Retiring ND Game & Fish Director To Live In Cattails. One of the good ones is ducking out of public service at the end of July. North Dakota's Director of the Game and Fish Department, Terry Steinwand is hanging up his government issued waders and wading into the world of retirement. I was surprised to read that Terry had only been head of the Department for just 15 years. It seems like he's always been there. Maybe, it's because he was appointed to the position by then Governor John Hoeven, and frankly that also seems like a long time ago. But that was just 15 years as the top hunting dog, all in all, Terry spent nearly 40 years with Game and Fish and I believe there would be resounding agreement that the department is better off because of his tenure.