...and water buffalo, pandas, sharks.... The Madison City Commission takes up further animal regulations Monday night. Ordinance 1510 includes new prohibitions on the possession or wild or dangerous animals within city limits. We call on two expert biologists to review…
Posts tagged as “wildlife”
Our friends at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service just released their 2011 report on Trends in Duck Breeding Populations. If you like ducks, it's good news. Of the regions marked out in the FWS report, the Eastern Dakotas has…
Lake Herman froze over on November 22; 132 days later, northerly gales swept back over half of the rotten ice. Here's the view this morning from my favorite western shore: We're a little behind last year, when the lake was…
While Dakota War College is busy flogging the tired Michele Bachmann meme of light-bulb oppression and regurgitating central party agitprop, it misses a chance to beat greenies over the head with their own greeniness. Xcel Energy just announced that it…
If you don't like how the state budget turns out, you may at least be able to take your frustrations out on prairie dogs. Some of the same folks who brought you SB 55, the "Chase Wile E. on Your…
Senator Maher and Representative Verchio bring us Senate Bill 55, which combines two great pastimes: snowmobiling and shooting coyotes! Even as our fair state faces a huge deficit and punishing cuts to K-12 education, there remains a pressing need to…
If you think the 48,000 acres proposed for the Tony Dean Cheyenne River National Grassland Wilderness is a big deal, check this out: Mr. Kurtz reads about an ambitious conservation project proposed by our friends at the U.S. Fish and…