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Share this article Photo credit: Dreamstime North Dakota bighorn sheep are thriving. Last month, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department (NDGFD) reported that biologists counted 322 bighorn sheep in western North Dakota – 97 rams, 170 ewes and 55 lambs – during its 2020 bighorn sheep survey. This is an 11% increase in this portion of the bighorn sheep population since 2019 and is 13% above the five-year average, News Dakota reports.  “The increase in the 2020 count reflects lessening effects of bacterial pneumonia that was detected in 2014,” said big game biologist Brett Wiedma...

Wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt National Park 45% contained April 6, 2021 GMT MEDORA, N.D. (AP) — Firefighters are making headway against a blaze in Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. The fire in the park’s North Unit tripled in size on Sunday, threatening park staff housing, maintenance buildings and the CCC Campground. North Dakota Forest Service Acting Outreach and Education Manager Beth Hill said Tuesday that the blaze is 45% contained. But she said the fire has consumed about 5,000 acres, or nearly eight square miles (20 square kilometers). The campground, other infras...

By Pat Sweeney Apr 6, 2021 2:25 PM Firefighters are making headway against a blaze in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The fire in the park’s North Unit tripled in size on Sunday, threatening park staff housing, maintenance buildings and the CCC Campground. North Dakota Forest Service Acting Outreach and Education Manager Beth Hill said Tuesday that the blaze is 45% contained. But she said the campground, other infrastructure and some private homes on the fire’s north end remain at risk and federal officials have closed more areas, including the CCC Campground, Summit Campground,...

Apr 5, 2021 Firefighters were reporting 85% containment and an estimated 2,276 acres burned as of Sunday morning in the grass fire near Medora that began on Thursday, according to the North Dakota Forest Service. Meanwhile, a wind shift caused the loss of a brush truck in a separate fire near Williston Saturday. The Forest Service reported another fire on USDA Forest Service national grasslands on Saturday that burned into the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This fire was estimated at 30% contained Sunday morning, burning roughly 1,000 acres. The North Unit visitor center was...

Wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt National Park triples in size April 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3A wildfire smolders near the Burning Hills Amphitheatre Thursday, April 1, 2021 near Medora, N.D. Officials say firefighters have stopped a wildfire from spreading in the western North Dakota tourist town of Medora, where its 100 residents were forced to evacuate. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)Tom Stromme/APShow MoreShow Less 2of3A wildfire smolders near the Burning Hills Amphitheatre Thursday, April 1, 2021 near Medora, N.D. Officials say firefighters have stopped a ...