"Fielding Questions" columnist Don Kinzler also hears from readers on a smart tip to scare birds away from a tree and weighs in on pruning shrubs now after a hot summer.
For years, as California's Central Valley grew into the nation's leading agricultural corridor, the region gradually lost almost all of the wetlands that birds, from the tiny sandpiper to the great blue heron, depend on during their migrations along the West Coast.
Just as many environmentalists and media outlets place the blame of climate change on beef cattle production, one organization is praising cattle ranchers for their preservation of grasslands.
WILLMAR, Minn. -- Amy Rager spotted the first drops of sap seeping from a wound on the sugar maple tree on her Chippewa County farm and was in disbelief.
H5N2 Avian Influenza has been confirmed in a hunter-harvested, mallard duck in Fergus County. At this time there have been no additional detections of avian influenza in Montana in either wild or domestic birds.
LONDON-The H5N8 bird flu strain has been found at a turkey farm in Lincolnshire, eastern England, Britain's agriculture department said on Friday, Dec. 16.Most birds at the farm have died and any remaining birds there will be humanely culled, it ...
In late summer and fall, goldenrods brighten up landscapes with cheerful bright yellow accents. There are approximately 120 goldenrod species, known botanically and in many parts of the world as Solidago spp.; most are native to North America. Al...
BISMARCK -- More than 1 million acres of grassland in North Dakota have been converted to other land uses since 2007, and the state could lose thousands more as Conservation Reserve Program contracts expire, according to the North Dakota Natural ...
BEMIDJI -- There was a distinct lack of clucking and wings flapping at the Beltrami County Fair last year, with not a bird in sight. That's not the case in 2016. Thanks to a ban on poultry exhibitions being lifted by the Minnesota Board of Animal...
PIERRE, S.D. -The potential future loss of the state's wildlife habitat leaves South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks officials concerned for the future of wildlife.
FARGO -- A few years ago on a Sunday drive near the edge of West Fargo, creeping along with no particular route in mind, one of my kids let out the proverbial, "look."...
BAGHDAD - Iraq has extended a ban on live and frozen poultry product imports to include Italy and the U.S. state of Missouri due to concerns over bird flu, a government statement said on Monday.
