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A frequent question of both new and well established homeowners is “What is the best tree to plant?” I find this question hard to answer because there is no tree without problems. For example, one of the trees, green ash, is at the top of my list. Green ash is native, drought tolerant, and sustains itself through our harsh winters. These are good reasons for it being a native tree for this area. However, the ash plant bug and ash/lilac borer can be problems for green ash. Occasionally I fin...
Do you want to have beautiful skin, minimize wrinkles and look your best as long as possible? Our skin can undergo a lot of stress and taking good care of it is important to putting our “best self” forward as we age. “Nourish Your Skin” is a new lesson for teens through adults that will be offered at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the McKenzie County Courthouse meeting room, Watford City. This session is research-based and will be taught by McKenzie County Extension Agent Marcia Helland...
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks invites hunters, landowners, outfitters and others to get involved now to help set hunting seasons for 2012 and 2013. The public can comment online and at a series of statewide open houses set for Monday, Aug. 29 at most FWP regional offices. The 7-9 p.m. open house meetings will include a brief overview of the season setting process, and the public can stop by any time during the open house to visit with FWP biologists and game wardens. The meetings will be held at the the Valley County Courthouse, 501 Court...
Kris Keller of Wold Point, MT poses with this nice buck he shot with his bow in the river bottom near his home town....
More than half of 72,000 wildlife management area acres along the Missouri River that were once a haven for wildlife and a destination for hunters will likely be devoid of each this fall. North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists say nearly 40,000 acres - some of the most pristine public hunting lands in the state – have suffered from months of flooding. Jeb Williams, wildlife resource management supervisor, Bismarck, said 15,000 acres of the Oahe Wildlife Management Area have been inundated with water, essentially making it swampland t...
The bow and arrow qualifies as one of the oldest weapons used by mankind. Arrowheads have been discovered in nearly every country of the world, from Finland to Germany. The oldest arrowheads, found in Africa, date back to 25,000 years ago. Humans first made their arrowheads out of wood but quickly learned how to make fire hardened stone and flint arrowheads. They also added feathers to the shafts which increased accuracy. By 2800 B.C. Egyptians had developed the composite bow, made from wood,...
North Dakota hunters should expect to see fewer upland game birds this hunting season, according to Aaron Robinson, State Game and Fish Department upland game management biologist. The season for sharp-tailed grouse, ruffed grouse and Hungarian partridge opens Sept. 10. “Excessive water has affected reproduction in areas, but there will be some areas good for sharptails,” Robinson said. “But no doubt birds will be harder to find.” The spring sharptail breeding population was down 30 percent from last year, with numbers falling from west to east...
Hunters are reminded that hunting big game over bait is prohibited on all state-owned or managed wildlife management areas, all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service national wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas, U.S. Forest Service national grasslands, and all North Dakota state school, state park and state forest service lands. In addition, the governor’s proclamation relating to chronic wasting disease includes a provision that prohibits hunting big game over bait on both public and private land in deer unit 3F2. Hunting over bait is d...
Hunters waiting for their second and third deer lottery results shouldn’t have to wait much longer. State Game and Fish Department staff worked well into the night last week to hold the second lottery drawing and print those licenses, according to Kim Molesworth, North Dakota Game and Fish Department administrative services division chief. The third lottery for concurrent season antlerless deer licenses took place onTuesday, Aug. 30, with licenses likely mailed on Wednesday, Aug.31. “We apologize for the delay,” Molesworth stated. “We know th...
With some antelope archery hunting underway and other hunting seasons coming soon, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks urges hunters to prepare for Montana's fire season. "As early season hunters take to the field we are especially concerned about accidental fire starts caused when dry vegetation accumulates in a vehicle's skid plate or catalytic converter," said Ron Aasheim, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks spokesman. "Hunters, whether on the prairie or in the mountains, are responsible for knowing what the fire danger level is and for taking...
Tim Larson is shown presenting the Weatherby Vanguard Sporter rifle to Richard Dore who won the first prize at the Lone Tree Gun Show. Second place winner of a Leupold Rogue binocular was Mike Moran, and third prize winner of a 5-day cooler was Russ Huotari....
Now that wet spring has moved along and the summer heat is in full force people need to be aware of the dangers of potentially toxic blue-green algae. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) warns people that they should use common sense and avoid areas of ponds or lakes that have unsightly algae. Hot, dry weather is triggering outbreaks, or blooms, of blue-green algae. Blue-green, or cyanobacteria, reproduce rapidly in fresh water when the sunlight, temperature and algae nutrients are just right. Within a few days a clear lake,...
Aug.18-19 Produced by J Bar J Rodeo. Bareback riding: 1. (tie) Troy Vaira, on J Bar J Rodeo’s Freckled Doll, and Ben Wrzeskinski, on J Bar J Rodeo’s First Light, 80 points, $898 each. Tie-down roping: 2. (tie) Beau Franzen, Ryan Siemsen and Paul David Tierney, 8.9, $475 each. Barrel racing: 3. Victoria Netzer, 17.71, $535....
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that it has no intention to propose new regulations governing the transport of agricultural products. The agency also released guidance designed to make sure states clearly understand the common sense exemptions that allow farmers, their employees, and their families to accomplish their day-to-day work and transport their products to market. After hearing from concerned farmers earlier this year, FMCSA initiated this review to make sure s...
Local resident Josh Beagle’s 2005 Ford F350 was featured in the August 2011 issue of 8-Lug Magazine. Beagle is the grandson of John Beagle of Sidney. The article can be found online at http://www.8-lug.com/features/1108_8l_2005_ford_f350_something_different/index.html....
Liliana Johnson caught this 20 inch walleye on her Barbie pole August 21 at Lake Sakakawea....
