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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 X (formerly Twitter) at @gfhoutdoor.

Knowing what to leave out of a story – as opposed to just opening the notebook and letting the words spill out – can be more difficult than knowing what to include.
Kittson Central herd unchanged from 2023; Caribou-Vita and Grygla herds down slightly.
This time around, the trio of snowmobiling seniors is heading for the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Long story short, I had to tell my cousin that his friend was correct: Sharptails and prairie chickens (or chickens) are two different species, as are ruffed grouse and partridges.
Conditions make for challenging access, says Rick Gergatz, administrator of the Lake Winnipeg Report Facebook page.
The updated plan includes goals, objectives and strategies for managing fish populations in Minnesota’s portion of the big lake, an area of more than 300,000 acres.
Pat Adrian of Roseau, Minnesota, and Ryan Haug of Fargo will ride fat bikes on the 135-mile course; Rachel Utecht of Fargo will be on foot.
DNR names the RRWD as recipient of Watershed District of the Year award.
I still catch myself referring to ruffed grouse as “partridges” from time to time, but calling a sharptail a “chicken” never caught on with me.
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