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North Dakota’s paddlefish snagging season opens May 1 and is scheduled to continue through the end of the month. However, depending on the overall harvest, an early in-season closure may occur with a 36-hour notice issued by the state Game and Fish Department. Snaggers need to be aware that Sundays are now included in snag-and-release-only days. Therefore, snag-and-release of all paddlefish is required on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Those planning to participate during snag-and-release-only days need to have in their possession a current sea...
Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center, in cooperation with the Trenton Fire Department, will hold an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31, beginning at 1 p.m. This special community event will offer children not only the chance to chase down those elusive Easter Eggs at the confluence, but also allow them to enjoy the educational opportunities provided by the Confluence Center’s exhibits. The eggs will be hidden in three locations, with the children divided into three age groups. The Trenton Fire Department has been hosting t...
The Jore Haus Of Musik will present their violin/fiddle students in concert at the Missouri-Yellowstone Confluence Interpretive Center Sunday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. CST. The concert is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. The Confluence Center is located 23 miles SW of Williston on Hwy. 1804. Come enjoy the view of the Confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers while being entertained by these talented students from the area towns. The site also offers two museum quality rooms of local history to enjoy. The Lincoln and...
The annual Christmas Bird Count at Fort Union Trading Post and the Missouri -Yellowstone Confluence Center will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, 9-11 a.m. The nationwide CBC helps biologists understand bird populations, patterns of movement, and responses to changing conditions. Bird counts are for beginning birders, experts, or anyone who enjoys nature. Children are welcome. Even if you can’t tell a woodpecker from a pheasant, you will enjoy finding birds. We will count birds in prairie, river bottom, and wooded habitats from our vehicle windows a...
The Fort Union and Confluence Bird Count is set for Saturday, Sept. 10 from 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m. It was said by the great western naturalist John James Audubon, “I never for a day gave up listening to the songs of our birds, or watching their peculiar habits, or delineating them in the best way I could.” Fort Union had many explorers who came to the fort and experienced the natural history as well as the cultural history. Audubon used paintbrush and oils to produce world-renowned images of wild birds. You can enjoy these colorful creatures in per...
By Jerome Kessler Dennis Dahl hopes to be a “flag bearer” in this year’s Fairview Old Timers Reunion and Summer Festival. He is usually one of the horseback flag bearers for this event. He relishes the chance to do so, and enjoys being able to carry on the flag bearer tradition that both his father and his grandfather did before him. But Dahl, who is a 68 year-old cowboy, was recently injured in a “horse and bull” accident – and doesn’t know if his doctor is going to let him ride in this year...
