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North Dakota Outdoors Podcast

Cayla Bendel and Casey Anderson

Join hosts R3 coordinator, Cayla Bendel and wildlife division chief, Casey Anderson twice monthly for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department NDO podcast. Hear from NDGF staff, partner staff and other experts on an array of outdoors topics from fish and wildlife surveys and research, habitat programs, conservation policy, stories from the field, and more.

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Guests: Big game biologists, Bruce Stillings and Jason Smith

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Department big game biologists, Bruce Stillings and Jason Smith about using aerial surveys to manage big game populations in the state, how these surveys are conducted, and how grueling, and sometimes dangerous, this work can be. 

Guests: Brian Schaffer, Department hunter education supervisor, and Jeff Long, Department outdoor skills coordinator

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Brian Schaffer, Department hunter education supervisor, and Jeff Long, Department outdoor skills coordinator, about our various outdoor education programs, the volunteers that make them possible, and just getting kids and adults introduced to the outdoors. 

Guests: Stephanie Tucker, Department game management section leader, and RJ Gross, Department upland game biologist

In this episode of NDO Podcast Cayla makes her return with Casey and they visit with Stephanie Tucker, Department game management section leader, and RJ Gross, Department upland game biologist, about the Department’s research philosophy, new turkey research in collaboration with University of North Dakota, other ongoing Department research projects and spring gobbler plans.

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NDGF Mobile App

Learn more about the features of the new NDGF mobile app and find links to get the app.

Where to Fish

Find information on North Dakota fishing waters.

Conservation Corner

Learn about North Dakota's natural resources and what you can do to help protect the future.

Landowner Programs

Learn about financial and technical assistance available to private landowners for habitat protection, enhancement and development.