ENVIRONMENT
Radioactive waste on the N.D. monitor
WILLISTON, N.D. Landfill employees here discovered at least two hot loads this week, illustrating why a group of North Dakota citizens is worried about the proper disposal of radioactive waste that ...
Posted on 5/18/13 at 12:03 AM
What Will You Do to Fight Silver Carp?
We were discussing potential questions to ask people running for the state legislature at a meeting today, and I thought it would be a good idea to ask them what they would do about silver carp. Here...
Posted on 9/17/12 at 3:58 PM
What It's Really Like to be a Mom
Before I had kids I remember hearing the phrase, Youll never really understand what its like to be a mom until you are one. I have to admit to thinking that geez, I have a pretty good imagination an...
Posted on 5/9/12 at 10:38 AM
Does the Landscape Inspire You? Be Part of the Arts Center's Opening Exhibit
Does the landscape inspire you? In particular, the Coteau? The Prairie? How does it make you feel? How does the North Dakota landscape, environment, history, etc. affect your work? What impresses you...
Posted on 4/16/12 at 2:02 PM
Ain’t Easy Going Green
As I mentioned in Mondays post, my huz preached an awesome sermon on Sunday (check out the blog that followed). In the midst of the sermon, he made a statement about how difficult it is to preach a ...
Posted on 2/4/12 at 6:30 AM
Freezing weather wipes out German flea circus
An entire troupe of performing fleas has fallen victim to the freezing temperatures currently gripping Germany.By Associated Press , March 31, 2013
Interior Dept. cuts mineral payments to 35 states
The U.S. Department of Interior is cutting federal mineral payments to 35 states by about $110 million this fiscal year as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month.By Associated Press , March 27, 2013
Minot, Ward County receiving $40M in CDBG funds
North Dakota's governor and congressional delegation say the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded the city of Minot and Ward County more than $40 million in disaster relief funding.By Associated Press , March 27, 2013
Pheasants Forever holds banquet
Pheasant preservation and restoration causes were promoted at the James Valley Pheasants Forever Chapter annual banquet.March 26, 2013
Spring snow closes US schools, cancels flights
Five days into spring, warm weather and budding flowers are just a rumor as the East Coast endures another blast of winter.By Associated Press , March 25, 2013
North Dakota ranchers brave cold calving season
North Dakota ranchers are braving cold weather to care for their cattle during calving season.By Bismarck Tribune , March 24, 2013
Endangered giraffe born at Conn. conservation site
A rare, nearly 6-foot-tall giraffe listed as an endangered subspecies has been born in a Connecticut conservation center.By Associated Press , March 24, 2013
SD's special sand could be used in ND's oil fields
Officials say western South Dakota could play a key role in energy development in North Dakota and elsewhere because of special sand used to help extract oil and gas.By The Rapid City Journal , March 24, 2013
Senate endorses Keystone XL pipeline constructio
The Senate has endorsed construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that is to carry oil from Canada to Texas oil refineries.By Associated Press , March 22, 2013
Enbridge seeks to pipe more Canada oil to northwestern Wis.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Enbridge Inc. is seeking State Department approval for a sharp increase in its oil shipments from Canada’s tar sands region to its facilities in Superior in northwestern Wisconsin, a project that underscores the burgeoning growth in Canadian and North Dakota oil production.March 18, 2013
Monarch butterflies drop ominously in Mexico
The number of monarch butterflies making it to their winter refuge in Mexico dropped 59 percent this year, falling to the lowest level since comparable record-keeping began 20 years ago, scientists reported Wednesday.March 14, 2013
Mo. golfer survives fall into Ill. course sinkhole
Mark Mihal was having a good opening day on the links when he noticed an unusual depression on the fairway of the 14th hole at Annbriar Golf Club in southern Illinois. Remarking to his friends how awkward it would be to have to hit out of it, he went over for a closer look.March 12, 2013
Research looking at oil drilling effects on wildlife
FARGO — Mule deer in the Little Missouri Badlands recently were equipped with radio collars to enable biologists to track their movements and mortality.By Patrick Springer, Forum News Service , March 11, 2013
Tsunami-hit towns still barren as rebuilding lags
March 07, 2013
Study: Fish in drug-tainted water suffer reaction
BOSTON (AP) — What happens to fish that swim in waters tainted by traces of drugs that people take? When it's an anti-anxiety drug, they become hyper, anti-social and aggressive, a study found. They even get the munchies.By Jeff Donn, Associated Press , February 14, 2013
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