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BEST FRIENDS ND Happy Easter!
As a reminder, the Best Friends office will be closed on Friday, March 29th and Monday, April 1st. We apologize for anyinconvenience. If you have baked goods for our Spring Bake Sale, please ...
Posted on 3/28/13 at 10:18 AM
ROSE'S PIN-TESTS Making it Myself Monday 6: Knit Baby Blanket
Okay, I'll admit this might be "cheating" a bit... today is a "Making" it Myself Monday. Meaning, I haven't finished this project yet... but I can't wait to share the idea! Ever since I learned to k...
Posted on 2/25/13 at 10:45 AM
THE NEW FORTY The ashes...
Today is the two year anniversary of the Galleria Fire. It is a date that isburned in my memory and my family's history. My two sons, Noah and Cory,and their roommate, Alex,lost everything they owned,...
Posted on 10/11/12 at 12:02 AM
STAFF BLOG COMPASS POINTS WITH BRAD DOKKEN Cass County Wildlife Club supports Badlands wilderness proposal
The Cass County Wildlife Club has unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the Prairie Legacy Wilderness proposal that would protect about 40,000 acres in the Little Missouri National Grassland from ...
Posted on 9/27/12 at 5:14 PM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA II mama mondays: worshiping with the ducks
On Sunday, the three youngest kiddos and I set off on a short road trip to Wahpeton, N.D. There, we had the privilege of taking in our first pilgrimage to Our Lady of Prairies at the Carmelite monaste...
Posted on 8/13/12 at 12:03 AM
Crisis on the prairies
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Conservation groups, wildlife officials converge in Bismarck to explore options for stemming the loss of wetland, grassland habitat
By Brad Dokken , June 16, 2013
Prairies at a glance
A few tidbits about the Prairie Pothole Region and its grassland and wetland ecosystems
By Herald Staff Report , June 16, 2013
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OUR OPINION: Protecting local prairie enriches us all 
The new public-private partnership to conserve Grand Forks County’s dwindling prairie is hugely welcome.
By Tom Dennis , June 07, 2013
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Wildlife experts warn of stress on N.D. prairie lands
The director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there's a "crisis on the prairie" as demand for energy and other goods put pressure on the land.
By Associated Press , June 04, 2013
Partnership aims to enhance Grand Forks County prairie
Conserving grasslands and wetlands on the saline prairie of Grand Forks County is the focus of a new partnership between the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Grand Forks County Soil Conservation District and several other agencies and nongovernmental organizations.
By Brad Dokken , June 01, 2013
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Glacial Ridge Project completes largest prairie restoration in U.S. history
Glacial Ridge Project in northwest Minnesota marks new chapter with completion of largest prairie restoration in U.S. history
By Brad Dokken , December 23, 2012
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- Ron Nargang
- Dan Sverdarsky
- Prairie smoke blooms
- Map of the Glacial Ridge Project
- Dave Bennett
- Sunflowers in bloom at Glacial Ridge
- Tall blazing star in bloom at Glacial Ridge
- Cone flower in bloom at Glacial Ridge
- Long headed cone flower in bloom at Glacial Ridge
- Elderhostel group on a day outing at Glacial Ridge
- Bird at Glacial Ridge
- Peggy Ladner
- Glacial Ridge Timeline
PRAIRIE GARDENER: Autumn the most glorious time on the North Shore
Autumn on Minnesota’s North Shore is the most glorious time of year. For a brief period it looks like Jack Frost has gone completely mad with his paint brushes.
By Darrel Koehler , October 14, 2012
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Henry Borysewicz, Larimore, N.D., letter: Can’t measure prairie’s value in dollars
The hand of man is abundantly visible in the Red River Valley, from beautiful farms to not-so-beautiful gravel pits and landfills. Glacial Ridge is an attempt to reintroduce the hand of God to our sight — a vision of this place before we arrived.
By Henry Borysewicz , July 27, 2012
Steve Ross, Crookston, letter: Farming made better use of Glacial Ridge land
If the land was still in private hands, it would be providing a great deal more revenue for Polk County and local township governments through property taxes.
By Steve Ross , July 14, 2012
Prairies and grasslands: Where is the wildlife?
They’re not paving the hunter’s paradise of prairie land in South Dakota, but they are tilling it upIn the nearly half-century he’s lived in South Dakota, John Cooper has seen countless beautiful prairie sunsets. But none perhaps prettier than one on a recent late afternoon that arched wild hues of orange, red, yellow and crimson across a darkening sky.
By Dennis Anderson , January 07, 2012
Lillian Crook, Bismarck, letter: Protect N.D.’s authentic American landscape
We need to permanently protect those valued remnants of our prairie landscape that are left; for if we don’t claim them while we can, soon they will be gone.
By Lillian Crook , October 25, 2011
Dave Lambeth, Grand Forks, column: Rare prairie can’t afford power-line incursion
How long can we as a society continue to lose or degrade native prairie and still have any of our prairie heritage left?
Minnkota should choose a route that does not cross native prairie.
By Dave Lambeth , July 20, 2011
Mike Hennes, Grand Forks, column: Power line, native prairie can co-exist
As Minnkota’s project manager for the Center to Grand Forks line, I would like to explain a few of the important considerations that resulted in planning the 250-mile-long project with a segment through the alkali flats area.
By Mike Hennes , July 17, 2011
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OUR OPINION: Route power line around Grand Forks County prairie
The prairie west of Grand Forks may be protected one day. It should be off limits to construction in the meantime.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , July 10, 2011
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Wildlife preservationists at odds with Minnkota over transmission line route
Wildlife preservationists say a high-voltage transmission line proposed by Minnkota Power Cooperative could see an uprooting of several grassland species, including the western meadowlark says. A Minnkota official says the cooperative chose the line only after working with fish and wildlife departments to try to avoid disturbing any species.
By Erik Burgess , June 20, 2011
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