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Golden Valley News
August21,2014
isn't si
The other day, the Dickinson Re-
search Extension Center became
home to an unstoppable force that is
going to drill a well. In this case, an
oil well.
The spot selected is in the middle
of a native grass pasture. Who knows
the age of that native grass, but cer-
tainly the plants were there long be-
fore any of us. This mixture of grass
plants and interesting earth cover cer-
tainly would bemoan its upcoming
fate.
Not long after the fence was
opened, the Eucs arrived. Perhaps I
should not call them Eucs because
the name is specific to the early
earthmovers that were made by the
Euclid Co. of Ohio as late as the
1950s.
Other companies make large, if
not monstrous, earthmovers, but like
those earthmovers that were used to
build the Garrison Dam, the name
Euc sticks. A Euc is a massive ma:
chine that is extremely efficient at
moving dirt. As the Eucs parked in
preparation of tomorrow's onslaught,
Lee Manske and I went to the ranch
to take one more look at the site.
Our feelings were mixed. Perhaps
there was a bit of dismay and a bit of
disgust, but we both knew there was
no stopping the process. That was
the essence of the trip: a time to ac-
knowledge our feelings and saying
goodbye to something we know will
not be back in our lifetime. The
ground we stood on would be green
again, but the soil we stood on would
need time, a long time, to re-estab-
lish the working ecosystem devel-
oped through the centuries.
We already had agreed to the
process and understand the many is-
sues involved between surface and
subsurface property. The reserva-
tions were there, and so were the
doubts about the bigger picture.
There was a bit of reverence or the
lack thereof as the land was about to
be disturbed, which is something
even the glaciers could not do.
This land had become a seem-
ingly perpetual ecosystem of life.
plant that's admired
This land had be-
come a seemingly
perpetual ecosys-
tem of life. Grass is
not simply a plant
that is potted and
admired. No, grass
is the essence of
life and the source
of the prairie
ecosystem.
Grass is not simply a plant that is
potted and admired. No, grass is the
essence of life and the source of the
prairie ecosystem. I asked Lee, who
is the center's range scientist, just
how old the plants were. He said the
source of some of the plants could go
back 100 years or more. Longevity
of grass plants in grassland ecosys-
tems is dependent on the develop-
ment of tillers through the vegetative
production from axillary buds.
Although studies obviously do
not go back hundreds of years, we do
know grass plant longevity of major
northern species managed with tra-
ditional grazing practices can ap-
proach 50 years. Grass plant
longevity would be expected to be
long. As the plant community ex-
pands, this process of passing on
genes through vegetative growth de-
termines the survivability of the
grasslands.
This constantly developing
ecosystem, which slowly evolves
through the interaction of grazing
animals and the need for plants to be
grazed, is critical. Grazing stimulates
vegetative tiller production, which
assures the growth and development
of native grasslands. This earthly
cover, the prairie grasslands, when
present, is home to a much more
powerful life-giving system, which
is the prairie ecosystem.
If for no other reason, Lee and I
stood there to acknowledge that
point. What is an ecosystem? With-
out one, it would be like having a
house with no electricity, heat, cool-
ing, furniture, beds or even a
kitchen. Without an ecosystem, the
world simply becomes a shell, a non-
functioning nonlife supporting
empty place. We might survive, but
with the passing of time, that sur-
vival becomes doubtful because all
inputs have to be obtained from
somewhere else.
Lee went on to explain this
ecosystem process and how, under
our feet, living systems are driving
biological, chemical and atmos-
pheric pathways that actively are
transferring essential elements into
our ecosystem.
Ideally, the ecosystem is obtain-
ing more than is being used, so there
is a positive contribution to a grow-
ing and healthy world. The key to
the system is not so much the above-
ground grass, but the soil microor-
ganisms that are supported by the
below-ground grass roots and other
living things.
Lee pointed out that, once dis-
turbed, these organisms die and only
can be replenished from an existing
living ecosystem. The functional re-
plenishment and growth of the soil
biosphere takes years because living
communities only expand outward at
a rate of a few inches a year. That is
why we knew that what we were
standing on would not be back in our
lifetime.
The Earth does take care of itself.
Today, Lee and I paid our respect to
something we know is marvelous
and said goodbye to a piece that soon
no longer will exist.
May you find all your ear tags.
Denise Lutz
New administrator
of clinics named
CHI St. Joseph's Health recently
named Denise Lutz its new adminis-
trator of clinic services.
Lutz had been serving as the in-
terim clinic administrator since No-
vember, leading the various
physician practices and clinics at
CHI St. Joseph's Health. Prior to ac-
cepting the clinic administrator role,
Lutz had served as the executive di-
rector of human resources at St.
Joseph's for seven years, and before
that served as director of behavioral
health services at St. Joseph's.
Lutz received her bachelor of sci-
ence degree in business administra-
tion from Dickinson State University.
She and her husband Todd make their
home in rural New England.
Clinic services provided by CHI
St. Joseph's Health include Women's
Clinic, Internal Medicine, Family
Practice, Walk-In Care, Therapy
Services, Sports Medicine, Badlands
Ear, Nose & Throat, Surgical Care,
Dakota Bone & Joint, all of which
will relocate to the new hospital and
clinic facility set to open in Dickin-
son in December 2014. Rural clinic
services in Beach and Killdeer are
also led by Lutz.
Ghana, Sanford planning for 300 clinics
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Kwaku ernment in improving maternity and allow patients to access pri-
Agyemang-Manu, Ghana's minis- care and reducing the infant mor- mary care services closer to home.
ter of health, and Kelby Krabben- tality rate. This new agreement will Sanford International Clinics
hoft, president and CEO of Sanford give Sanford international Clinics first formed a relationship with the
Health, jointly announced that the the opportunity to add more than Ghana Ministry of Health when it
Ministry of Health and Sanford 300 clinics in Ghana by 2020 and is opened a clinic in Cape Coast in
have joined together in a public- expected tO serve 4.5 million pa- January 2012. Since that time,
private partnership to bring health tients annually over the same time Sanford has opened four additional
care to millions of additional peo- period, clinics in Mankessim, Kasoa, Ko-
pie across Ghana. The main focus of the public- jokrom and Adenta. Sanford clin-
This new relationship is in- private partnership is to improve ics have treated more than 180,000
tended to assist the Ghanaian gov- access in peri-urban and rural areas patients in Ghana.
Wade Kadrmas
Goehring: N.D. to benefit from crop insurance program TrooperKadrmasWade
BISMARCK - Agriculture Com- Goehring explained that WFRP rect market will be covered for the,., t~,romo.e~
missioner Doug Goehring says North allows farmers to insure the value of costs associated with getting their N.D. Highway Patrol Col.
Dakota is among the states selected crops and livestock on their farms, product to market, such as cleaning, Michael Gerhart has announced the
to participate in a new pilot program rather than insuring commodity by trimming and packaging, promotion and reassignment of
that offers more comprehensive crop commodity, including coverage of "This program will be especially Trooper Wade Kadrmas.
insurance, specialty crops, fruits and vegetables useful to operators of smaller and Kadrmas has been promoted to
"After the passage of the new and organic crops, mid-sized farms and to owners of in- the rank of sergeant and assigned to
Farm Bill, I urged Risk Management "This is especially important in tegrated livestock and grain opera- serve in the motor carrier division in
Agency (RMA) administrator Bran- North Dakota because of our agricul- tions," Goehring said. Dickinson.
don Willis to include Noah Dakota tural diversity," Goehring said." Our Goehring said RMA will notify Kadrmas began his career with the
in the Whole-Farm Revenue Protec- state produces more than 40 different producers later this fall to contact NDHP in August 2005 by attending
tion (WFRP) program," Goehring commodities, and many farmers their crop insurance providers for the training academy. He has served
said. "This new program insures grow four or five crops each season." more information on WFRP cover- in Bismarck and Dickinson. Kadrmas
farm revenue, rewards diversity and Goehring said the program offers age. is a graduate of Eastern Wyoming
gives our farmers and ranchers more improved coverage and a premium College.
options and greater flexibility in discount for farmers with greater
planning." crop diversification. Farmers who di-
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Park invites the public to the 30th of the North Unit's Scenic Drive, 14
Annual Badlands Star Party in the miles from the park's entrance. Can-
park's North Unit on Friday and Sat- tion is advised while driving in the
urday, Aug. 22 and 23. park after dark, as bison and other
Telescopes will be set up at sunset wildlife may be on the road. Nights
at the Oxbow Overlook. Constella- in the North Dakota Badlands can be
fion tours will be offered as soon as cool and rain is possible; a jacket or
stars are visible, at approximately 10 sweater is recommended. Please call
p.m. CDT. In addition, the sun can the North Unit Visitor Center at (701)
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at the Cannonball Concretions pull- an updated weather forecast.
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Federal funding to support local
law enforcement announced
BISMARCK - U.S. Sen. Heidi
Heitkamp, D-N.D., and U.S. Sen.
John Hoeven, R-N.D., say more than
$520,000 in federal funding to sup-
port local law enforcement and gov-
ernments working to improve the
safety and well-being of their com-
munities is being provided.
The funds will help local law en-
forcement better prevent and control
crime based on their communities'
needs, including supporting state and
local initiatives, training officers, and
purchasing needed equipment and
supplies. The funds will also help the
state and local governments create
substance abuse treatment programs
in correctional and detention facili-
ties, as well as maintain aftercare
services for offenders.
"The population and economic
growth North Dakota has seen re-
cently is a great sign for our state's
future, but we need to make sure
we're securing the safety of our com-
munities as we move forward,"
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The grants are distributed as fol-
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torney General - $481,818, made
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