I didn't grow up on a farm, but anyone who is raised in a small town across North Dakota is likely influenced by those who have toiled in the soil for a few years or even generations. While I was not technically a farm kid, that didn't deter me from taking an active roll in the Future Farmers of America...

Football previews with prognostications and predictions for the upcoming season are starting in earnest. Based on drafts and off-season transactions, “experts” are predicting which teams will flourish or fail...

I don’t think of myself as a veteran hunter. But when I put pen to paper and add up the years, I realize it's been nearly 25 of them since I took hunter education in LaMoure in 1984. During that time, I've already experienced some significant changes in our hunting landscape...

Twice a year, in August and December, North Dakota Game and Fish Department staff from Bowman to Cavalier and Williston to Wyndmere gather to learn, teach and simply converse about opportunities and problems relevant to managing the state’s natural resources...

For almost a decade, migratory bird hunters have had to get HIP. No, not the “hip,” that loosely means “aware” or “fashionable” according the Webster’s Dictionary, but HIP, as in registered with the Harvest Information Program...

It appears to be that time of year for insects and diseases of trees to surface. In recent weeks a number of outbreaks have been reported. Is there anything homeowners can do to protect their trees from insects and diseases and possible mortality, regardless of tree species?

While fall is just around the corner and most of us are starting to think earnestly about hunting, some serious fisheries issues are still near the top of the State Game and Fish Department priority list...

40 percent move their boats from lake to lake. With one of the busiest boating weekends of the year with 40 percent of boaters surveyed at landings this summer saying they use their boats frequently and move them from lake to lake...

In the most basic terms, the foundation for strong, healthy fish and wildlife populations can be fleshed down to habitat. It's really the core of what will maintain and sustain a population...