Early winter in North Dakota is unlike anything else – a time of transition, not just in the weather, but in mindset. The landscape quiets. The urgency of fall – hunting seasons, harvest, migration – fades and the brown turns white. Christmas[...]
Good grassland management, good water, added border establishment, good livestock water and good livestock quality cattle. Green Needlegrass are a few of the good conservation grasses for this area. Native species of abundant wildlife is getting more essential for our increased outdoor[...]
If you spend time in the countryside northeast of Minot, you may want to keep your eyes a little wider open. Reports of gray wolf sightings are increasing around the J. Clark Salyer Wildlife Refuge, and state officials say at least a[...]
Wildlife experts in Manitoba are trying to make sense of an unusually high number of Canada goose deaths across several communities this fall. While avian influenza is a known threat, researchers say the scale of mortality is surprising given that many birds[...]
Fryer took one leap right out of his rubbers. Across the bottoms he tore with the cat so close behind him he could feel its breath on the back of his neck. Back of [...]Read More... from On This Day | Jumped[...]
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Churchill’s Polar Bear Marathon earned its name this year, giving organizers and runners an up-close look at the animals that define the region. With Hudson Bay still unfrozen, more bears than usual lingered near town — and conservation officers warned it was[...]
Wolves are known for their instincts, not for using tools—but new footage from coastal British Columbia challenges that assumption. Researchers documenting an invasive crab eradication effort discovered a female wolf methodically retrieving a submerged trap: swimming to the buoy, hauling the line[...]
Coyote numbers are climbing on the Turtle Mountain Reservation, and tribal wildlife officials say the impact on young deer and upland birds is becoming hard to ignore. Now the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians is turning to a month-long incentive hunt,[...]
Manitoba is giving hunters a new tool to stay ahead of Chronic Wasting Disease, and it’s built with clarity and real-time decision-making in mind. The province has launched an interactive CWD Dashboard, offering up-to-date maps, testing locations, and data filters to help[...]
He would favor introducing Chinese Pheasants and quail into this state and would provide game preserves. The warden went to Williston to study the deer situation, and will have some recommendations for the preservation [...]Read More... from On This Day | Early[...]
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Mrs. E. N. Metcalf shot a wolf Thursday with a 22 calibre rifle near the Skinner home down the river. She was fifty yards from the animal and bored a hole through its head. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Wolves[...]
Walter St. Croix, the Independent’s subscription man, saw a deer in the city limits of Minot Friday evening. The deer had come in from the valley somewhere and was running in the hills just [...]Read More... from On This Day | What[...]
For years, Saturn’s small, icy moon Enceladus has been one of science’s best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Now, new analysis of old data from NASA’s Cassini mission has made that hope a little brighter. Scientists have identified complex organic molecules—chemical[...]
For decades, the Waterfowl Brigade has been shaping young conservationists in Texas — and now North Dakota has its own chapter. This summer, the first battalion of the North Dakota Waterfowl Brigade brought teens together for a week of leadership training, ecology[...]
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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Joe Strong is the champion wolf hunter of Velva. So far this spring he has captured or killed 25 wolves and coyotes. Next spring he plans to go into the wolf hunting business on [...]Read More... from On This Day | Wolves[...]