North Dakota Game and Fish Department

Recent papers from North Dakota Game and Fish Department

1. Waterfowl habitat conservation in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region benefits more than ducks: evaluating overlaps and gaps across geographies and bird speciesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution · 2026
2. Catch me if you can: Temporal sampling changes inferences of Smallmouth Bass population structureNorth American Journal of Fisheries Management · 2026
3. Phenological Flexibility in Nesting Grassland Birds Over a Half Century Informs Timing of ManagementGlobal Change Biology · 2026
4. Understanding thermal conditions provides context for the influence of habitat characteristics on gamebird winter ecologyWildlife Biology · 2026
5. Connecting and coordinating conservation action across landscapes through regional planning processes and synthesesConservation Science and Practice · 2026
6. Abundance, trends, and challenges facing mountain goats throughout their North American distributionWildlife Society Bulletin · 2026
7. Unified framework to detect and assess behavioral shifts along the exploration-exploitation continuum: Case study of translocated bighorn sheepBiological Conservation · 2026
8. Comparative Long-Term, within-Cohort Growth of Wild and Hatchery-Reared and Released Paddlefish Polyodon spathulaTransactions of the Kansas Academy of Science · 2026
9. A roadmap for aquatic organism passage assessments of stream crossingsFisheries · 2026
10. Annual survival in a dynamic species: pronghorn survival patterns across their northern rangeWildlife Biology · 2026
11. Discerning the connection between license purchasing and trip-related behavior among recreational anglersHuman Dimensions of Wildlife · 2026
12. Walleye (Sander vitreus) movement dynamics in Lake Oahe, USA across two management jurisdictionsFisheries Research · 2026
13. Effects of alternative harvest regulations on Smallmouth Bass angler harvest in Missouri River reservoirsNorth American Journal of Fisheries Management · 2026
14. Using Eye Lens Stable Isotopes to Identify the Rearing Origin of Fall Age‐0 Walleye ( Sander vitreus )Fisheries Management and Ecology · 2026
15. Widespread exposure to neonicotinoid insecticide in bobcats (Lynx rufus), fishers (Pekania pennanti), and river otters (Lontra canadensis) in North Dakota, USAEcotoxicology · 2026
16. Wetland hydrologic dynamics and duck productivity are declining in the Prairie Pothole Region, and they are linkedEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators · 2025
17. Factors influencing eastern wild turkey population growth in northeastern South DakotaWildlife Society Bulletin · 2025
18. Current understanding of lymphoproliferative disease virus in wild turkeysWildlife Society Bulletin · 2025
19. Development of High‐Throughput Genomic Resources to Inform White‐Tailed Deer Population and Disease ManagementMolecular Ecology Resources · 2025
20. Paddlefish growth and behavior after downriver entrainment and subsequent upriver repatriation at Garrison Dam, Missouri River, North DakotaTransactions of the American Fisheries Society · 2025