North Dakota Wildlife Species of Conservation Priority

This list represents North Dakota's 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan. The 2025 North Dakota State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) is a strategy to conserve fish, wildlife, and their habitats with a focus on preventing species from becoming endangered. The 2025 SWAP is a revision of the 2015 SWAP and serves as a 10 year blueprint to guide conservation efforts and funding decisions under the State Wildlife Grant (SWG) program. However, the SWAP is widely used by a diverse array of conservation partners, policy makers, industry professionals, consultants, teachers, and scientists. The SWAP represents a unified effort involving various stakeholders aimed at creating and implementing conservation strategies to ensure the long-term protection and sustainability of the state’s fish and wildlife species. This list includes both Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) and Species of Greatest Information Need (SGIN) and was retrieved in 2026 for use in the IRMA Matchlist State Species of Concern list.