PARKS
North Dakota Junior Hockey Update (Feb. 23)
It has been a big week for North Dakota's three junior hockey teams: the Fargo Force of the Tier I United States Hockey League and the Bismarck Bobcats and Minot Minotauros of the Tier II North Americ...
Posted on 2/23/13 at 4:00 PM
Nic's Five Faves in the Forks
The Greater Grand Forks Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) wants to assist visitors in every way we can, so we are starting a new addition to our blog. We are asking members of our team as well as...
Posted on 9/26/12 at 1:38 PM
Two players punished for minors
Two UND players have been punished for receiving minors in possession/consumption of alcohol. Dan Senkbeil, who was cited for a minor and for failure to halt on Aug. 31, was suspended from all team a...
Posted on 9/11/12 at 3:08 PM
Confusion over AIS/ANS regs
Laws to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species or aquatic nuisance species, as theyre called in North Dakota have generated angler confusion pretty much everywhere theyre introduced, but an ...
Posted on 3/30/12 at 10:21 AM
Shutdown notebook: Parks first place Minnesotans feel shutdown
The most noticeable impact of Minnesotas government shutdown was predictable: state park users on a holiday weekend. Were 400 miles away from home, said one father at the entrance to Gooseberry Fal...
Posted on 7/2/11 at 9:29 AM
Minnesota park requires fossil hunt liability waiver
Partly for safety reasons, permits are required to hunt for fossils at a St. Paul park where a rockslide killed a fourth-grader on a field trip, left one missing and injured two others.By Associated Press , May 23, 2013
Big park projects in the works for Grand Forks 
By Ryan Bakken , May 07, 2013
Minnesota's Voyageurs park trails close for season 
Here's a sign of hope for Minnesotans tired of winter. All trails in Voyageurs National Park in far northern Minnesota have closed for the season because of warm weather.
By Associated Press , April 23, 2013
Painted Canyon Overlook could open by Memorial Day 
By Bryan Horwath , April 05, 2013
Mike Peterson, Grand Forks, letter: Where choice stops and coercion begins 
Grand Forks Park Board Commissioner Molly Soeby, like most progressives these days, wants to tell you what you can and cannot do with your body. Such as chewing tobacco.
By Mike Peterson , April 04, 2013
Grand Forks parks may ban chewing tobacco 
By Ryan Bakken , April 02, 2013
Minnesota urban, rural parks organizations fight for funding
A legislative fight over parks and trails money is brewing between rural and urban lawmakers. The St. Cloud Times reports that officials from metro organizations are unhappy with how the state divides $80 million in parks and trails funding.By Associated Press , April 01, 2013
Report: Theodore Roosevelt park visitors spent more than $28 million 
A federal report shows that visitors to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in 2011 spent more than $28 million in communities surrounding the park.
By Associated Press , February 28, 2013
Park payments puzzle Grand Forks council 
By Brandi Jewett , January 28, 2013
Grand Forks officials reworking policy on parks 
By Brandi Jewett , January 28, 2013
Grand Forks Veterans plan new memorial park 
By Ryan Bakken , November 11, 2012
National park looks to limited elk production in N.D. 
The National Park Service says it will need a limited elk reduction in Theodore Roosevelt National Park based on numbers from September's elk collaring study.
By Associated Press , October 25, 2012
ND state parks on pace to set camping record 
The Parks and Recreation Department says that through August, the 13 state parks recorded 60,469 camper nights, 2,638 more than at the same time in 2010. That year saw a record 62,769 camper nights.
By Associated Press , September 07, 2012
Grand Forks Park Board to raise taxes 1 mill 
By Ryan Bakken , September 05, 2012
Jerry Combs, Grand Forks, letter: GF shouldn’t drop developers’ set-aside requirement for parkland 
I was disturbed by the recent report of the Grand Forks City Council considering removal of the requirement that residential developers set aside open space for use as parks.
By Jerry Combs , September 04, 2012
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