A federally funded wildlife research center in North Dakota has been targeted for layoffs, putting its survival in question. The Interior Department plans to cut 28 of the 40 positions at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown, a court document[...]
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Roots matter for award-winning regenerative ranch family
A North Dakota ranching family known for turning tough ground into thriving grassland has earned one of the nation’s top conservation honors. Brian and Vicki Maddock of Maddock have been named recipients of the 2025 Leopold Conservation Award, recognizing decades of work[...]
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In Pictures: Signs of Fall emerge across the tall grass prairie
The prairie may still look like summer, but life on the grasslands is already changing its rhythm. Flowers fade and new ones quietly bloom, birds trade places in the sky, and animals tuck away food or, like the wood frog, prepare to[...]
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Students ‘think like a prairie’ with hands-on art experience
A group of high school students in Grafton recently traded textbooks for prairie grass, turning soil, seeds, and stems into paints, paper, and clay plates. The project, called Thinking Like a Prairie, blends art with ecology, helping students see the land not[...]
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Bison eradication stripped western grasslands of nutrients, Yellowstone research shows
Yellowstone’s bison don’t just symbolize the wild—they actively shape it. A new study in Science shows that their seasonal migrations enrich the park’s grasslands, boosting protein in forage by more than double through the simple cycle of grazing, fertilizing, and moving on.[...]
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Watch: Cattle Grazing on Wildlife Management Areas Improves Prairie
On a stretch of native prairie in Morton County, cattle and wildlife share the land — and both seem to benefit. The 640-acre wildlife management area, one of North Dakota’s oldest, has seen healthier grasslands since grazing returned a decade ago. Rancher[...]
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Projects demonstrate carbon capture ranchers can get behind
Ranchers in North Dakota are rethinking what it means to raise cattle—and not just for the dinner table. By adopting managed grazing practices, some are turning their pastures into carbon sinks, capturing emissions and exploring new income through carbon credits. But the[...]
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The Benefits Of Grasslands
You don’t have to be a biologist or range scientist to see how the land use of grasslands of North Dakota has changed. Ashlyn Herron, a University of North Dakota master’s in biology student, is using technology to determine if high-quality grassland[...]
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Young Love in the Juneberries
A homesick North Dakota soldier writing from California in 1898 had one burning question for his mother back in Jamestown: were the juneberries ripe yet? He’d rather “fall into a patch of juneberries, chokecherries, or bullberries than have all the tame fruit[...]
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The role of farming in the exodus of rural America
In our race to “feed the world”, farmers and ranchers have been pressed into a system that manufactures food for a growing global population. Farmers have met these challenges head-on, producing an abundance of crops and meat; however, our production of abundance[...]
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Remembering where we come from
Here you are, watching baby robins prepare for flight outside your window, tending your garden, walking by a creek—living what feels like a deeply rooted life. Yet you’re part of something much larger: the great human story of movement and belonging. In[...]
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On This Day | Scourge of the Prairie
When asking oldtimers for some outstanding event of the early days, almost without exception, a prairie fire is mentioned ... But large or small, they were feared by the settlers. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Scourge of the Prairie
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Watch: How are the Ducks Doing in 2025? They’re Declining
North Dakota’s annual spring duck survey offers a sobering snapshot of the state’s changing wetlands. With May pond counts at their 52nd lowest in 78 years, waterfowl populations continue to fall. This year’s estimated breeding duck population sits at 2.66 million—down 9%[...]
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How America’s prairie was nearly destroyed — and why it should be restored
The American prairie was so vast, so alien, it shattered comprehension. Newcomers to the seemingly endless grasslands that once spanned approximately a quarter of North America often hit a psychic wall, descending into fits of mania. Prairie madness, as the phenomenon came[...]
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North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library will redefine what a presidential library can be
Theodore Roosevelt came to North Dakota to grieve—and left with a renewed sense of purpose. Now, that same landscape will offer the rest of us a chance to reconnect. Opening next July in Medora, the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library isn’t just a[...]
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