Area residents will have four opportunities to participate in the National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas bird count this month. The counts will take place Dec. 16 at the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge, Dec. 17 at Garrison Dam, Dec. 23 in Minot and Dec. 30 at the Denbigh ...

There’s a new dynamic in the fight over a proposed carbon pipeline for North Dakota and other Midwestern states. Counties are exploring drafting local rules in case the project wins final approval. Summit Carbon Solutions wants to capture carbon dioxide from ethanol plants and run it via ...

The first weeks of pheasant hunting in North Dakota were about as good as it gets weatherwise. Farmers were putting crops in the bins and hunters were putting birds in the bag. Mix in some football and all the fields were buzzing. Sure, there were good reports and not so good. But a slow day of ...

To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life Winter has returned to North Dakota and many of the bird species we know and recognize have fled to warmer climes. The Western Meadowlarks head south, some as far ...

I was at the meat locker and struck up a conversation about deer coming in and reports from this fall’s fortunate who drew and filled deer tags in North Dakota. Just like a nasty cold front bucking in from the northwest, the conversation shifted to pheasants and how the 2022 spring snow and ...

As Thanksgiving fades into December many hunters have freezers stacked with mallards and grouse, Canada geese and venison. In college while sharing community freezers we used to have fun by labeling packages to keep others from “enjoying” our hard-earned game. If you lived in Milligan ...