, which can be used during the archery season with a bow; the deer gun season with a bow, rifle or muzzleloader; or during the muzzleloader season with a muzzleloader. However, youth who are under age 14 (at the end of the calendar year) will be issued a concurrent season license for archery only.

There is no limit on the number of concurrent season licenses a hunter can purchase.

Hunters with concurrent season licenses are restricted to the type of antlerless deer printed on the license and must stay in the unit to which the license is assigned.