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April 5, 2021
(Photo by Bob Drieslein)
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2020 bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs in March, revealed a record 322 bighorn sheep in western North Dakota, up 11% from 2019 and 13% above the five-year average. The count surpassed the previous record of 313 bighorns in 2008.
Altogether, biologists counted 97 rams, 170 ewes and 55 lambs. Not included are approximately 40 bighorn sheep in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park and bighorns recently introduced to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
Big game biologist Brett Wiedmann was pleased to see an increase in the survey for the third consecutive year.
“The increase in the 2020 count reflects lessening effects of bacterial pneumonia that was detected in 2014,” Wiedmann said.
Wildfires continue in western North Dakota
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Grassland Fire Near Medora Contained
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Wildfire in Medora nearly contained; fatigued crews enter day 4
Residents of Medora were forced to evacuate as 2,276 acres were claimed by a wildfire Thursday and Friday, as local, state and federal fire services worked around the clock to save North Dakota’s tourist gem. Written By: James Miller | ×
Easter Sunday saw Firefighters make progress on fire containment despite the difficult terrain and sustained red flag conditions, through four days of intense fighting. (Photo courtesy of Civil Air Patrol s Roughrider Composite Squadron)
MEDORA, N.D. Firefighters are reporting 85% containment on a wildfire that began on Thursday, April 1, and destroyed 2,276 acres surrounding Medora.
BLAKE NICHOLSON and AMY R. SISK
Bismarck Tribune
Firefighters on Easter continued battling wildfires in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota, amid tinder-dry conditions and record heat.
Medora, which was evacuated for a time on Friday, was no longer in danger. The state Forest Service reported Sunday that the fire started by a sagging power line on Friday was about 85% contained. It had burned 2,276 acres, which is about 3 ½ square miles.
Separately on Saturday, a fire shut down the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. That fire on Sunday was about 30% contained and had burned about 1,000 acres, or about 1 ½ square miles, according to Beth Hill, acting outreach and education manager for the North Dakota Forest Service.