Brad Dokken

Grand Forks

Outdoor Recreation Editor and Columnist at Grand Forks Herald

The place for recreation, relaxation and adventure news from the @gfherald outdoors section. Tweets by Brad Dokken. Email: [email protected]

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Dokken: New MinnDak Youth Outdoors group aims to get more kids outdoors

1 week ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

It’s still a work in progress, but there’s a new kid – sort of – in town, in the effort to help more youth in northwest Minnesota and across North Dakota get involved in the outdoors. Based in East Grand Forks, MinnDak Youth Outdoors was officially formed in March and is in the process of applying for 501c3 status as a federally recognized nonprofit.
Here's how to reserve a grouse-viewing blind in Polk County

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Brad Dokken

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysApr. 11—In addition to the Sharpie Shack, Dan Svedarsky has a prairie chicken blind — dubbed the "Taj Ma Chicken" — on a nearby booming ground.
Dancing sharptails deliver quite a show on frosty April morning

1 week ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

POLK COUNTY, Minn. – It’s a cold, frosty morning on the prairie, and like he has done so many spring mornings over the past five decades, Dan Svedarsky is out before dawn to witness a prairie rite of spring. On this particular morning, that would be sharp-tailed grouse, those prairie dancers known for their ornate mating displays, as males of the species gather on dancing grounds, called leks, in their annual quest to attract a female and propagate the species.
Here’s how to reserve a grouse-viewing blind in Polk County

1 week ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

In addition to the Sharpie Shack, Dan Svedarsky has a prairie chicken blind – dubbed the “Taj Ma Chicken” – on a nearby booming ground. Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge a few miles to the east offers two blinds, as well, refuge manager Gregg Knutsen said – one at a sharptail lek and one at a prairie chicken lek. There’s no charge to use any of the blinds, but reservations are required.
Here are the 2025 North Dakota elk and moose license recipients

2 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brad Dokken

Apr. 8—BISMARCK — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently conducted its lotteries for the 2025 elk and moose seasons. The department offered 960 elk licenses to hunters for this year's season, an increase of 127 from last year, the Game and Fish Department said in a news release. AdvertisementElk Unit E7 was created after discussions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, landowners and hunters to manage a growing elk herd in and surrounding the J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge.
Lessard-Sams offering about $150M for Minnesota habitat projects

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

ST. PAUL – The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) is offering about $150 million for both metro and statewide grants to aid in Minnesota habitat restoration, protection and enhancement projects for Fiscal Year 2026. LSOHC announced the funding in an April 7 news release, in issuing its annual Call for Funding Request from the Outdoor Heritage Fund.
DNR spring burning restrictions set to take effect Tuesday across northwest Minnesota

2 weeks ago | inforum.com | Brad Dokken

ST. PAUL – The Department of Natural Resources is adding several counties in northwestern and western Minnesota to its list of areas with spring burning restrictions, the agency said Monday, April 1. As warm and dry weather increases across the state, additional spring burning restrictions will begin Tuesday, April 8, and early next week, the DNR said. Escaped fire from burning vegetative debris is Minnesota's number one cause of wildfires, and burning restrictions help reduce wildfire risk.
Fisheries topics take center stage at second annual Minnesota DNR summit

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

BRAINERD, Minn. – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is moving ahead with a proposal to decrease the statewide walleye limit from six fish to four and is supporting bills in the Legislature to provide a year-round season for largemouth and smallmouth bass. Brad Parsons, DNR fisheries chief, discussed the pending changes Saturday, March 29, during the DNR’s second annual Fisheries Summit.
North Dakota House committee gives ‘do-pass’ recommendation to baiting bill

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

BISMARCK – After making amendments, a North Dakota House committee has given a “do-pass” recommendation to SB 2137, a bill that would prevent the Game and Fish Department from restricting the use of supplemental feed for hunting big game on private land, a practice commonly known as “baiting.” Currently, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department prohibits baiting big game on private land in hunting units with confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease or in units within 25 miles of a...
Dokken: Americans bringing personal groceries into Canada won’t have to pay tariffs after all

2 weeks ago | grandforksherald.com | Brad Dokken

Despite recent reports to the contrary, American tourists bringing food items into Canada for personal use won’t have to pay tariffs on those groceries when they venture north for fishing, hunting or other outdoors adventures. That’s good news. There had been numerous reports, both in traditional and social media, that Canada would impose a 25% tariff on food items brought into the country for personal use as a result of the tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump has placed on Canada.