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One last cast: Brad Dokken reflects on nearly 30 years of covering the outdoors

Pioneer Press 21 Dec 2025
4 ... Brad Dokken aboard the plane that carried him and two other Grand Forks Herald employees to St ... After nearly 30 years of covering the outdoors, Dokken retired from the Grand Forks Herald on Dec. 4, 2025 ... (Brad Dokken / Forum News Service) ... Skywatch ... .
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One last cast: Dokken reflects on nearly 30 years of covering the outdoors

Grand Forks Herald 06 Dec 2025
This is my final column as outdoors editor of the Grand Forks Herald, a position I’ve held since February 1998. I’ve retired – it’s going to take a while for that to sink in – and my last day was Thursday, Dec. 4 ... .
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Devils Lake’s reputation as a perch fishing hotbed dates back to the early 1980s

The Jamestown Sun 06 Dec 2025
If flooded vegetation is crucial habitat for successful perch production, how can the banner years of Devils Lake perch fishing in the 1980s – when the lake was some 20 feet lower and much more saline than today – be explained? ... 1970. 4,500 adult. 1974.
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North Dakota Game and Fish to stock adult yellow perch into Devils Lake next spring

The Jamestown Sun 06 Dec 2025
The window of opportunity isn’t open very long; perch are early spawners. “The critical thing is to get the nets in (the water) right at ice out, and move them to the new lakes before they spawn,” Power said ... Local input.
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Slight decline in Lake of the Woods walleye catches no cause for concern, DNR says

Pioneer Press 30 Nov 2025
BAUDETTE, Minn ... In addition, sauger numbers remain at a high level of abundance, the report indicated ... 2, 2024, during a stocking effort on the Roseau River in northwestern Minnesota. (Brad Dokken / Forum News Service) ... That was the case again this year.
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Hunters take 5 deer during special East Grand Forks city archery hunt

Grand Forks Herald 29 Nov 2025
Hunters went five for 12 for a success rate of about 42% during the special East Grand Forks city archery deer hunt that began Saturday, Nov. 15, and wrapped up Sunday, Nov. 23 ... 9-12 in the Greenway ... 1 edition of the Herald ... That’s hunting.
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Lake Bronson Dam replacement project on schedule as construction approaches halfway mark

Grand Forks Herald 29 Nov 2025
LAKE BRONSON, Minn. – One year into construction, a project to replace the aging dam at Lake Bronson State Park is on schedule for completion late next year – weather-permitting – project managers say ... “A lot of people up here use the lake.
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Minnesota 2025 firearms deer harvest tops 2024 and 5-year average

Grand Forks Herald 29 Nov 2025
Minnesota hunters shot more deer during this year’s firearms deer season than they did last year, preliminary numbers from the Department of Natural Resources show ... Minnesota’s firearms deer season opened Nov. 8 and closed Nov ... 23 ... Northwest.
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Collaborative program targets more grassland habitat in North Dakota

Grand Forks Herald 23 Nov 2025
A pilot project could put up to 10,000 acres of much-needed grassland habitat on the ground in North Dakota beginning in 2026 if it receives full funding from the state’s Outdoor Heritage Fund ... Summit roots ... Landowner support. Gov.
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Outdoors Notebook: DNR offers free entrance to Minnesota state parks on Friday, Nov. 28

Grand Forks Herald 23 Nov 2025
ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is waiving vehicle fees and offering free entrance to all 73 state parks and recreation areas on Friday, Nov. 28 ... In addition, Free Park Days in 2026 are as follows.. Monday, Jan. 19 ... Friday, Nov. 27.
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Ice safety is important any time, but especially right after freeze-up

Pioneer Press 22 Nov 2025
A memory from Nov. 18, 2017, popped up in my Facebook feed the other day. We were ice fishing on a small lake atop 6 inches of solid ice so smooth it looked like glass. Not this year ... A few, as in nearly three decades ... Under 4 inches – Stay off ... Skywatch ... .
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Dokken: Ice safety is important any time, but especially right after freeze-up

The Dickinson Press 21 Nov 2025
A memory from Nov. 18, 2017, popped up in my Facebook feed the other day. We were ice fishing on a small lake atop 6 inches of solid ice so smooth it looked like glass. Not this year ... A few, as in nearly three decades ... Under 4 inches – Stay off ... .
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Minnesota 2025 firearms deer harvest remains above 2024 levels

Grand Forks Herald 19 Nov 2025
Minnesota’s 2025 firearms deer harvest continued to hold above 2024 levels after the first nine days of season, preliminary numbers from the Department of Natural Resources show ... 16, which is 7% above the first nine days in 2024 ... Northwest ... 14 ... .
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