As a trained entomologist, I learned a lot of fancy names for common ordinary insects. We studied insects' order, family and species name. Most people just call these “bugs.” For example, we learned ...
It wasn't long ago - the mid-1990s - when North Dakota was pulling out of a drought and parched wetlands were recharged beyond what anyone could have reasonably predicted. At the same time, many large ...
WEST FARGO – Winterkill of fish in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs is nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year, there’s a potential for winterkill. Just like for pheasants and deer in North ...
An especially cold winter is showing its effects around some southern Minnesota shallow lakes and ponds with dead or dying fish. Although this can be discouraging to see, in most cases it is the ...
Winterkill is a catch-all term describing winter injury to turfgrass that occurs through a variety of mechanisms such as ice suffocation, crown hydration, low-temperature injury and desiccation.
IN PARTICULAR. BILL QUANECIA BILL. THANK YOU. WE ARE HEARING YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT WINTER KILL THE DISEASE THAT CAN TAKE A TOLL ON GRASS. DRY CONDITIONS THIS FALL, COMBINED WITH RECENT SNOW IS EXPECTED ...
CLAY COUNTY, Minn. (Valley News Live) - It was a brutal winter for all of us. “It was tough for the deer, for the pheasants, and now we’re seeing the impacts to the fisheries,” Doug Leier, an outreach ...
Winterkill is an easy problem to define but difficult to fully understand. Simply put, winterkill occurs when turf dies during winter. However, understanding the mechanisms that cause winterkill, ...
Every year in the Midwest, the reality is clear -- alfalfa stands face the threat of winterkill. Winterkill occurs when ...
What a difference eight short weeks can make. Back in late February, Craig Berberich, a technician with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Waterville Fish Hatchery, was bouncing across ...
Heavy snowfall and thick ice over the winter were difficult on some North Dakota lakes. More than two dozen lakes across the state suffered partial, significant or total winterkill, according to the ...