Kudos to Doug Leier for putting together a very comprehensive update of what’s going on in the Legislature regarding the outdoors.  I especially appreciate his coverage of House Bill 1045, which could prevent further separation of hunting rights from the surface estate.  It seems that severance of rights is going to be a big issue [...]

With all the new snow (and it’s lots) and being up at the Capitol, I’ve been wondering how the Capitol arboretum looks.  I’ve only ever walked the trail in the summer or fall–never when there’s snow out–but I bet it’s beautiful in winter, too. I did find a site where I could read more about [...]

According to this Bismarck Tribune column by reporter Brian Gehring, some North Dakota spots were ranked fairly high for hunting and fishing in a 2000 issue of Outdoor Life. Although I enjoy spending time outdoors, I’m not a hunter and not really a fisher; I can’t say firsthand whether the stories are true. What I [...]

An AP article by Dale Wetzel brings to light some of the issues surrounding North Dakota’s ban of the sale of hunting rights separate from the land itself.  According to the article, Some legislators believe that hunting rights should never be sold without the property because it makes it difficult to determine who has rights to the [...]

The blog Wild Horses of TRNP is a fantastic blog detailing the bands of wild horses that roam Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota.  Besides some breathtaking pictures, Marylu Weber and her husband Henry have some hands-on experience with these horses.  They’ve helped track them for the past several years.  Last spring, Marylu [...]

There were two tornadoes in the Bismarck-Mandan area just six days ago.  Now tornadovideos.net has announced that more tornadoes may be possible in western North Dakota today.  Since I have a new window well, I will be eagerly awaiting any storms that get as far as Mandan.  I’m going to sit in my basement and [...]

John Hanson of Logging Camp Ranch near Amidon/Bowman, North Dakota was featured in a New York Times article on eco-tourism yesterday.  I’m thrilled. Besides running Logging Camp Ranch, Hanson owns and operates Ponderosa Pine Log Company.  This business grew out of a devastating fire on his property; Hanson, a true North Dakota entrepreneur, turned it into something [...]

I don’t know if this is true or not, but it was too interesting to pass up.  Take a look at this Squidoo site and let me know what you think.  Is it a shark?  Or something else?

An article published in the Bismarck Tribune today announces the birth of a THIRD white buffalo in the National Buffalo Museum herd at Jamestown, North Dakota.  The first, a female albino named White Cloud, was born in 1996 in Michigan and moved to the herd in Jamestown.  In 2007, White Cloud gave birth to another white buffalo, a [...]

Take a look at this beautiful photo from White Butte, North Dakota, posted by FreeCounterPoint.  I’ve driven by White Butte several times.  You’d never know it from this open picture, but just a little bit away is a wonderful forest of tall ponderosa pines.  It’s not well known even in the state, but it’s worth [...]