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North Dakota Outdoors Podcast

Cayla Bendel and Casey Anderson

Join hosts R3 coordinator, Cayla Bendel and deputy director, 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: Russ Kinzler, Department Missouri River System fisheries management supervisor

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re onsite at Lake Sakakawea’s Douglas Bay for walleye spawning. Ron Wilson, Department North Dakota Outdoors editor, steps in as co-host to learn more about the significance of collecting walleye eggs from Russ Kinzler, Department Missouri River System fisheries management supervisor, a 33-year veteran of this annual spring operation.

Guests: Josh Vest, Prairie Pothole Joint Venture science coordinator

In this episode of NDO Podcast, in celebration of American Wetlands Month, we visit with Josh Vest, Prairie Pothole Joint Venture science coordinator, about what joint ventures do and the importance of wetlands, not just to ducks, but everybody.

Guests: Jerry Weigel, Department fisheries production and development supervisor

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Jerry Weigel, Department fisheries production and development supervisor, about raising, stocking and transporting fish, how the demand for fish has changed over time and why his job is so rewarding.

North Dakota Outdoors Podcast