Episodes

  • Elegant Yet Clunky
    Oct 3 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Michael Szymanski, Department migratory game bird management supervisor, about the process of developing waterfowl regulations; from monitoring efforts, to state and national collaboration, to federal approval and what it all means for hunters.
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    54 mins
  • Healthy Forests, Healthy Wildlife, Healthy People
    Sep 19 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Matt Olson, forest stewardship manager for North Dakota Forest Service, and Brian Prince, Department wildlife resource management supervisor, about managing North Dakota’s rare, but unique, native forests to meet the needs of the wildlife and people who inhabit them.
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    58 mins
  • Crashing Weddings & Pregnant Pasta
    Sep 5 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Jesse Kolar, Department upland game management supervisor, about the state of our four grouse species, an additional sharp-tailed grouse hunting opportunity open this year and our favorite upland game bird recipes.
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    56 mins
  • Gut Juice
    Aug 21 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Rhett Hall and Jason Babinchak, founders of the North Dakota Tracking Dog Group, about the process of legalizing the use of dogs in the recovery of big game, what it takes to train these dogs and, of course, some good tracking stories.
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    1 hr
  • Cottage Cheese and Split Pea Soup
    Aug 7 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Josh Wert, watershed management program manager for North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, and Emilee Novak, DEQ nonpoint source pollution management program coordinator, about harmful agal blooms, mitigation efforts and what to be on the lookout for when recreating this summer and fall.
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    41 mins
  • Live from the Fair!
    Jul 24 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Greg Gullickson, Department outreach biologist, live from the Conservation and Outdoor Skills Park at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot. We also snag a few fairgoers and a volunteer to talk fishing, fair food and their favorite things to do.
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    36 mins
  • Fledging to Find the Easy Fruit
    Jul 11 2024
    In this episode of NDO Podcast Casey and Cayla talk R3, hunter and angler recruitment, retention and reactivation plus national and state trends, all while Cayla struggles to accurately recall expressions.
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    57 mins
  • Butterflies are Metal
    53 mins