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Fish & Other Aquatic Species	2006 Fall Outlook: Expectations are Everything - Aug-Sept 2006 - (370Kb PDF) A Cold Connection: Relationship of Rainbow Smelt & Coldwater Habitat in L. Sakakawea - Apr-May 2003 - (125Kb PDF) Bad Rap Bait: Leeches - "A Closer Look" - Mar-Apr 2007 - (Back Cover - 164Kb PDF) Carp at the Gates - Mar-Apr 2006 - (515Kb PDF) Colonial-spawning Fish - "A Closer Look" - Apr-May 2005 - (Back Cover - 42Kb PDF) Devils Lake Carp Prevention Update - May 2007 - (87Kb PDF) Drifting for Paddlefish - May 2008 - (262Kb PDF) Fish Food Supreme - Freshwater Shrimp - Jan 2005 - (221Kb PDF) Fish Release Rules - From Both Sides - June 2006 - (186Kb PDF) Fish Reproduction Hit-and-Miss - Nov 2008 - (85Kb PDF) Hunting for Exotics - (Aquatic Nuisance Species) - May 2007 - (88Kb PDF) Knocking on N. Dak’s. Door - ANS Battles,Threats to Our Outdoors - June 2006 - (556Kb PDF) Minnow Matters - Little Fish are a Big Issue for Anglers - June 2004 - (223Kb PDF) Missouri River Fishes: - Big Changes in the Big Muddy - Mar 2002 - (786Kb PDF) The Missouri's Other Fish - May 2006 - (60Kb PDF) News Rules: Adjusting to a Declining Paddlefish Population - Apr-May 2003 - (72Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) North Dakota's Sauger Saga - July 2003 - (151Kb PDF) Northern Pike: Old Fish, New Fishing Opportunities;- Nov 2003 - (131Kb PDF) Opportunistic Omnivores - Crayfish - "A Closer Look" - Apr-May 2004 - (Back Cover - 40Kb PDF) Paddlefish Left and Right - July 2001 - (574Kb PDF) Paddlefish License Lottery - "From Both Sides" - Mar-Apr 2007 - (51Kb PDF) Paddlefish Tales - "Warden Stories" (Part of monthly "Buffaloberry Patch") - June 2006 - (477Kb PDF) Panfish Limits - "From Both Sides" - Mar-Apr 2006 - (56Kb PDF) Perch Fishing Trends at Devils Lake - Nov 2002 - (119Kb PDF) Pike Spearing 5-Year Recap - Feb. 2007 - (183Kb PDF) Pooling Resources - June 2007 - (153Kb PDF) Prehistoric Presence - The Pallid Sturgeon - Apr-May 2002 - (687Kb PDF) Reconnecting the Red - Low-head Dam Removal Restores Fish Habitat - June 2005 - (227Kb PDF) Roaming the Red River Valley - Nov 2007 (74Kb PDF) Sakakawea Salmon Fishery in Survival Mode - July 2007 - (203Kb PDF) Sounding Out for Smelt - Apr-May 2004 - (27Kb PDF) Special Trout Management - "From Both Sides" - July 2003 - (53Kb PDF) State Record Fish - Apr-May 2004 - (19Kb PDF) State's Newest Forage Fish - Shad - Feb. 2007 - (195Kb PDF) To Stock or Not - Process Helps Biologists Identify Stocked vs. Natural Fish - June 2006 - (486Kb PDF) A Tale of Two Reservoirs (II) - Mar-Apr 2007 - (120Kb PDF) Temperature Sensitive (Fish Spawning) - "A Closer Look" - Mar-Apr 2006 - (Back Cover - 34Kb PDF) Walleye for the Ages - June 2005 - (187Kb PDF) Walleye on the Move - Mar-Apr 2006 - (68Kb PDF) Walleye Size Limits - A Look at the Options on North Dakota's Two Largest Fisheries - Apr-May 2003 - (76Kb PDF) Winter Lethargy (fish) - "A Closer Look" - Jan 2008 (118Kb PDF) Winter Walleye Opportunities - Nov 2007 - (158Kb PDF) Yellow Perch - New Fishing Opportunities - Nov 2002 - (88Kb PDF) Yellow Perch Fishing - Feast or Famine - Nov 2005 - (152Kb PDF)
Big Game	2006 Fall Outlook: Expectations are Everything - Aug-Sept 2006 - (370Kb PDF) 2008 Fall Species Outlook- Big Game - Aug-Sep 2008 - (374Kb PDF) Aging Moose (671kb) - Nov 2001 - (671Kb PDF) Antler Points & Trophy Deer Management - "From Both Sides" - (295Kb PDF) Baiting for Big Game - "From Both Sides" - Aug 2003 - (585Kb PDF) Battle of the Bighorns - "A Closer Look" - Aug-Sept 2006 - (Back Cover - 50Kb PDF) Bighorns - A Half-Century of Sheep in North Dakota - Feb 2006 - (250Kb PDF) Bounty of Bones (Shed Antler Hunting in ND) - Feb 2006 - (132Kb PDF) Farmed Deer and Elk in North Dakota - Feb 2005 - (86Kb PDF) Habitat Beats Handouts - Nov 2005 - (237Kb PDF) Increasing Elk, Expanding Opportunities - Feb 2008 - (255Kb PDF) Not Enough Buck Licenses - "From Both Sides" - Nov 2006 - (60Kb PDF) Hybridization of Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer - Feb 2003 - (55Kb PDF) Lead and Venison Update - Nov 2008 - (235Kb PDF) Lead Contamination in Venison "From Both Sides" - May 2008 - (76Kb PDF) Lewis & Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now - A Brief Natural History of North Dakota Wildlife 1804 to Present - June 2001 - Introduction (236Kb PDF) \| Big Game (1.1Mb PDF) \| Other Species (1.4Mb PDF) \| Native Flora, Missouri River, & Gallery Forest - (481Kb PDF) Managing Bighorn Sheep and Lil' B - Feb 2004 - (129Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) Old-Timey Clothes - Oct 2008 - (600Kb PDF) Profiles of North Dakota Big Game - Sep-Oct 2003 - (177Kb) Pronghorns Up Close - Aug-Sept 2006 - (157Kb PDF) The Science of Doe Hunting - Sep-Oct 2003 - (138Kb PDF) September Antlerless Deer Season - "From Both Sides" - June 2008 - (111Kb PDF) Smoke in the Wind - Managing Elk in North Dakota - Nov 2005 (259Kb PDF) Subtle Deer Oddities - "A Closer Look" - Nov 2003 - (Back Cover - 52Kb PDF) Tangled Antlers - "Warden Stories" - Part of Monthy Buffalberry Patch - July 2007 (198Kb PDF) Tracking Speed - A Five-Year Pronghorn Study - Feb 2005 - (213Kb PDF) Urban Archery - Oct 2008 - (844Kb PDF) Venison Taste Test - "A Closer Look" - Nov 2005 - (38Kb PDF) A Weekend During Deer Season - "Warden Stories" - Nov 2005 (53Kb PDF) Whitetail Breeding Behavior - "A Closer Look" - (Back Cover - 44Kb PDF)
Furbearers, Predators	2008 Fall Species Outlook - Furbearers - Aug-Sep 2008 - (88Kb PDF) 2006 Fall Outlook: Expectations are Everything - Aug-Sept 2006 - (370Kb PDF) 2007 Fall Outlook - Aug-Sept 2007 - (263Kb PDF) Bounties - Nov 2005 - (90Kb PDF) Family Trapping Matters - Oct 2006 - (469Kb PDF) Lewis & Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now - A Brief Natural History of North Dakota Wildlife 1804 to Present - June 2001 Introduction (236Kb PDF) \| Big Game (1.1Mb PDF) \| Other Species (1.4Mb PDF) \| Native Flora, Missouri River, & Gallery Forest (481Kb PDF) Lion's Share of Unknowns - Jan 2008 - (92Kb PDF) Mountain Lion Management - "From Both Sides" - Feb. 2007 - (154Kb PDF) Mountain Lions in North Dakota - Jan 2005 - (575Kb PDF) Mounting Lion Evidence - N. Dak. is Home to Mt'n. Lions - But how Many? - July 2006 - (218Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) Searching for Rare Carnivores - Nov 2008 - (690Kb PDF) Slow Journey Home: (Kit Fox) - May 2008 - (244Kb PDF) Wolf Management in North Dakota - "From Both Sides" - May 2007 - (84Kb PDF)
Disease	CWD Surveillance Ongoing - July 2006 - (126Kb PDF) Covering the Bases on Bird Flu - Monitoring of Wild Birds in N.Dak. - July 2006 - (97Kb PDF) Chronic Wasting Disease - June 2002 - (154Kb PDF) Keeping an Eye Out for Wildlife Diseases - Nov 2007 - (193Kb PDF) A New Threat to North Dakota Trees - May 2007 - (122Kb PDF) Sampling for Bird Flu - Feb. 2007 - (188Kb PDF) Shadowing Chronic Wasting Disease - June 2003 - (71Kb PDF) So Far, So Good - A CWD Update - June 2004 - (35Kb PDF) Wildlife Diseases (212Kb PDF) - Feb -2006 -
Invasive, Noxious Species	2008 Fisheries Overview - Mar-Apr 2008 - (82Kb PDF) Aquatic Nuisance Species - New Rules - Mar-Apr 2008 - (291Kb PDF) Carp at the Gates - Mar-Apr 2006 - (515Kb PDF) Eurasian Invader Takes Root - Salt Cedar - July 2003 (118Kb PDF) Eurasian Milfoil Makes its Way to North Dakota - Nov 2005 - (97Kb PDF) Exotics at the Door - Invasive Species - July 2001 - (61Kb PDF) Hunting for Exotics - (Aquatic Nuisance Species) - May 2007 - (88Kb PDF) Knocking on N. Dak’s. Door - ANS Battles,Threats to Our Outdoors - June 2006 - (556Kb PDF) New ANS Rules "From Both Sides" - June 2007 (50Kb PDF) A New Threat to North Dakota Trees - May 2007 - (122Kb PDF) Now It's the Law - New Law to Control Aquatic Nuisance Species - July 2005 - (143Kb PDF) Purple Plague - Loosestrife Appearance Belies Noxious Tendencies - Aug 2001 - (1.4Mb PDF) (Root) Mining Sweepers - Bugs Helping Reduce Leafy Spurge on Game and Fish Lands - June 2001 - (385Kb PDF) Unwelcome Aliens - Aquatic Nuisance Species - July 2003 - (104Kb PDF)
Migratory Birds	2006 Fall Outlook: Expecations are Everything - Aug-Sept 2006 - (370Kb PDF) 2007 Fall Outlook - Aug-Sept 2007 - (263Kb PDF) 50 Years of Wetland Conservation - Oct 2008 - (2.1Mb PDF) Ducks and Geese - Aug-Sept 2008 - (76Kb PDF) American Coot - "A Closer Look" - Sep-Oct 2004 - (Back Cover - 35Kb PDF) Autumn Cranes - "A Closer Look" - Oct 2007 - (Back Cover - 165Kb PDF) Banding Marathon - Dove Banding - Aug 2005 - (200Kb PDF) Blind Beginning "A Closer Look" - May 2006 - (Back Cover - 216Kb PDF) Brown-Headed Cowbird - A Closer Look - June 2003 - (Back Cover - 143Kb PDF) Caring for North Dakota's Nongame Species - July 2003 - (70Kb PDF) Casting Pellets - Owls - "A Closer Look" - July 2005 - (Back Cover - 58Kb PDF) Covering the Bases on Bird Flu - Monitoring of Wild Birds in N.Dak. - July 2006 - (97Kb PDF) Uncommon Flush Common Snipe - "A Closer Look" - (Back Cover) - June 2006 - (31Kb PDF) Cormorants - "From Both Sides" - July 2005 - (69Kb PDF) Drilling Dynamos - Woodpeckers - "A Closer Look" - Aug 2005 - (Back Cover - 51Kb PDF) The Duck Pipeline - Aug 2001 - (599Kb PDF) Early Duck Opener - "From Both Sides" - Aug 2005 - (69Kb PDF) Early Nester - "A Closer Look" - Great Horned Owl - (Back Cover - 49Kb PDF) Far North Visitor - Snowy Owl - "A Closer Look" - (Back Cover - 114Kb PDF) Flying for Ducks - June 2005 - (229Kb PDF) Goose Hunting in August - "From Both Sides" - July 2008 - (121Kb PDF) Goose Hunting Hours - "From Both Sides" - Oct 2007 - (49Kb PDF) How Times Have Changed: Waterfowl 1988-2008 - Oct 2008 - (285Kb PDF) Keeping Common Species Common - June 2006 - (558Kb PDF) Leading the Way: Six Decades of Duck Surveys - July 2007 - (217Kb PDF) Lewis & Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now - June 2001 - A Brief Natural History of North Dakota Wildlife 1804 to Present - Introduction (236Kb PDF) \| Big Game (1.1Mb PDF) \| Other Species (1.4Mb PDF) \| Native Flora, Missouri River, & Gallery Forest (481Kb PDF) Migration Mysteries - "A Closer Look" - Mar 2004 - (Back Cover - 29Kb PDF) Measuring Progress - North American Waterfowl Management Plan Evolving after 15 Years - July 2001 - (1Mb PDF) The Northern Mallard - "A Closer Look" - Sep-Oct 2005 - (Back Cover - 51Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) Past, Present, Future - 20 Years of N. American Waterfowl Plan - July 2006 - (558Kb PDF) Piecing Together the Pelican Puzzle - May 2006 - (230Kb PDF) A Prairie Connection - Nov 2006 - (118Kb PDF) Profiles of North Dakota Waterfowl - Oct 2006 - (502Kb PDF) Raptor Migration - "A Closer Look" - Sep-Oct 2003 - (Back Cover - 31Kb PDF) Roost Busting - "From Both Sides" - Oct 2008 - (120Kb PDF) Sampling for Bird Flu - Feb. 2007 - (188Kb PDF) Snows in Spring - A Look at 5 Years of Hunting During the Northward Migration - Mar 2004 - (90Kb PDF) Special Canada Goose Permits - "From Both Sides" - Mar 2005 - (6Kb PDF) Spring Waterfowl Migration - "A Closer Look" - Mar 2005 - (Back Cover - 49Kb PDF) Waterfowl Issues and Answers - June 2002 - (374Kb PDF) Winged Wildlife and Winter Wheat - May 2008 - (354Kb PDF)
Miscellaneous	Alone in the Brush (Rabbit Hunting) - Aug-Sept 2008 - (228Kb PDF) Alone in the Woods (Squirrel Hunting) - Aug-Sept 2008 - (311Kb PDF) Animal Encouters - "Warden Stories" - Jan 2006 - (22Kb PDF) Balooning Spiders - "A Closer Look" - (132Kb PDF) Caring for North Dakota's Nongame Species - July 2003 - (70Kb PDF) CRP R.I.P? - June 2008 - (903Kb PDF) Dancing with Wasps - "A Closer Look" - Aug 2005 - (51Kb PDF) Don't Touch - "A Closer Look" - June 2004 - (Back Cover - 64Kb PDF) An Evolving Perspective on Lead in Venison - Aug-Sept 2008 - (126Kb PDF) Frog Strings "A Closer Look" - June 2008 - (Back Cover - 65Kb PDF) Garrison Dam: A Half-Century Later - Jun 2003 - (146Kb) Giant Loss - Cottonwoods - Aug 2004 - (191Kb PDF) Helpful Host - Black Swallowtail Butterfly - "A Closer Look" - (116Kb PDF) Nocturnal Rendezvous - Western Prairie Fringed Orchid - "A Closer Look" - July 2004 - (42Kb PDF) Hibernation Hideaways - " A Closer Look" - Feb 2004 - (Back Cover - 35Kb PDF) Keeping Wildlife Wild: From Both Sides - Nov 2007 - (74Kb PDF) Lewis & Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now - A Brief Natural History of North Dakota Wildlife 1804 to Present - June 2001 - Introduction (236Kb PDF) \| Big Game (1.1Mb PDF) \| Other Species (1.4Mb PDF) \| Native Flora, Missouri River, & Gallery Forest (481Kb PDF) Managing Urban Wildlife Conflicts - "From Both Sides" - May 2006 - (57Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) Natural Winter Food Sources For Wintering Wildlife - Feb 2003 - (120Kb PDF) North Dakotan Northern Leopard Frogs' Newest Notoriety: They're Polymorphic - Jul 2001 - (340Kb PDF) Prairie Garden - "A Closer Look" - Aug 2004 - (Back Cover - 58Kb PDF) Russian Olives "From Both Sides" - Feb 2008 - (119Kb PDF) Sleep - "A Closer Look" - (Back Cover - 40Kb PDF) Temperature Dependent - (Snapping Turtle) - "A Closer Look" - Temperature Dependent - July 2006 - (Back Cover - 136Kb PDF)
Non-Game	75 Years of the G&F as We Know it Today - Mar 2005 - (487Kb PDF) 2001 Winter Bird Survey - Feb 2002 - (116Kb PDF) Black-tailed Prairie Dogs - June 2002 - (103Kb PDF) Caring for North Dakota's Nongame Species - July 2003 - (70Kb PDF) Casting Pellets - Owls - "A Closer Look" - July 2005 - (Back Cover - 58Kb PDF) Cormorants - "From Both Sides" - July 2005 - (69Kb PDF) Drilling Dynamos - Woodpeckers - "A Closer Look" - Aug 2005 - (Back Cover - 51Kb PDF) Early Nester (Great Horned Owl) - "A Closer Look" - Feb 2006 - (Back Cover - 49Kb PDF) Far North Visitor - Snowy Owl - "A Closer Look" - Jan 2005 - (Back Cover - 114Kb PDF) The Gray Gopher - "A Closer Look" - June 2005 - (Back Cover - 61Kb PDF) Keeping Common Species Common - June 2006 - (558Kb PDF) Killdeer on the Roof - June 2007 - (217Kb PDF) Lewis & Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now - A Brief Natural History of North Dakota Wildlife 1804 to Present - June 2001 - Introduction (236Kb PDF) \| Big Game (1.1Mb PDF) \| Other Species (1.4Mb PDF) \| Native Flora, Missouri River, & Gallery Forest (481Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) Porcupine "A Closer Look" - (Back Cover - 194Kb PDF) Raptor Migration - "A Closer Look" - Sep-Oct 2003 - (Back Cover - 31Kb PDF) Red-bellied Woodpecker, Noisy Newcomer "A Closer Look" - Feb -2008 - (Back Cover - 119Kb PDF) Tigers in Our Wetlands - July 2007 - (128Kb PDF) Wilson's Phalarope - "A Closer Look" - July 2003 - (Back Cover - 34Kb PDF)
Upland Game	2008 Fall Species Outlook - Game Birds - Aug-Sep 2008 - (417Kb PDF) Courting Sage Grouse Changes - Mar 2004 - (73Kb PDF) From Poults to Adults - Wild Turkey "A Closer Look" - Aug-Sept 2008 - (128Kb PDF) The Grouse Woods - Aug-Sept 2006 - (215Kb PDF) Hunting Prairie Chickens Again - July 2005 - (130Kb PDF) Lewis & Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now - A Brief Natural History of North Dakota Wildlife 1804 to Present - June 2001 - - Introduction (236Kb PDF) \| Big Game (1.1Mb PDF) \| Other Species (1.4Mb PDF) \| Native Flora, Missouri River, & Gallery Forest (481Kb PDF) North Dakota's 100 Species of Conservation Priority - July 2004 - (95Kb PDF): Level 1 Species (150Kb PDF) \| Level 2 Species (211Kb PDF) \| Level 3 Species (114Kb PDF) North Dakota's New Dove - Aug-Sept 2006 - (97Kb PDF) Pheasant Phenology - "A Closer Look" - Aug 2003 - (Back Cover - 78Kb PDF) Prairie Chicken Hunt Longtime Coming - Nov 2004 - (45Kb PDF) Prairie Chicken Success Story - June 2004 - (181Kb PDF) Sage Grouse Season Could Close - June 2008 - (838Kb PDF) Squirrels and Rabbits: Hunting an Overlooked Resource - Sep-Oct 2002 - (88Kb PDF) Talking Turkey - Feb 2004 - (262Kb PDF) Tracking Sage Grouse Survival - June 2007 - (188Kb PDF) 2006 Fall Outlook: Expectations are Everything - Aug-Sept 2006 - (370Kb PDF) 2007 Fall Outlook - Aug-Sept 2007 - (263Kb PDF) Winter Pheasant Feeding - "From Both Sides" - Mar 2004 - (61Kb PDF)

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