North Dakota
Outdoors Notebook: Mule Deer Foundation names new regional director for North Dakota, Minnesota
SALT LAKE CITY – The Mule Deer Basis has employed Sara Wagner as the brand new regional director for Minnesota and North Dakota, the conservation group stated Wednesday, Sept. 13.
Wagner is one in all three regional administrators the MDF employed to help chapter growth and volunteer engagement. Additionally employed had been Josh Westley because the regional director for Washington and western Oregon and Seth Reed, who will cowl Idaho and jap Oregon.
The three new employees members began working for the group in August and early September. The MDF is headquartered in Salt Lake Metropolis.
“Our chapters and native volunteers are completely vital to our group, and the Mule Deer Basis is happy so as to add to our excellent subject employees to hold our mission ahead,” Joel Pedersen, Mule Deer Basis president and CEO, stated in a press release. “Oregon, Washington, Idaho and North Dakota present vital habitat for mule deer and black-tailed deer, and actively partaking with our native chapters and volunteers to fundraise and get initiatives carried out on the bottom is crucial.”
Born and raised in southern Illinois, Wagner moved to northwestern North Dakota in 2015, the place she found her ardour for searching and conservation. Earlier than coming to MDF, she co-created a girls’s searching platform to share experiences and encourage different girls to seek out journey and confidence within the outside, internet hosting a number of girls’s outside occasions. Wagner’s volunteer expertise with numerous conservation teams helped get the MDF chapter up and operating in Tioga, N.D. Her earlier work expertise as a neighborhood liaison for a neighborhood nonprofit company has her properly versed in fundraising occasions and making neighborhood connections, MDF stated in a information launch.
Wagner says she is happy to share her abilities and fervour to help the MDF mission.
“We now have an outstanding group of regional administrators who carry vital expertise and enthusiasm to the work that MDF does,” stated Marshall Johnson, MDF’s director of subject operations. “We’re excited to see Sara, Josh and Seth hit the bottom operating of their states.”
– Herald employees report
NDGF allocates 5 bighorn sheep licenses
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Sport and Fish Division has allotted 5 bighorn sheep licenses for the 2022 searching season, the identical as final yr, the division stated Wednesday in a information launch.
One license was issued in unit B1, one in B3, one in B4 and one in B5. As well as, one license, as licensed beneath North Dakota Century Code, was auctioned in Could by the Midwest Chapter of the Wild Sheep Basis, from which all proceeds are used to reinforce bighorn sheep administration in North Dakota.
Based on the Basis’s web site,
the North Dakota tag offered for $165,000.
A file 19,423 candidates utilized for bighorn sheep. Profitable candidates have been notified.
Potential hunters had been required to use for a bighorn license earlier this yr on the bighorn sheep, moose and elk utility.
– Herald employees report
N.D. sandhill crane season opens
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s sandhill crane season opens Saturday, Sept. 17, and runs via Sunday, Nov. 13.
Limits are three each day and 9 in possession in Unit 1 (west of U.S. Freeway 281), and two each day and 6 in possession in Unit 2 (east of U.S. Freeway 281). Capturing hours are a half-hour earlier than dawn to 2 p.m. every day.
Hunters ought to use warning and determine birds to forestall capturing at endangered whooping cranes as they start their fall migration.
Along with different licenses required, resident hunters want a $10 crane allow, whereas nonresidents want a $30 allow. Hunters can purchase a license on-line on the North Dakota Sport and Fish Division web site, gf.nd.gov.
Harvest Data Program certification is required. To get HIP licensed, entry the Sport and Fish web site at gf.nd.gov.
– Herald employees report
DNR seeks enter on particular fishing rules
ST. PAUL – Minnesotans can weigh in on proposed particular fishing rules that, if adopted, would develop into efficient subsequent yr. The Minnesota Division of Pure Sources is contemplating experimental and particular fishing rules for the 2023 fishing season that handle walleye in Massive Sandy Lake (Aitkin County) and Island and Spherical lakes (Itasca County); panfish in Dyers Lake (Cook dinner County) and Sand Lake (Lake County); brown trout within the Vermillion River (Dakota County); lake trout in Caribou Lake (Itasca County); and northern pike in West Battle, Otter Tail and Turtle River chain of lakes (Fergus Falls and Bemidji space lakes in Otter Tail and Beltrami counties).
Anybody can present enter about these proposals by way of an
on-line survey
at
mndnr.gov/FishRegs
that’s accessible via Monday, Oct. 17. For added particulars or to remark straight by e mail, postal mail or telephone, contact the suitable
space fisheries workplace
. A list of space workplaces is out there at
mndnr.gov/Areas/Fisheries
. Normal enter can also be submitted to Jon Hansen at jon.hansen@state.mn.us or (651) 259-5239, or by postal mail to Fishing Laws, c/o Jon Hansen, Field 20, Minnesota DNR, 500 Lafayette Highway, St. Paul, MN 55155.
The DNR additionally will host in-person open homes on numerous dates via Oct. 5 in every county the place the proposed adjustments would apply and one within the Twin Cities metro space to cowl all proposals. Data on the assembly date is out there on the
DNR web site
at
mndnr.gov/Laws/Fishing/Fishing-Laws-Conferences.html
. Discover of the brand new regulation proposals are also posted at public accesses.
– Herald employees report
Badlands group to carry annual assembly
BISMARCK – The Badlands Conservation Alliance (BCA) will maintain its annual assembly and potluck from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at Church of the Cross assembly house, 1004 E. Highland Acres Highway, Bismarck.
BCA is a North Dakota group devoted to the restoration and preservation of the North Dakota Badlands and rolling prairie ecosystem of western North Dakota’s public lands. The group’s mission assertion says, “We offer an unbiased voice for conservation-minded North Dakotans and others who’re appreciative of this distinctive Nice Plains panorama.”
Lately, the group was profitable in partnering with the U.S. Forest Service, by submitting an amicus transient in U.S. District Court docket to cease a authorized effort in search of to permit the state of North Dakota to entry delicate roadless areas of the Badlands for oil growth. The state’s lawsuit was dismissed final spring within the eighth Circuit Court docket of Appeals, and the standing of some 40,000 acres of U.S. Nationwide Grasslands stays labeled as “Appropriate for Wilderness.”
BCA was based in 1999 by Lillian Criminal and Jan Swenson of Bismarck, Criminal stays on the board of administrators right this moment, and Swenson retired in 2019 after serving 20 years because the group’s government director. Connie Triplett, a Grand Forks legal professional and former state senator, serves because the BCA president.
The group’s enterprise assembly might be adopted by a conventional potluck supper and leisure by Minot’s Rick Watson, an affiliate North Dakota Poet Laureate. A local of Mott, N.D., Watson is a retired professor of communications at Minot State College and a well known singer of songs and teller of tales of western North Dakota. His poetry has appeared on the pages of “Wild Badlands,” and he was just lately a featured visitor on “The Nice American Folks Present.”
The general public is invited to attend the Oct. 8 occasion, and friends might be inspired to develop into members of the group.
Extra details about BCA and its annual assembly may be discovered at
badlandsconservationalliance.org
.
– Herald employees report
North Dakota
In RNC speech, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum says Trump will unleash American energy dominance
MILWAUKEE — Serving as North Dakota governor under former President Donald Trump was like having “a beautiful breeze at our back,” Doug Burgum said Wednesday, July 17, at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The GOP governor, who was considered a top contender to be Trump’s vice president, contrasted that to President Joe Biden, saying being governor during the Democrat’s administration was like “a gale force wind in our face.”
“Biden’s war on energy hurts every American because the cost of energy is in everything that we use or touch every day,” Burgum said.
The governor took to the stage Wednesday night at the Fiserv Forum during the third day of the RNC. The governor from the second top-producing oil state in the U.S. criticized Biden’s policies on energy, claiming they have raised the price of gas, food, clothes and rent.
“Biden’s green agenda feels like it was written by China, Russia and Iran,” Burgum said.
Burgum was passed up on Monday as Trump’s vice president pick for U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, though there is speculation the North Dakotan could be a part of Trump’s administration.
The governor has spent time campaigning for Trump and looks to continue that. Burgum praised Trump as a friend of energy and a champion of innovation over regulation.
“Unleashing American energy dominance is our path back to prosperity and peace through strength,” Burgum said. “Teddy Roosevelt encouraged America to speak softly and carry a big stick. Energy dominance will be the big stick that President Trump will carry.”
Burgum joked that the last time he was in Milwaukee, he had to stand on one leg behind a podium for the first Republican presidential debate for the 2024 election. The night before the August debate, which was also held in the Fiserv, Burgum tore his Achilles tendon during a pickup basketball game, sending him to the emergency room and putting him in a walking boot.
During the speech, he asked who would make America energy dominant, to which the crowd yelled twice, “Trump!”
On the third time, he asked the crowd to yell it loud enough to wake Biden up, an insult playing into reports that the Democrat is a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. president and is in cognitive decline. The crowd replied “Trump” loudly.
“When Trump unleashes American energy, we unleash American prosperity and we ensure our national security,” Burgum said
Burgum, who is from the small town of Arthur, North Dakota, also said rural America and small towns feed, fuel and defend the world.
“Rural America is Trump country,” Burgum said.
In a statement issued after the speech, North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party Chair Adam Goldwyn called Burgum “a billionaire cosplaying as a cowboy with an undirected Carhartt.”
“Burgum signed one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the country, and that is wreaking havoc on North Dakotan women,” Goldwyn said. “After supporting bills to promote equality in North Dakota, he threw LGBTQ folks under the bus when he signed laws that discriminate against them. Will Burgum finally return to North Dakota now, or will he continue to neglect his gubernatorial duties? Either way his time in the national spotlight is over and he is no longer a ‘top priority.’”
Trump secured the Republican nomination for president. He is expected to face Biden in the general election.
North Dakota
Plain Talk: 'I'm bringing people together'
MINOT — Sandi Sanford, chair of the North Dakota Republican Party, joined this episode of Plain Talk from the GOP’s national convention in Milwaukee, where, she said, “the security plan changed drastically” after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Republicans have been focused on unity at this event — two of Trump’s top rivals during the primaries, Gov. Ron DeSantis and former ambassador Nikki Haley, endorsed him in speeches at the convention — but Sanford acknowledged to my co-host Chad Oban and me that this may be a heavy lift.
“People know that what we’re dealing with in North Dakota with the different factions,” she said, initially calling the populist wing of the party the “far right” before correcting herself and describing them as “grassroots.”
The NDGOP delegation to the national convention
wasn’t necessarily behind Gov. Doug Burgum potentially being Trump’s running mate
(Burgum himself was passed over for a delegate slot by the NDGOP’s state convention), but Sanford said she felt the delegates were “really confident in Donald Trump and his pick.”
“It gets dicey,” she said of intraparty politics. “It can get cruel,” but Sanford said her job is to keep the factions united. “I’m bringing people together.”
Sanford also addressed a visit to the North Dakota delegation from Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union (the organization which puts on the Conservative Political Action Conference). In March, Schlapp paid
a nearly half-million settlement
to a man he allegedly made unwanted sexual advances toward. “My delegation wanted to hear from CPAC,” she said, adding that Schlapp was “on a speaking circle” addressing several state delegations.
Also on this episode, we discuss how the assassination attempt on Trump might impact the rest of this presidential election cycle and whether Democrats will replace incumbent President Joe Biden.
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North Dakota
Sale of Ponzi scheme cattle company could benefit burned investors
BY: JEFF BEACH
KILLDEER, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A North Dakota investor says the purchase of a financially-troubled meat company is progressing with a percentage of the profits being used to pay back investors in the alleged Ponzi scheme over several years.
Wylie Bice of Killdeer, who is among those who lost money by investing in Texas-based Agridime, told the North Dakota Monitor that a price has been agreed upon to buy the company.
“Our offer is reasonable,” Bice said.
But several steps remain before the deal can close.
The court-appointed official overseeing the company said in a July 8 update on Agridime.com that federal law requires three separate appraisals for each parcel of property being sold, “which is not a quick process.”
The update did not say a deal has been reached, but when it is, it would be submitted to the court for a 30-day review and objection period before it can close.
Bice said the final agreement would likely include a percentage of the profits of the company be used to pay back investors over a designated period of years.
“There’s always a chance they might get more than they had invested if things go really good,” Bice said.
Investors in several states, including a high-concentration in North Dakota, lost millions of dollars by investing in Agridime. Agridime bought cattle, had them brought up to market weight at feedlots and processed in retail cuts of meat. The company then direct-marketed the beef through its website.
It also sold investments in calves, promising as much as a 30% return on investment without having to do the work of ranching.
The Securities and Exchange Commission in December accused the company of operating as a Ponzi scheme by taking money from new investors to pay off previous investors instead of investing that money into cattle.
The North Dakota Securities Department said a Killdeer-based sales agent, Taylor Bang, earned $6 million in commissions from illegal cattle investment contracts through Agridime.
Bang told the North Dakota Monitor in December that the figure was “way high.”
While it is under investigation, a slimmed-down version of the company has continued to operate as American Grazed Beef.
Bice said that if the deal is approved, he and his partners would likely keep the American Grazed Beef name.
The investments in calves, however, would not be a part of the business plan.
“No, I don’t think they’ll fall for that twice,” Bice said.
Bice, Bang, and other North Dakota investors lost an estimated $40 million in the Agridime scheme.
Overall, investors in at least 15 states are out an estimated $191 million.
The July 8 update also says investors should be notified by the end of the month with a calculation of what they are owed.
Investors will have 30 days to review these calculations and notify the court-appointed receiver of any issues.
“There were approximately 40,325 transactions made by Agridime between 2021-2023, and it took a bit of work in the company’s bank records to determine what amounts were being paid to whom,” the update said.
It also said a motion will be filed with the court outlining the forensic accounting analysis of Agridime between 2021 and December 2023. The motion “will provide insight into the company’s operations during that time period and whether the company was paying returns on older investor contracts with money received from new investors.”
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