North Dakota Outdoors Podcast

Ep. 105 – An Island or a Continent?

In this episode of NDO Podcast, we’re at Audubon Wildlife Management Area visiting with Dan Halstead, wildlife resource management supervisor, about a recent wetland deve

Ep. 104 – A Bumper Crop of Night Night Doves

In this episode of NDO Podcast, we visit with Bill Haase, Department wildlife division chief, about hunting regulation changes, habitat and access updates and how the hun

Ep. 103 – Remember What You’re Doing It For

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re at Raab Wildlife Management Area visiting with Judd Jasmer, wildlife resource management supervisor, about the acquisition of this WM

Ep. 102 – Pedaling the Whooper Highway

In this episode of NDO Podcast, Ron Wilson, North Dakota Outdoors editor, steps in as co-host to visit with Mike Forsberg, conservation photographer, and Andy Caven, habi

Ep. 101 – The Only Bird That Matters is the Next One

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re onsite at the North Dakota Clay Target League State Tournament visiting with Brain Schaffer, department hunter education coordinator

Ep. 100 – Lonetree WMA Was Almost a Lake

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re at Lonetree Wildlife Management Area visiting with Blake Schaan, wildlife resource management supervisor, about this unique WMA and t

Ep. 99– Walleye Workouts with Russ

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re onsite at Lake Sakakawea’s Douglas Bay for walleye spawning. Ron Wilson, Department North Dakota Outdoors editor, steps in as co-host

Ep. 98 – Putting Humpty Dumpty Back Together

In this episode of NDO Podcast, in celebration of American Wetlands Month, we visit with Josh Vest, Prairie Pothole Joint Venture science coordinator, about what joint ve

Ep. 97 – Jerry the Ice Cream Man

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Jerry Weigel, Department fisheries production and development supervisor, about raising, stocking and transporting fish, how

Ep. 96 – Which Came First, Paddlefish or Spatulas?

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Aaron Slominski and Paul Bailey, Department fisheries district supervisors, all about paddlefish. We talk evolutionary histor

Ep. 95 – If You Don't Know Where You've Come From

In this episode of NDO Podcast Casey and Cayla take a historical walk through a Game and Fish Department timeline – from the agency’s inception to the price of the first

Ep. 94 – That Ain’t No Robin’s Nest

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Sandra Johnson, Department conservation biologist, about bald eagles, their recovery from the endangered species list and how

Ep. 93 – It's Important to Us All

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Patrick Isakson, Department conservation section supervisor, about the newly approved 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan and cha

Ep. 92 – From My Ice House to Your Ice House

In this episode of NDO Podcast we’re hole hopping around Jamestown Reservoir in pursuit of crappies. Bruce Kreft, Department conservation and communications division chie

Ep. 91 – Move Your Cows Sitting Behind a Computer

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Kevin Sedivec and Miranda Meehan, North Dakota State University researchers and professors in the School of Natural Resource

Ep. 90 – Not What I thought That Was Gonna Be

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Joe Lucas, Department game warden supervisor, about the top hunting and fishing violations in 2025, the process to becoming a

Ep. 89 – There’s a Lot of Pus Involved

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Logan Weyand, Department wildlife veterinarian, about his career path, experiences and initial thoughts, priorities and stori

Ep. 88 – Not Good For Anybody

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with one of our wardens, whose voice is disguised to remain anonymous, about a particularly complex poaching case involving social

Ep. 87 – Twelve Days of Game and Fishmas

In this episode of NDO Podcast Casey and Cayla sing their way through the highlights of 2025 in an off-tune rendition of the “Twelve Days of Game and Fishmas.” Hosted by

Ep. 86 – Party Mobile

In this episode of NDO Podcast we visit with Kent Luttschwager, Department wildlife resource management section leader, about the diverse work a district biologist does,