Getting home safe. Read this week's Behind the Badge by warden Dominic Falch.
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Breeding Duck Survey
This week's NDO News takes a look at this year's breeding duck survey results.
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Breeding Duck Survey 2026
2026 is the 79th year the Department has run the breeding duck survey, one of the longest continuously run surveys in the world for waterfowl. Duck numbers in the state are down overall 9.5% from last year. Learn more in this week's NDO Webcast with migratory game bird management supervisor John Palarski.
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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.
