Outdoors Notebook: North Dakota Game and Fish offers license reminder

BISMARCK – North Dakota anglers, trappers and hunters want new licenses starting Saturday, April 1, the Sport and Fish Division mentioned in a reminder.

Licenses may be bought on the

North Dakota Sport and Fish Division web site,

gf.nd.gov. As soon as the license is processed, hunters and anglers could have the choice to print a tough copy and/or obtain the license to a smartphone or cellular machine, which is useful when requested to point out proof whereas looking or fishing in rural areas that lack mobile service.

Licenses may also be bought at greater than 140 vendor areas all through the state. The 2023-24 small sport, fishing and furbearer licenses are efficient April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024.

– Herald employees report

ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Division of Pure Assets invitations folks within the Crimson Lake Wildlife Administration Space to take part in a webinar and assist inform the DNR’s updates to the WMA’s grasp plan.

The webinar will likely be held from 6 to eight p.m. Thursday, March 23. DNR employees will current a quick overview of the WMA and the planning course of, reply questions and take suggestions throughout the session. Registration shouldn’t be required. A hyperlink to affix the webinar is offered on the DNR’s

Crimson Lake WMA web page

at

mndnr.gov/areas/wildlife/red_lake_wma.html

.

The up to date plan will information administration of the favored looking and wildlife-watching vacation spot in northwestern Minnesota.

“Public enter is necessary as we replace this plan,” Charlie Tucker, Crimson Lake WMA supervisor, mentioned in an announcement. “The final plan was accomplished in 1980, and we would like this replace to replicate present science and values about how the land ought to be managed into the long run.”

Enter from the upcoming webinar will assist the DNR develop a draft administration plan for Crimson Lake WMA. The draft plan will likely be obtainable for public evaluation and enter later within the spring, together with alternatives to touch upon the draft plan in particular person and on-line. The DNR will finalize the plan by June 30.

Crimson Lake WMA’s 325,000 acres present habitat for all kinds of wildlife species. The up to date grasp plan will likely be used to information administration of the Crimson Lake WMA’s forests, wetlands, peatlands and brushlands. It is going to embody administration objectives, aims and techniques for the WMA for the following 10 years.

– Herald employees report

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – America’s 52.4 million anglers contribute $148 billion in financial output and help 945,500 jobs throughout all the nation, whereas additionally contributing $1.8 billion towards conservation, the American Sportfishing Affiliation mentioned March 9. The information, based mostly on 2021 estimates, is included within the “2023 Financial Contributions of Leisure Fishing: U.S. Congressional Districts” report, an replace of earlier knowledge collected by the Sportfishing Affiliation in partnership with Southwick Associates.

The information displays angler participation and financial impacts throughout all 50 states and the nation’s 435 congressional districts.

“Whereas sportfishing gives hundreds of thousands of days of escape and enjoyable throughout the nation, many individuals don’t notice its vital financial contributions,” Rob Southwick, Southwick Associates president, mentioned in an announcement. “Sportfishing is an financial engine that wants the identical degree of care and issues as different crucial industries.”

Minnesota ranked among the many high 5 states in financial output, coming in No. 4 at $4.4 billion behind Florida, Texas and California however simply forward of Michigan.

In North Dakota, contributions by anglers resulted in $144.9 million in financial output.

The complete report may be discovered on the

American Sportfishing Affiliation’s web site

at asafishing.org.

– Herald employees report