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COMPASS POINTS: NEWS FROM THE GREAT OUTDOORS WITH HERALD OUTDOOR WRITER BRAD DOKKENConservation groups praise Senate farm bill
Conservation groups are praising the Farm Bill the U.S. Senate passed Monday for its strong conservation title. The Senate passed the version 66-27. The groups were especially pleased with the bills...
6/11/13 at 9:51 AM House bill would ‘re-couple’ conservation compliance and crop insurance 6/6/13 at 11:18 AM
New CRP sign-up makes news at National Pheasant Fest 2/18/13 at 11:48 AM
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYONDoptions for educators
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is announcing its summer schedule of conservation workshops for educators. National Archery in the Schools June 4-5, Nishu Bow Range in Bismarck. Workshop pa...
5/29/13 at 8:36 AM a tip of the hate to some GREAT volunteers 2/20/13 at 12:07 PM
North Dakota movie premiere, Aldo Leopold & A Land Ethic For Our Time 8/17/11 at 3:21 PM
HOME IMPROVEMENT WITH ANDY LINDUSTop Home Trends for 2013
Outdoor living areas and screened in porches Some homeowners have taken outdoor living and relaxing to new heights these days. A trend that has started to emerge with more force in the last five ye...
5/24/13 at 8:35 AM
THE BRIDGEHUNTER'S CHRONICLESMystery Bridge 22: A truss bridge made of wood
Here's a quiz for you: How many of you had either a set of Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, or something similar to that, when you were a child growing up? And if so, what kinds of things did you build wi...
4/23/13 at 4:19 PM
RURAL REFLECTIONSRural Reflections Radio
Here is this week's Rural Reflections Radio program,http://grantnelson00.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/projectraingarden.mp3...
2/28/13 at 7:20 AM Project Rain Garden 2/16/13 at 8:12 AM
Pasture Projects 4/29/10 at 5:38 AM
RENEW NDWow, what a night! Thousands enjoy Parade of Lights
Wonderful crowd at the Xcel Energy Parade of Lights Tuesday night. It's such a blast to see so many happy faces as our downtowns celebrate the coming seasons. These picture below are all from Christo...
11/21/12 at 7:26 AM Record on taxes is clear 4/8/12 at 7:50 AM
Fargo to kick tires on bike sharing system B-Cycle 7/24/11 at 10:01 AM
STAFF BLOGCAPITOL CHATTERDepartment says program saves money, cuts emissions
Energy conservation programs work, the Minnesota Commerce Department reports. The department says state-mandated conservation resulted in gas and electric utilities implementing measures that will sa...
6/30/12 at 9:21 AM Dayton, feds agree to work together on farm conservation plan 1/17/12 at 4:24 PM
Conservationsists watching lawmakers 4/9/09 at 9:50 AM
THE N.D. CAPITOL AND BEYONDNorth 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...
9/2/10 at 4:22 PM
FAR SIDE OF 50Planting Trees in the Spring of 10
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. -- Nelson Henderson Who enjoys planting trees? Well old people because they want to leave something useful beh...
5/20/10 at 4:25 AM
NORTHLAND OUTDOORSWetlands Enhancement Measure Passes Senate
Ducks Unlimited: bill will improve wetlands restoration projects across North America WASHINGTON – March 10, 2010 – The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed a bill to enhance the North Amer...
4/14/10 at 3:34 AM ND Spring Snow Geese 3/25/10 at 9:09 AM
WILDWINGSInitiative launched, follow the $
UPI had a story (which is probably a regurgitation of a press release) yesterday which described a new initiative spearheaded by the American Bird Conservancy along with a few South American part...
2/18/10 at 7:39 AM The trouble with lists 1/18/10 at 10:17 AM
smart money for sage grouse 6/29/09 at 8:38 AM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING!Windmill Controversy
We've gotten a few interesting responses to a letter about the windfarms going up all over southwest Minnesota today. The letter-writer points out that the windmills are noisy and have bright red ligh...
2/17/09 at 6:53 AM
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