I quit blaming Mother Nature years ago for nasty weather and started pointing the finger at Old Man Winter. Not that it mattered but it seemed fair, even though we have no control over the weather. For man and beast on the prairie, a winter that starts late and ends early with a few drifts ...

The phone call was from a Florida number and I had no idea where the conversation would lead. Low and behold, it turned to ice fishing. Growing up and living in North Dakota my entire life I’ve never thought twice about an electrical plug hanging from the front grill on a pickup, ...

In the spring of 2000, the new North Dakota Game and Fish Department fishing proclamation carried a provision that eliminated the requirement for licensing winter ice fishing shelters. And yet, after more than 20 years I still get a fair number of phone calls, emails and personal visits ...

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 ...