Special Conservation Programs & Projects

Landowners

• Learn about our programs for establishing wildlife habitat, some of which offer cost-sharing.  Visit our Private Lands Initiative (PLI) page.
  
• We also have "Walking Hunters Welcome" and "Ask Before You Enter" signs available free.

Greater Sage Grouse Management Plan

Declining sage grouse numbers and loss of sagebrush habitat have a number of western states cooperating on a new management plan.  View the sage grouse plan here (note this document is saved in PDF format).

Wildlife Action Plan

This proactive plan, also commonly referred to and known as the “Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy” or CWCS, will help conserve fish and wildlife species and their habitats in North Dakota before they become more rare and costly to protect. The North Dakota Wildlife Action Plan identifies and focuses on 100 species most in need of conservation, although nearly all wildlife and key habitats in the state are addressed. The Wildlife Action Plan is essentially a habitat-based approach to preventing North Dakota’s rare or declining wildlife from becoming endangered. Most of the species on the list of “Species of Conservation Priority” are nongame, although a few declining game species such as Greater Sage Grouse and Northern Pintail are included. Nongame wildlife, those species not hunted or fished, in the past have received little financial support, although many have benefited indirectly from programs designed to enhance game species. More than 80 percent of our wildlife species are classified as nongame and their importance to our natural environment can not be understated. The State Wildlife Grant Program provides funding to North Dakota and all other states to implement the Wildlife Action Plan. Learn more about North Dakota's Wildlife Action Plan and State Wildlife Grant Program here.

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