Last weekend, North Dakota BHA board members spent the weekend inventorying nearly 50 miles of fence using ATVs on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. Big Gumbo represents the last continuous sage steppe habitat for Greater sage grouse (GRSG) in the state of North Dakota, holding the only active leks found on BLM parcels within the area. Big Gumbo also accounts for ~38% of all BLM surface in North Dakota and represents the largest continuous area of BLM-managed lands. The area ...

On April 14th, six BHA members (plus three kids!) helped clean up Hankinson Hills, a U.S. Forest Service property about an hour southwest of Fargo. The 2800-acre property is a beautiful rolling oak savannah with abundant opportunities for turkey and deer hunting, camping, and hiking.   The campground in particular gets heavy use during the summer months. Over a three hour period, we accomplished quite a lot, including: Replaced 50 horizontal fence posts for the fence that surrounds ...