DUCKS
Results in from 2012 WCSIA variety trials
BISMARCK, N.D. This years winter wheat variety trials show that early summer heat may have done more good than harm for this years crop in North Dakota and South Dakota. According to Ducks Un...
Posted on 10/16/12 at 4:42 PM
You can't duck the facts.
Today was Family Day at NDSU. Families of NDSU students were welcomed to campus to participate in a number of activities with their NDSU student. The Department of Emergency Management had a couple of...
Posted on 10/13/12 at 11:19 PM
Agassiz refuge sets annual duck banding night Sept. 8
The annual public duck banding night at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in northwest Minnesota is set for 5 p.m. Sept. 8. In case of rain or ground conditions that are too wet, the alternate date is ...
Posted on 8/28/12 at 3:48 PM
Smaby re-signs with Ducks
The Anaheim Ducks have re-signed former UND captain Matt Smaby to a one-year, two-way contract worth $650,000 if he's playing in the NHL and $105,000 if he's in the AHL. Smaby signed with the Ducks l...
Posted on 7/2/12 at 2:15 PM
Slime, Blood, Fur, Feathers
My alarm woke me up earlier than I was used to, but on this day I needed to wake up with the fishes to check out the local fish market. Live eels, snakes, frogs, fowl, and much more, the wet market--a...
Posted on 3/24/12 at 9:04 AM
Large duck numbers expected as waterfowl season opens Saturday in North Dakota 
Hunters can expect abundant ducks when North Dakota's early waterfowl season opens Saturday, but they might have to do more scouting to find them, wildlife officials say.
By Associated Press , September 23, 2011
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Continental duck numbers at record high etc. 
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 03, 2011
WATERFOWL RESEARCH: More bang for the duck 
A graduate student at Southern Illinois University, Ryan Haffele, 24, is overseeing a research project at Lake Alice and other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lands in the Devils Lake area looking at duck nesting success and whether certain types of upland cover are more conducive to producing birds.
By Brad Dokken , June 25, 2011
N.D. ducks exceed long-term averages in annual spring survey 
North Dakota waterfowl numbers are down slightly from last year, but the index of breeding ducks remains far above the average tallied since the Game and Fish Department initiated the annual spring survey in 1948.
By Brad Dokken , June 19, 2011
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS: Pheasants, ducks a mixed bag in 2010 
North Dakota’s pheasant and High Plains duck seasons close Sunday, so it’s a good time for a review before we start talking about prospects for 2011.
By Doug Leier , December 31, 2010
Lakes plan aims to put more ducks in Minnesota skies 
The plan released Monday by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources would seek to do that by focusing on the health of 1,800 shallow lakes across the state.
By Associated Press , October 19, 2010
Shallow lakes plan aims to put more ducks in Minnesota skies 
Wildlife mangers have come up with a plan for putting more ducks in Minnesota skies.
By Associated Press , October 19, 2010
N.D. waterfowl regulations similar to last year 
Hunters in North Dakota can take six ducks per day with the following restrictions: five mallards of which two may be hens, three wood ducks, two scaup, two redheads, two pintails — an increase of one from last year — and one canvasback. For ducks, the possession limit is twice the daily limit.
By Herald Staff Report , August 29, 2010
N.D. fall duck flight expected to increase sharply 
The state Game and Fish Department says the estimate is based on a May breeding duck survey and a mid-July brood survey.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2010
A good season for birds — and the Vikings 
With the Minnesota Vikings going into training camp, regardless of who plays quarterback for the Purple this fall, most experts agree it should be a good season. The same goes for North Dakota’s primary gamebird species this fall.
By Doug Leier , July 30, 2010
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Continental duck estimate, N.D. deer licenses remain etc. 
By Compiled by Brad Dokken , July 04, 2010
More ducks breeding in North Dakota 
North Dakota wildlife officials say there are more ducks breeding in the state -- more than 4.5 million birds, up 12 percent from last year.
June 26, 2010
Uncertain fate awaits northern waterfowl migrating toward Gulf 
Oil continues to flow from BP’s deepwater well off the coast of Louisiana, and tropical storms and perhaps hurricanes this summer and/or early fall would push the crude not only into barrier saltwater and brackish marshes, but also farther inland, into freshwater marshes and ponds. This would kill not only ducks and other birds, but despoil crucial habitats, perhaps for generations.
By Dennis Anderson , June 13, 2010
OUTDOORS NOTEBOOK: Pond and breeding duck survey, N.D. hiking trails etc. 
By Herald Staff Report , June 06, 2010
MANAGING NATURE: Research for a cause 
Sometimes — much of the time, actually — the work is fodder for student research that eventually will become a master’s or doctoral thesis. Other times, it’s just an effort to learn more about why fish and wildlife respond to the natural world the way they do.
By Brad Dokken , February 06, 2010
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