North Dakota
PLOTS provides more opportunities for North Dakota hunters
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – The Private Land Open To Sportsmen (PLOTS) program is an agreement between the North Dakota Game and Fish (NDGF) Department and private landowners to allow walk-in access to hunters.
And this year, there will be more hunting opportunities.
“We’ve got about a 36,000-acre increase this year. So, we had a nice uptick in acres. So, we’ll be coming into this fall with about 836,000 acres,” said Kevin Kading, NDGF private lands coordinator.
On some PLOTS agreements, there’s a habitat component.
“Such as new grass plantings, food plots, things like that. Other PLOTS tracts are simply just access where there’s no habitat development component to them. We’re just acquiring that access with that written agreement with the landowner. And we do have about 2,800 agreements with landowners right now,” said Kading.
PLOTS is a statewide program that features diverse landscapes and habitats.
“It could be a PLOTS tract that you could find a lot of different species on or it might be one that’s a little bit more specific, like for example, waterfowl hunting,” said Kading.
There will be some changes to how the new PLOTS acres are signed in the future.
“For many years we’ve signed those very heavily to make sure that we’re identifying those boundaries. But again, now with these apps that people have on their phone right in their pocket, they can see exactly where they are. So, one thing that’ll be changing this year is for new PLOTS tracts that were signed up this year, we’ll just be placing fewer signs on the property,” said Kading.
Hunters also need to remember these are private lands, so make sure to respect these acres.
“Treat it well. Know that these lands could come out of the program at some point, and we don’t want any type of behavior out there that could influence the landowner maybe not wanting to be in the program, that type of thing. But, yeah, pick up your empty shells, pick up your trash when you’re out there, pick up other trash if you see it out there. Keep the gates the way they are when you get there,” said Kading.
To find this year’s PLOTS acres visit the Game and Fish Department’s website at gf.nd.gov. There are also a variety of mobile apps hunters can download to view these acres, or pick up a new PLOTS Guide at a local license vendor or any of the Game and Fish district offices.
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
On this day in 1971, Rugby repeated as North Dakota’s high school sand greens golf champion behind medalist Dwight Stempson’s winning performance.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Rugby Repeats As Sand Greens Golf Champion
RUGBY, N. D. — Rugby repeated as North Dakota high school sand greens golf champion here Wednesday, posting a four-man total of 293 strokes for 18 holes.
Led by medalist Dwight Stempson’s medalist 36-35 — 71, the Panthers were eight strokes ahead of runnerup Stanley, which had a 301. Following were Garrison 311, Beulah 315, Leeds 322, Ashley 323, Bottineau 328, Pembina 329, Tioga 332, Parshall 341 and Hettinger 342.
Stempson and teammate Bruce Carlson each had one-under par 71s, but Carlson was unable to be at the regional and wasn’t qualified for individual honors.
Rounding out the Rugby totals were Delwin Wilson 40-37 — 77 and Dennett Hutchinson 35-39 — 74. Gary Kirchoffner, 41-39 — 80, was Rugby’s fifth entrant with the best four-of-five scores counted.
Runnerup Stanley was led by Steve Springan’s 34-38 — 72 and Joe Springan’s 36-38 — 74. Their two-man total of 146 strokes was good enough for the doubles title. Two strokes back with a 148 was the duo of Stempson and Wilson. Stan Saathoff and Mike Stepina of Garrison each had 76s for a 152 total and the Ashley combo of Steve Maier (76) and Dave Kretschmar (78) was fourth with a 154.
Stempson was the driving contest winner with a distance of 280 yards. Chris Knutson of Garrison headed the pitch and putt competition.
Kate Almquist is the social media manager for InForum. After working as an intern, she joined The Forum full time starting in January 2022. Readers can reach her at kalmquist@forumcomm.com.
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