“ I may shoot fifty doves a season. Guests sometimes shoot two hundred more. That sounds like a lot until you learn that more mourning doves are shot each year in the United States than all other migratory game birds combined.”

George Reiger, Heron Hill Chronicle( 1994).

“ I see these big Montana sheep when it’ s 35 below and the wind is blowing 30-40 miles per hour, and they’ re laying on top of a butte chewing their cud. I mean, they’ re impervious to weather. They’ re just such a tough animal.”

Brett Wiedmann, ND Game and Fish Dept. big game management biologist, referring to the resilience of bighorn sheep in the state’ s Badlands.

“ We’ re running this study longer than the other fisheries because one year the fishing might be really good and exploitation might be a little higher, and vice versa is it’ s a slower year for walleye fishing.”

Todd Caspers, ND Game and Fish fisheries biologist, commenting on this first year of a 3-year walleye tagging study on Devils Lake to determine the extent of walleye mortality by anglers.

“ The more we dissect those core areas with roads, utility transmission lines, conversions to cropland, oil and gas development, it kind of creates the perfect storm.”

ND Wildlife Federation Exec. Director John Bradley, on the dissipation of sage grouse in southwest North Dakota.

“ Firefly populations are dwindling, with some species facing faster population declines than others.”

According to information from National Geographic. As usual, the

threats are habitat loss, pesticides and drought.

“ There are no risks of concern to human health when glyphosate is used in accordance with its current label.”

A statement from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, despite the fact that Roundup paid more than $ 50 billion in 2020 to settle cancer lawsuits from 95,000 cases.

“ It was loud when it hit. The power went off and I could see a wall cloud moving in. I said‘ We need to get to the basement’ and it was like an explosion... boom, something hit the house.”

Jeff Lennie, Morton Co. resident( west of Mandan), who’ s property suffered heavy damage in a June 20 tornado. A week

South Washingtion, Bismarck On-Your-Way to the Missouri River

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