Education and Outreach Programs

Department outreach personnel are available to visit your classroom, club, or meeting to present a variety of wildlife-related topics.  Contact personnel listed at the bottom of the page to schedule a presentation.

Our education and outreach programs fall into three major categories:

Formal/Informal Instruction

• Becoming an Outdoors-Woman
  • For women interested in learning about outdoor skills such as hunting and fishing.
• Boating & Water Safety Education
  • Learn rules of the road and safe operation on the water.
• Conservation and Outdoor Skills Park (State Fair, Minot)
  • Open to visitors to the state fair.
• Fur Harvester Education
  • Volunteers teach a comprehensive fur harvesting course.
• Hooked on Fishing
  • Volunteers teach youngsters how to fish.
• Hunter Education
  • Learn about gun safety, survival, wildlife, and hunting ethics.
• National Archery in the Schools Program
  • A two-week physical education course for grades 4-12.
• ND Wildlife Federation Conservation Camp
  • Each year G&F co-sponsors this camp for boys and girls ages 12-16, featuring learning opportunities in science, conservation and outdoors skills.
• Outdoor Wildlife Learning Sites (OWLS)
  • Outdoor classrooms teach about wildlife and habitat.
• Project WILD/Aquatics
  • An environmental program taught inside and outside the classroom.

Volunteer

• Volunteer Projects for persons interested in teaching our instructional courses or helping with conservation projects.
  
  

Watchable Wildlife Program

• Bluebird Recovery Project
  • Help us monitor bluebird nesting sites.
• Conservation Landscaping
  • Tips on attracting wildlife to your backyard.
• Field Trips
  • Sign up for a May bird identification field trip or a July badlands wildlife tour.
• Small Grants Program
  • This program funds construction of bird houses and feeders.
• Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest
  • Winning photos appear on G&F publications.
• Wildlife Wednesdays
  • A series of wildlife related presentations set at the G&F Bismarck office during February.
• Winter Bird Survey
  • Volunteers help to chart wintering bird populations.

For more information contact our Bismarck office or regional personnel in your area:

• Education and Outreach Office Secretary: 701-328-6615.
• Administrative and Water Safety Coordinator: Nancy Boldt, Bismarck - 701-328-6312.
• Educational Coordinator: Jeff Long - 701-328-6322.
• Hunter Education Coordinator: Jon Hanson - 701-328-6316.
• Bismarck Region Outreach Biologist: Nathaniel Umphrey - 701-328-6332.
• Minot Region Outreach Biologist: Greg Gullickson - 701-857-7748.
• Fargo Region Outreach Biologist: Doug Leier - 701-281-1220.
• Grand Forks Region Outreach Biologist: Marty Egeland - 701-795-3811.
• Outreach Supervisor: Chris Grondahl, Bismarck - 701-328-6612.

Current Volunteer Instructors: 

• To report your activities download and print a volunteer report form here*
• or submit your report on line - Note: Hooked on Fishing events are not eligible for on-line reporting .

Note: Documents marked with an asterisk * are saved in PDF format, requiring you to install a free copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Reader™ available at the following address:  http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep2.html.

Persons requiring special accommodations (i.e. physical accessibility to the building, signing, material reading), should contact the Game and Fish Department at 701-328-6300 to make arrangements for special accommodations.

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