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Eggners Ferry Bridge Reopened: But for how long?
There have been a lot of events that took place this past Memorial Day weekend that deal with historic bridges. One of course was the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in...
Posted on 5/28/12 at 9:59 AM
NDSU Offers Farmland Leasing Workshops
Strong commodity prices and high production costs have made it more difficult for operators and landowners to successfully determine appropriate farmland lease arrangements. Landowners, renters and o...
Posted on 2/1/12 at 3:58 PM
access
Hunters looking for suggestions on how to gain more access to private land are invited to attend a hunter-landowner relations workshop Monday, Dec. 13 in Bismarck. The workshop is free, and is sch...
Posted on 11/23/10 at 10:42 AM
North Dakota Parks and Recreation seeks grant applicants
From a news release: The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department is seeking applications for the federally-funded Land and Water Conservation Fund grant program and the state-funded Outdoor Recr...
Posted on 9/2/10 at 4:22 PM
Wildflowers: June 08, 2010
We were lucky enough the other day, to find a Bluebead Lily or Clintonia borealis in bloom, a native plant that blooms in June. I rooted around in my archives, last summer I had photographed th...
Posted on 6/8/10 at 6:04 AM
AG sues Audubon Society
BISMARCK — Part of an Audubon Society bird sanctuary in central North Dakota was illegally acquired and must be sold, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem asserts in a case that arose from a separate dispute over privately owned nature preserves.By By Dale Wetzel, The Associated Press , August 11, 2009
North Dakota ag land values rise
FARGO (AP) — Farm real estate value in North Dakota has risen 1.3 percent. The Agriculture Department said in a report released Wednesday that farm value, including land and buildings, averaged $780 per acre on Jan. 1, up from $770 the previous year.August 06, 2009
Officials look at grants to buy high-flood-risk lands
By Keith Norman , July 15, 2009
Hoeven rejects DU proposal to buy land
Gov. John Hoeven has rejected another proposed land purchase by Ducks Unlimited in North Dakota, for the third time in 2 1/2 years. The conservation group said Wednesday the law that spells out the approval process — North Dakota’s anti-corporate farming law — is unfair.By By Blake Nicholson, The Associated Press , June 11, 2009
Discuss future use of land
North Dakota’s minimum security prison, the Missouri River Correctional Center, appears destined to move adjacent to the expanded penitentiary in 2011 or beyond. Lawmakers recommended the next Legislature fund moving the MRCC.By The Bismarck Tribune , May 19, 2009
Group recommends against land deal
A group that advises the governor on land buys by nonprofits is recommending denial of a proposed purchase by Ducks Unlimited in McLean County. The Natural Areas Acquisition Advisory Committee met by phone on Thursday.May 15, 2009
Claire, Land to perform in recital
Violinist Eva Claire and pianist Michael Land, native of Bismarck and grandson of Edie Prentice of Jamestown, will be presenting a recital at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Jamestown College in Denault Auditorium located in the Reiland Fine Arts Center.May 14, 2009
Meeting set on DU land purchase
A group that advises the governor on land purchases by nonprofits is to meet in Washburn on Tuesday, in conjunction with a McLean County Commission meeting.May 04, 2009
Hoeven agrees with DL land decision
Gov. John Hoeven said the Devils Lake City Commission’s decision to buy land in the area of the Tolna Coulee is proper planning. Hoeven said that with the lake continuing to rise, control of that land could be part of a contingency for moving water out.April 24, 2009
County OKs purchase of Newman’s land
The Stutsman County Commission approved the Jamestown/Stuts-man Development Corp.’s purchase of land owned by Harold Newman during its regular mid-month meeting Tuesday. The Jamestown Finance and Legal Committee also approved the sale. Both the City Council and the County Commission are required to approve JSDC fund allocations.By Keith Norman , April 22, 2009
Officials debating land buy
Devils Lake officials are considering whether to spend nearly $200,000 to buy 193 acres of land in the area of the Tolna Coulee.April 21, 2009
What is a fair rental rate?
Every year both farmers and non-farming landowners call the Extension Office to inquire about current rental rates for farmland. These rates are dependent on several factors. First, soil type determines the potential productivity of the land. Land that is hilly and has limited top soil due to erosion has lower potential yield than deep, well-drained soils.March 11, 2009
Letter to the editor: The work was done on the Icehouse Dam issue
March 2 at the Jamestown City Council meeting, Mayor Clarice Liechty made the motion to accept ownership of the Feton Lumber Co. property around the Icehouse Dam upon completion and review of the legal documents necessary to accomplish same. Councilmen Ken Schulz, Pat Nygaard, Charlie Kourajian and Councilwoman Kelani Parisien voted no, Liechty voted yes. There was discussion, but the motion was not amended.By Mayor Clarice Liechty , March 07, 2009
Area rancher’s land auctioned for $10 million
By By James MacPherson, The Associated Press , March 04, 2009
Proposed N.D. oil trust fund reserved for education
Setting aside a smaller portion of North Dakota’s oil tax income for education should help address two main objections to a trust fund proposal that voters defeated last November, a state lawmaker says. “It’s important that we have some kind of a structure to let people know that we know how to manage this money in a way that respects its volatility but also respects the needs of the citizens,” said Sen. Connie Triplett, D-Grand Forks.March 03, 2009
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