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Both developments came amid worsening extreme drought in North Dakota. The Roosevelt Creek Fire encompassed about 900 acres, or about 1 ½ square miles, in Billings County, with zero containment by late afternoon, according to Misty Hayes, district ranger for the Medora Ranger District of the Little Missouri National Grassland. The fire started on Wednesday about 6 miles north of Wannagan Campground, north of the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It was burning in rugged Badlands terrain. The cause wasn't known. "No ranches threatened right now; some oil wells in the ...

Facing severe drought, North Dakotans turn to higher sources Follow Us Question of the Day     By TRAVIS SVIHOVEC and BLAKE NICHOLSON - Associated Press - Monday, April 26, 2021 BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Leaders of a Bismarck church last Sunday morning took the first steps in organizing a communitywide prayer effort aimed at ending the state’s drought, which continues to worsen. The timing of that message may have helped their cause. “It was very powerful — as we first told folks here at McCabe that, it wa...

April 18 2021 Development of the North Unit project passed another milestone 75 years ago with new generator at the Cove hydroelectric plant 100 YEARS AGO April 14, 1921 Excitement reigned supreme in and near Madras Monday morning about nine o'clock when the residents learned that the storage dam owned by D.M. Clark, located about two miles south of Madras on Willow Creek had been washed out and that the water was coming down on the town. Once or twice before heavy leaks and the overflowing of the dam have frightened the people especially those residing near the creek, and when it was le...

by Kaycee Monnens for Tri-State Livestock News As a routine management matter, the Teddy Roosevelt National Park plans to remove a few horses from its herd. The American Wild Horse Campaign, whose aim is to “keep wild horses and burros wild,” recently released a statement which claimed that the Teddy Roosevelt National Park has begun a removal of the herd. To be clear: “There are no plans to remove the herd from the park. Currently, the park manages to prevent growth of the herd, with annual removal objectives matching reproductive input. This remains the park’s goal.” Yearly manage...

A system sweeping in from the north is bringing cooler weather and also moisture to the parched Northern Plains, aiding crews that have been battling wildfires in western North Dakota including a large one in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The 8-square-mile Horse Pasture Fire in the park's North Unit was 95% contained Monday, with the other 5% encompassing rugged Badlands terrain, according to National Park Service Fire Information Officer Mike Johnson. Officials have lifted numerous restrictions and planned to reopen the park's scenic drive Tuesday. But the precipitation isn't likely to h...