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Brad Dokken

A native of Roseau, Minnesota, Brad Dokken graduated from Bemidji State University with a degree in Mass Communications in 1984. He joined the Herald company in November 1985 as a copy editor for Agweek magazine and has been the Grand Forks Herald's outdoors editor since 1988. Besides his role as an outdoors writer, Dokken has an extensive background in northwest Minnesota and Canadian border issues and provides occasional coverage on those topics. Reach him at bdokken@gfherald.com, by phone at (701) 780-1148 or on Twitter at @gfhoutdoor.

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Northland Outdoors
Pig shot in northeast North Dakota turns out to be domestic escapee and not feral
As these things usually do, the incident created considerable buzz on social media, and a Facebook post had been shared nearly 600 times as of Friday afternoon.
April 14, 2023 02:10 PM
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By  Brad Dokken
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Northland Outdoors
Hunter, landowner charged for incident recorded in viral duck hunting video
Jeffrey Erman, Bismarck, was charged with trading in special influence, disorderly conduct-obscenity and interfering with rights of hunters and trappers, court records show. Dustin Wolf of West Fargo was charged with criminal trespass
November 03, 2022 10:00 AM
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By  Brad Dokken
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Business
Rancher, former legislator Ryan Taylor joins Ducks Unlimited policy team
BISMARCK — Ryan Taylor, a fourth-generation rancher, published author, former policy maker and advocate for rural people and rural places, has joined Ducks Unlimited as public policy director for the prairie states of North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
May 22, 2019 12:37 PM
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By  Forum News Service
Pheasant numbers in North Dakota look to be similar to last year, when hunters shot less than 310,000 roosters, the lowest total since 2000. Habitat loss and declining acreage in the federal Conservation Reserve Program have reduced pheasant numbers and hunter success since the CRP peak in the mid-2000s. Courtesy photo/ North Dakota Game and Fish Department
Sports
Tougher pheasant hunting the new normal in North Dakota
GRAND FORKS -- During last year's North Dakota pheasant opener, Scott Lindgren of Grand Forks and his hunting partners headed west to hunt an area that produced easy, three-bird limits not that many years ago.
October 07, 2018 06:15 AM
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By  Brad Dokken
The Karner blue butterfly is listed as an Endangered species in Minnesota and wherever else it is found. (Photo/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Image Library)
News
Species at risk: Whether obscure or high-profile, decline in any native species is cause for concern, experts say
The Poweshiek skipperling is a bland-colored butterfly that likely didn't create much of a stir when it was listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species in 2014.
September 09, 2018 05:17 AM
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By  Brad Dokken
A male ruffed grouse stands alert on his drumming log in May 2017 in Beltrami Island State Forest. Drumming counts were down 29 percent from last year but slightly higher than 2016. Minnesota's ruffed grouse and sharptail seasons open Saturday, Sept. 16. (Photo/ Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald)
Sports
Minnesota ruffed grouse outlook tough to predict
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. -- After last year, Ted Dick could be excused for being gun shy about making predictions on ruffed grouse hunting this fall in Minnesota.
September 09, 2018 05:01 AM
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By  Brad Dokken
Hunters likely will have to work harder to put sharp-tailed grouse in the bag this fall as bird numbers continue to feel the effects of widespread drought conditions in 2017. North Dakota's grouse and Hungarian partridge season opens Saturday, Sept. 8. (Photo/ Craig Bihrle, North Dakota Game and Fish Department)
Sports
N.D. grouse, partridge numbers continue to lag
Sharp-tailed grouse and Hungarian partridge numbers in North Dakota continue to feel the effects of last year's drought, a state Game and Fish Department biologist says.
September 02, 2018 05:00 AM
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By  Brad Dokken
A fire that broke out Sunday evening northwest of Greenbush, Minn., had burned about 4,000 acres of grass and brushland habitat as of Monday morning. Fire departments from Lancaster, Hallock, Lake Bronson and Greenbush, along with teams from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, have been working to control the fire. (Photo/ Shawn Olsen, Minnesota DNR)
News
4,000-acre northern Minnesota wildfire is 90 percent contained
GREENBUSH, Minn.-A fire that broke out Sunday night in western Roseau County in far northern Minnesota was 90 percent contained as of Tuesday morning, officials say.Known as the "County Road 7 Fire," the wildfire burned about 4,000 acres of mostl...
April 30, 2018 11:28 PM
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By  Brad Dokken
A fire that broke out Sunday evening northwest of Greenbush, Minn., had burned about 4,000 acres of grass and brushland habitat as of Monday morning. Fire departments from Lancaster, Hallock, Lake Bronson and Greenbush, along with teams from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, have been working to control the fire. (Photo/ Shawn Olsen, Minnesota DNR)
News
Fire in far northern Minnesota burns about 5,800 acres; 30 counties in burn ban
GREENBUSH, Minn. -- Firefighters are working to control a large grass fire that started Sunday night about 15 miles northwest of Greenbush in western Roseau County.Known as the "County Road 7 Fire," the fire had burned about 5,800 acres of grass ...
April 30, 2018 08:45 PM
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By  Brad Dokken
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Sports
Wolves remain incidental species in North Dakota
North Dakota doesn't have a resident gray wolf population, but the eastern half of the state falls within the boundaries of what's known as the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment, which includes gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin an...
April 18, 2018 08:12 AM
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By  Brad Dokken
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