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Doug Leier - JustNorth Outdoors Columnist
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| Disease issues in deer - getting closer to home |
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By Doug Leier :: 1346 Views ::
0 Comments ::  :: Hunting - Deer Hunting, Conservation and the Environment
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In northwestern Minnesota near the town of Skime, sharpshooters recently completed a culling effort to reduce white-tailed deer numbers. Nearly 500 deer were killed over a two-month period. The campaign was a response to concerns over the potential spread of bovine tuberculosis...
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| Aquatic Nuisance Species - Eradication |
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By Doug Leier :: 1310 Views ::
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While many outdoor writers champion the latest and greatest gadgets and technological advances that complement our outdoor experiences, I prefer to invest a good share of my time and attention in issues such as habitat, ethics and safety...
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| Spring in North Dakota |
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By Doug Leier :: 942 Views ::
0 Comments :: :: Conservation and the Environment
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The spring tour of North Dakota Game and Fish Department advisory board meetings will bring agency decision-makers to eight towns across the state over the next few weeks. These public meetings, held in spring and fall each year, facilitate interaction between hunters, anglers, trappers, landowners and Game and Fish staff tasked with managing the state’s varied natural resources...
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| The Facts About North Dakota Year Around Fishing |
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By Doug Leier :: 1527 Views ::
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Every year about this time, a few anglers question North Dakota’s year-round fishing season. It’s not so much an opposition as it is a curiosity, because many North Dakotans are aware that Minnesota closes its season for game fish from late February to mid-May...
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| Snow Geese in Spring |
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By Doug Leier :: 1316 Views ::
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Much of spring snow goose hunting is time and weather dependent. The same is generally true in the fall, except then it’s cold weather systems that drive birds south. In spring, warm weather systems melt snow and ice and allow birds to advance north...
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| March of the Penguins |
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By Doug Leier :: 1401 Views ::
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The film, from Warner Video and National Geographic, is narrated by Morgan Freeman and follows the breeding migration of emperor penguins. A migration of 70 miles might not seem like much compared to birds that fly thousands of miles, but these penguins waddle those 70 miles across quite possibly the worst terrain on the darkest, driest and windiest continent. Oh, and it’s the coldest, too, averaging a frigid 58 below zero...
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Doug Leier
JustNorth Outdoors Columnist
JustNorth Outdoors Pro Staff
About the Author:
 Doug Leier was born in Williston, North Dakota and graduated in 1994 with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Management from North Dakota State University in Fargo.
Doug began his career as a private land biologist with Ducks Unlimited in Stanley.
From 1996-2000 He worked as a District Game Warden for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. In 2000 he accepted the position as the first outreach biologist for the ND Game and Fish Department.
Currently Doug’s work involves informing and educating citizens on conservation news and issues.
He appears weekly on Outdoor Adventures CBS TV in Fargo. WDAY ABC TV Fargo, and monthly on KVLY NBC Fargo The Valley Today.
He hosts Outdoors Live radio heard on five Clear Channel Radio Stations across North Dakota. Fargo AM 790 KFGO, Bismarck AM 550 KFYR, Minot AM 910 KCJB, Grand Forks AM 1440 KKXL and Dickinson AM 1460 KLTC. His show is also carried in Minneapolis, Minnesota on AM 1130.
Guests have included Babe Winkelman, Ron Schara, Tony Dean, Dave Nomsen from Pheasants Forever, Rob Driesline, Brian Lynn from ESPN Outdoors, along with an array of professional biologists, game wardens, fish and wildlife managers.
He and his wife Michelle live in West Fargo along with their two children Joseph and Kaitlyn.
Doug Leier
North Dakota Game & Fish
www.gf.nd.gov
701.281.1220
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