BIRDING, HUNTING & FISHING
BIRDING
HUNTING & FISHING
North Dakota's most sought-after avian species can be spotted in the Minot area.
Look for Ferruginous Hawk, Gray Partridge, Sharp-tailed Grouse, Yellow Rail, Piping
Plover, Sprague's Pipit, Baird's Sparrow, Le Conte's Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed
Sparrow, and the Chestnut-collared Longspur. Good bird watching areas include
the Riverwalk path along the Souris River in Minot and the Square Lake Sewage
Lagoon, as well as these five nearby wildlife refuges:
Take a shot and throw out a line within an easy drive of Minot, where you can find
public and private land in fields, forests and wetlands.
Audobon National
701-442-5474
Des Lacs National
701-385-4046
J. Clark Salyer National
701-768-2548
Lostwood National
701-848-2722
ADDITIONAL BIRDING RESOURCES:
Souris Valley Birding Club, Minot
701-852-1981
North Dakota Birding Hotline
701-355-8554
North Dakota Birding Society
ndbirdingsociety.com
Upper Souris National
701-468-5467
Minot Convention & Visitors Bureau • 800-264-2626 • 701-857-8206
Minot and the surrounding area has a reputation among outdoor adventurers that
is legendary, from world-class walleye and perch fishing to unbeatable upland game,
waterfowl and big-game hunting. We are right along one of North America's primary
corridors for waterfowl migration, making this one of the nation's best places to hunt
Canadian Geese and Snow Geese. Minot is also located near plenty of stocked fisheries,
including Lake Sakakawea, one of America's largest man-made reservoirs and walleye
angling hot spots.
In Minot, two fishing piers are located at Roosevelt Park and one each at Riverside
Park, the Water Treatment Plant and near the new Jack Hoeven Baseball Complex.
For more information on fisheries and public hunting lands, as well as licensing and
regulations, visit North Dakota Game & Fish at gf.nd.gov.
