Snow geese can be seen in the region. This photo courtesy of Rick Bohn shows snow geese somewhere near Carrington in 2016.

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – It’s one of those sure signs of spring when snow geese have arrived in the Dakotas.

Game & Fish Wildlife Biologist Doug Leier says geese have been moving into South Dakota recently.

Other spring opportunities through the North Dakota Game & Fish Department include food plot seed, which is available for the 2022 growing season to landowners interested in planting wildlife food plots for pheasants.

The department will provide enough seed to cover up to a maximum 5-acre planting at no cost to the landowner.

Landowners interested in receiving the food plot seed must sign up online by April 1. Seed will be available in April at Game and Fish offices in Bismarck, Jamestown, Devils Lake, Harvey, Dickinson, Williston and Riverdale.

Leier says they still have grant support for High School Trap Leagues and grants for Encouraging Tomorrow’s Hunters program with a Deadline of May 1st.

For more information, visit gf.nd.gov.

Listen to Doug Leier talk the Great Outdoors with JD in the Morning every Thursday at 7:35 AM on Big Dog 95.5 FM.