Find out how the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is working with farmers, ranchers and other groups to help improve habitat for fish and wildlife, and to increase quality fishing and hunting opportunities.


See What We’re Accomplishing Together
See What We're Accomplishing Together

Tri-Cities Group Recognized
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has honored the Tri-Cities Joint Job Development Authority for its ongoing efforts to develop and maintain public-use facilities used and appreciated by anglers.
Read Full Article: News Release (05/09/2022)
Meadowlark Initiative
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announces a new statewide strategy that teams landowners, conservation groups, scientists, and others in a collective effort to save native grasslands. Learn more about the Meadowlark Initiative.

Schlosser Earns WMA Award
Virgil Schlosser, with Hettinger County Water Resource District, was named the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s Wildlife Management Area Partnership Award recipient for 2021 for his work on Indian Creek WMA.
Read Full Article: Schlosser News Release

In the News
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department joined other conservation groups in sponsoring the recent North Dakota Grazing Land Coalition workshop in Hazelton as a part of the North Dakota Meadowlark Initiative.
Read Full Article: North Dakota Grazing Land Coalition Workshop in Hazelton
Conservation Forage Program
The North Dakota Conservation Forage Program has an open enrollment for private landowners through August 6, 2021. Learn more here!
Rice Lake Landowners Provide Boat Access Site
Rice Lake in Emmons county is a popular fishery year-round. However, high water in 2020 flooded the existing boat access site making access to the lake difficult. Private landowners Mark and Jean Hollaar have stepped in and contributed a site for a new ramp.