North Dakota
Outdoors Notebook: North Dakota state parks offer First Day Hikes, 12-month challenge
BISMARCK – Three North Dakota state parks – Cross Ranch, Fort Stevenson and Fort Abraham Lincoln – will be part of different state parks from Maine to California in internet hosting First Day Hikes on Sunday, Jan. 1, New Yr’s Day.
In Minnesota, First Day Hikes might be provided at 11 state parks, together with Lake Bemidji State Park.
Particulars can be found on the DNR web site
at mndnr.gov/state_parks/firstdayhike.html.
Relying upon snow circumstances, occasion alternatives could embrace climbing, snowshoeing, cross-country snowboarding, fats tire biking or kick sledding.
Full occasion particulars on the three North Dakota First Day Hikes may be discovered on state park Fb pages or on-line at
parkrec.nd.gov/occasions
.
In associated information, the North Dakota Parks and Recreation Division’s “12 Months-12 Hikes Problem” additionally kicks off Jan. 1. Members are challenged to hike one North Dakota state park path every month, and people who full 12 hikes by the top of 2023 will earn a commemorative 12 Months-12 Hikes patch.
This 12 months’s problem consists of extra bonus trails, because the Parks and Recreation Division has partnered with park districts in Grand Forks, Fargo, Bismarck, Dickinson, Minot and Williston to every host a bonus path.
“We’re all the time keen to offer alternatives for year-round outside recreation,” Cody Schulz, North Dakota Parks and Recreation director, mentioned in a press release. “The climbing challenges present an effective way for all ages to get lively whereas connecting them to the unimaginable trails inside our parks, and together with trails from our metropolis companions this 12 months is an excellent addition.”
The problem options a simple check-in course of, and registration is open to all ages. Data/registration:
parkrec.nd.gov/challenges
.
– Herald workers report
Hunters can discover CWD check outcomes on-line
ST. PAUL – Deer hunters in Minnesota can verify the
Division of Pure Assets web site
– mndnr.gov/cwdcheck/index.html – for power losing illness check outcomes on the deer they’ve harvested. The positioning additionally reveals statewide CWD check outcomes, together with places of deer that examined optimistic, and statistics.
Any extra deer shot throughout Minnesota deer seasons that check optimistic for CWD might be reported on the CWD outcomes web page. The DNR additionally will immediately notify any hunter who shoots a deer that exams optimistic. The DNR counts on hunters’ participation in offering samples to assist with illness surveillance and appreciates all those that submitted samples.
– Herald workers report
NDGF units free ice fishing weekend
BISMARCK – North Dakota’s free ice fishing weekend is Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, the Sport and Fish Division mentioned. Resident anglers could fish these two days and not using a license. All different winter fishing rules apply.
The weekend gives an awesome alternative to strive ice fishing for the primary time or
take somebody new.
Share your story for an opportunity to win a fish home.
Data on rules,
the place to fish and what gear is required to ice fish is accessible on the
North Dakota Sport and Fish Division’s
web site at gf.nd.gov.
– Herald workers report
New watercraft registrations required
BISMARCK – North Dakota watercraft house owners ought to word that 2023 is the primary 12 months of a brand new three-year registration interval, the Sport and Fish Division mentioned in a reminder.
Watercraft registrations should be renewed on-line
by visiting My Account on the
North Dakota Sport and Fish Division’s
web site, gf.nd.gov. A bank card is required.
The value to register motorboats in North Dakota beneath 16 toes in size, and all canoes, is $18; the price for motorboats from 16 toes to lower than 20 toes in size is $36; and the value for motorboats not less than 20 toes in size is $45. Charges are prorated.
The 2023-25 watercraft registration cycle begins Jan. 1 and runs by means of Dec. 31, 2025.
As well as, a state legislation created in 2019 requires an aquatic nuisance species price of $15 for every motorized watercraft registered in North Dakota to run concurrent with the three-year watercraft registration interval.
For motorized watercraft operated on state waters and never licensed in North Dakota, the legislation establishes an ANS price of $15 to be paid for every calendar 12 months, and requires operators to show an ANS sticker on their watercraft.
New watercraft house owners can connect the required documentation, such because the invoice of sale or proof of taxes paid, with the net buy, or ship within the required documentation through customary mail. A ten-day short-term allow might be issued to permit for processing and supply of registration and decals. For well timed processing, Sport and Fish encourages watercraft house owners to submit attachments on-line.
– Herald workers report
North Dakota
Plain Talk: North Dakota coal industry distances from carbon pipeline project; lawyers fire back at Miller
MINOT — “I’m sympathetic to what they’re doing while recognizing there’s a better way to do it.”
Those are the words of Jason Bohrer, president of the North Dakota Lignite Energy Council, an advocacy and lobbying group that represents the state’s coal industry. He was speaking on this episode of Plain Talk about the Midwest Carbon Express pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. That project has no ties to the coal industry. Rather, it seeks to bring carbon emissions gathered from ethanol plans across the upper midwest to North Dakota where it would be buried underground.
Bohrer joined the program to discuss the controversy around the North Dakota Republican Party’s resolution branding carbon capture as “fascism.” The resolution appeared to pass at the party’s state convention earlier this month, but after a recount,
it turns out it failed.
But Bohrer says Lignite’s larger concern is that public backlash against Summit’s project may turn into generalized opposition against the concept of carbon capture.
“An individual project differs from a technological opportunity,” he said.
“We’re going to take a long-term view,” he added.
Also on this episode, two board members from the North Dakota Association for Justice joined to discuss consternation in North Dakota’s legal circles over Lt. Gov. Tammy Miller’s gubernatorial campaign saying some ugly things about lawyers.
“Politicians and trial lawyers often struggle with the truth,” is a quote Miller spokesman Dawson Schefter gave me for
an article about their campaign ad
attacking their opponent in the Republican primary. “Kelly Armstrong is both, so it’s no surprise he lies about his opponent and his opponent’s ads.”
The NDAJ fired back,
calling those comments “ill-informed and ignorant.”
Then Schefter came back again. “It’s no surprise lawyers and politicians are sticking up for each other,” he told me in response to the NDAJ’s statement. “While Kelly Armstrong was raking in cash defending drug dealers, a man who beat his wife unconscious, and a man who attempted to suffocate his daughter — Tammy Miller was growing a company and creating thousands of jobs. Job creator or trial lawyer is an easy choice.”
“Frankly, we were offended,” attorney Tatum O’Brien said.
“She probably has a failing campaign,” attorney Tim O’Keefe added by way of explaining why Miller’s campaign would launch the attack.
Both O’Brien and O’Keefe are board members of the NDAJ and say attorneys do important work defending the rights of citizens in court, from Fourth Amendment protections against illegal search and seizure to the Seventh Amendment right to seek a jury trial in matters of civil law.
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The Coolest Thing Ever | North Dakota Game and Fish
Last turkey season we were in the thick of the newborn stage. I was lucky to get out a few times, but it was a lot more abbreviated than I’m accustomed to. After another long, albeit mild, winter riddled with daycare illnesses, I found myself dreaming of turkey season. I was manifesting calm, sunny weekends and a stretch of household health to get us through.
Come opening weekend, Grandma and Papa arrived and the weather part was just as planned, if anything, maybe too warm. We dusted off the Kelty and pitched it in a familiar piece of grasslands. However, my cozy night under the stars was quickly interrupted with a nightlong bout of vomiting in the buffaloberry bushes. I’m still not sure if it was due to our Mexican food date night in Dickinson or yet another stomach bug but seemed par for the course these days. I almost opted to stay back that morning, but I had waited too long for this.
Our tags were left unfilled, and a bitter taste lingered for days on a weekend I had envisioned going so much differently.
Fast-forward to the following weekend and we planned on taking turns. Scott headed west after bedtime Friday, and by the time Fisch was enjoying his usual scrambled eggs Saturday morning, we received a text that Dada had sealed the deal and would be heading home soon. As readers know by now, turkey nuggets for dinner.
Sunday was my turn and I opted to hunt my leftover unit alongside Jackie, Department marketing specialist and turkey hunting novice.
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North Dakota state agency awarded just over $5 million to address housing
BISMARCK, ND — A North Dakota state agency has been awarded just over $5 million to address housing challenges in the state.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB) Member Impact Fund awarded a multi-million-dollar grant to the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA), according to a release from the North Dakota Industrial Commission.
“The availability of affordable housing continues to be a long-standing challenge,” said Dave Flohr, NDHFA executive director. “Through addressing the housing needs of our most vulnerable residents, we strengthen and stabilize North Dakota communities.”
Included in this $5.1 million grant, the NDHFA will receive a $1.28 million funding match from Bank of North Dakota (BND) capital.
These funds will be spent to bolster existing NDHFA programs to obtain housing for workers who earn low to moderate wages, aging North Dakotans, people with disabilities and those at-risk of homelessness.
“Affordable housing is a key component of economic development,” the release said. “It plays a critical role in attracting workforce talent and is one of the highest priorities of people moving to our state.”
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