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Conservation Notes (CN) – Current Topics and Issues Affecting Conservation in ND

• CN36 Maintaining Our Hunting Tradition
• CN35 Habitat+Access=Economic Benefits
• CN34 North Dakota Game and Fish Budget
• CN33 No Hunting Trespass Legislation
• CN32 Living in the Past
• CN31 Shared Values
• CN30 The Trees on a Prairie
• CN29 Where Do You Get Information on Fish and Wildlife Issues?
• CN28 Fish and Wildlife Value to Mainstreet
• CN27 Protecting Public Lands
• CN26 Creative Access
• CN25 Outdoor Recreation Benefits Small Town Mainstreet
• CN 24 North Dakota Trust Lands
• CN23 Keeping All the Pieces
• CN22 Irreversible Land Use Eliminates Future Opportunities
• CN21 Fragmentation Diminishes Habitat Value
• CN20 Wildlife Heritage in Crisis
• CN19 Women in the Outdoors
• CN18 Extraordinary Places Policy Flawed
• CN17 Why Care About Pollinators
• CN16 Report All Poachers (RAP) Auction Held
• CN15 Environmental Degradation Around Oilfields
• CN14 North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Fund
• CN13 Coordination of State Agency Programs
• CN12 North Dakota Game and Fish Department
• CN11 Access to Resources
• CN10 A Habitat Plan
• CN9 Conservation
• CN8 Habitat, Habitat, Habitat
• CN7 Protect Our Public Lands
• CN6 Badlands Our Most Iconic Feature
• CN5 Clean Water Is Critical To Our Future
• CN4 State Needs To Play A Bigger Role In Conservation
• CN3 Landowners Support Conservation
• CN2 Outdoor Recreation Is Important To Our Economy
• CN1 North Dakotan’s Love Outdoor Recreation

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) releases “Plowprint Report:2018” – The purpose of the Plowprint analysis is to identify remaining intact habitat across the Great Plains. This is done by tracking cumulative loss of grassland to cropland over time. WWF is estimating cumulative loss of grasslands because the conversion of intact grasslands represents a significant ecological loss that cannot easily be recovered. WWF is dedicated to eliminating grassland loss in the Northern Great Plains by 2030 to ensure a vibrant future for the human and wildlife communities across the region.

Highlighting Annual Energy Tours in Western North Dakota – Story and Photos by Mike McEnroe and Al Sapa

• Spills, Spills, and More Spills_Dakota Country Article_September 2014
• Back to the Patch – Dakota Country Article – September 2013
• Revisiting the Bakken Oil Patch – Dakota Country Article – September 2012
• Oil Patch Wildlife, Hunting and Fishing in Trouble – Dakota Country Article – September 2011

Report to the Membership of the North Dakota Chapter of the Wildlife Society – by Mike McEnroe and Al Sapa

• Observations and Recommendations to Reduce Fish and Wildlife Impacts From Oil and Gas Development

Videos

• “Keeping All the Pieces” – a 15-minute documentary film that promotes conversations about the public lands of western North Dakota known as the Badlands (Badlands Conservation Alliance).
• Meadowlark Whiplash: Why the State Bird of North Dakota is Leaving Home- Published on Feb 9, 2016 – The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of North Dakota. Like the human cultures that have grown on the landscape for millennia, the wildlife and natural ecosystem have depended on native tall grass prairie. Today, it’s nearly all gone from the state. Soon, the meadowlark may be too.