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place.
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• Golva School holiday pro-
gram, 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 17.
• Belfield High" School
Christmas concert, 2 p.m.,
Sunday, Dec. 19.
• Belfield Elementary School
Christmas concert. 1:30 p.m.,
Monday, Dec. 20.
• Senior Citizens Activity
Club of Belfield. Dec. 19, 12:30
p.m., potluck.
• Senior Citizens Activity
Club of Belfield, Dec. 27.1-2:30
p.m.. bingo, pool. Wii: birthday
party following.
• Hettinger Research
Extension Center's 27th Annual
Western Dakota Crops Day,
Thursday, Dec. 16, beginning at 9
a.m.. at the Hettinger Armory.
• Beach Area Chamber of
Commerce meeting, noon.
Tuesday, Dec. 21. LaPlaya
Mexican Restaurant's green
room.
FSA details
local payments
USDA Farm Service Agency
has made over $967 million in
payments to farmers and ranchers
in North Dakota in 2010. which
includes $10.2 million paid to
Golden Valley County producers.
FSA State Executive Director
Aaron Krauter said those pay-
ments are having a big effect on
rural economies.
"These payments aren't just
benefiting the farmers and ranch-
ers that participate in FSA's pro-
grams," Krauter said. "These are.
real dollars that are coming into
North Dakota and helping the
main street businesses and com-
munities as a whole. Getting
those payments out is really a tes-
tament to the hard work of the
staff in our county offices: with-
out them this just wouldn't hap-
pen."
Paymentg were made to
Golden Valley County producers
through many different FSA pro-
grams, including $5.3 million
through the Disaster Trust Fund.
which includes the Supplemental
Revenue Assistance Program,
Livestock Forage Program and
Livestock Indemnity Program;
$2.2 million through the price
support programs including loan
deficiency payments and market-
ing loans: and $1.7 million
through the Direct and Counter
Cyclical Program. including
ACRE. Disaster Trust Fund pay-
ments include payments for losses
in the 2008 crop year.
First_visit with.. Santa
Rosslyn Keohane seems to be enjoying her first Santa visit at First State Bank of Golva's
recent open house. (Photo by Lynne Wojahn)
Deer
A mule deer taken in November
during the deer gun season from
unit 3F2 is the second deer in North
Dakota to test positive for chronic
wasting disease.
The first was a mule deer taken
during the hunting season in 2009.
also from unit 3F2.
Dr. Dan Grove. North Dakota
Game and Fish Department wildlife
veterinarian, said a hunter shot a
doe in western Grant County and
submitted the head for testing as
part of the hunter-harvested surveil-
lance program.
"As a collaborative effort with
South Dakota Game, Fish and
Parks, and die Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe Game and Fish Department. a
total of 633 samples were collected
from unit 3F2 this fall, and all but
one tested negative for CWD."
Grove said. "Although we hoped
the one positive from 2009 was an
isolated incident, it was not unex-
pected that another one surfaced."
The two deer testing positive for
CWD were taken 10 miles from
each other, which Grove said is not
surprising because of the same gen-
eral area.
"Hunter cooperation was tremen-
dous," Grove said. "We can't thank
them enough, and we look forward
to their continued support with this
important issue in the future."
The hunter-harvested surveil-
lance program annually collects
samples taken from hunter-harvest-
ed deer in specific regions of the
state. In addition to unit 3F2, sam-
ples during the 2010 deer gun sea-
son were collected from units in the
eastern third of the state. The entire
state has already been sampled.
twice.
"Michigan State University will
be testing approximately 3,600
samples over the next several weeks
from deer taken in the eastern third
of the state," Grove said. "Those
results should be available by
spring."
In addition to hunter-harvested
deer. the Game and Fish
Departmerrt has a targeted surveil-
lance program that is an .ongoing,
year-round' effort that tests animals
found dead or sick.
Since the department's sampling
efforts began in 2002, more than
16,000 deer, elk and moose have
tested negative for CWD.
CWD affects the nervous system
of members of the deer family and
is always fatal. Scientists have
found no evidence that CWD can be
transmitted naturally to humans or
livestock.
Annual Bird Count to be h
Theodore Roosevelt NatioM1
Park welcomes volunteers to par-
ticipate in the nationwide
Audubon Christmas Bird Count
on Dec. 19-20.
The Medora Area Count will
take place on Sunday, Dec. 19.
Volunteers wishing to take part
should meet at the South Unit
Visitor Center at 8 a.m. on
Sunday. The North Unit Count
will be held on Monday, Dec. 20.
Volunteers should meet at the
North Unit Visitor Center at 9
a.m. CST.
Volunteers will be assigned to
groups and survey areas before
they go into the field.
Participants arriving later in the
day should call in advance for
guidance.
The annual event, now in its
1 l lth year, is the world's longest-
running citizen science event.
Information gathered during the
event helps scientists learn more
about how birds are faring
throughout North America.
"The bird count is enjoyable
for those new to birding as well as
experienced birders," said TRNP
Superintendent Valerie Naylor.
"Everyone is encouraged to par-
ticipate. Beginners can learn
from experienced birders and
those keeping annual bird check-
lists can add onto them. This is a
fun winter event, and we hope
many people will join us."
The areas to be covered
encompass a. 7 ½-mile radius
around Medora, and a 7 1/2- mile
radius from the North Unit Visitor
Center. Observers will work in
Id at TRN
teams to drive and walk these
177-square-mile areas to observe
and record bird sightings. This
will be the 34th year for the
Medora Count and 29th year for
the North Unit area:
A total of 67 species have been
sighted during the Medora Counts
and 60 species for the North Unit
Counts, including many species
that can only be found here in the
winter.
Birders need to bring their own
binoculars and warm clothing.
Hot drinks will be provided at the
park visitor centers. The event is
free courtesy of the Theodore
Roosevelt Nature and History
Association, the park's non-profit
partner organization. For further
information, contact the park at
(701) 623-4466.
Shown, from left, are Tom Lehmkuhl, Jennifer Abels,
Amanda (Schaa|) Kille and Jason Lambert, members of a
Rotary-sponsored team that will be going to India next year.
(Courtesy Photo)
osen
ional
uslness.
Amanda (Schaal)Kille, who
grew up in Beach, will travel early
next year to India, part of a four-
week Group Study Exchange pro-
gram sponsored by Rotary.
Kille, currently of Lead, S.D.,
and her teammates will visit the
Uttar Pradesh in northern India
from Jan. 4 to Feb. 3. They will
experience the host country's insti-
tutions and ways of life, observe
their own vocations as practiced
abroad, develop personal and pro-
fessional relationships, and
exchange ideas.
District 5610 Rotary, which
includes South Dakota, southwest
Minnesota, western Iowa, and
northeast Nebraska, recently
announced the members o~ this
year's Group Study Exchange team.
After an extensive application,
essay and interview process, four
members were selected, including
Kille. She is the senior graphic
designer and media planner for TDG
Communications Inc. in Deadwood,
S J). She graduated from Black Hills
State University in Spearfish, S.D.,
with majors in mass commumca-
ange
tions and commercial art.
The Group Study Exchange pro-
gram of the Rotary Foundation is a
cultural and vocational exchange
opportunity for young business and
professional men and women
between the ages of 25 and 40 and
in the early years of their profes-
sional lives.
It is designed to develop profes-
sional and leadership skills among
young people to better prepare them
to address the needs of their com-
munities and an increasingly global
workplace. The program provides
travel grants for teams to exchange
visits between paired areas in dif-
ferent countries.
BILLINGS, Mont, - Bonus bids
at the Bureau of Land
Management's Dec. 9 oil and gas
lease sale in Billings totaled $36.34
million.
The highest bid at the sale was
$8,352,000 submitted
Lodgepole Land Services L.L.C. of
Bozeman, Mont., for leasing rights
on a 720-acre Forest Service parcel
in Billings County. That was also
the highest per-acre bid at $11,600
per acre.
Of the 222 parcels offered, 53 of
119 Montana parcels received bids
(33,257 acres), 96 of 96 North
Dakota parcels received bids
(47,231 acres) and one of seven
South Dakota parcels received bids
(77 acres).
Oil and gas leasing is driven by
consumer demand, and competitive
oil and gas lease sales are conduct-
ed several times per year at BLM's
Montana State Office. Receipts
from federal oil and gas leases are
shared with the state or county
where the lands are located. All
leases are issued for a 10-year term.
Potential environmental effects
that could result from exploration
and development are analyzed
before any leases are offered for
sal6, according to the BLM. All
leases come with conditions on oil
and gas activities to protect the
environment that can include limits
on when drilling can occur or
restrictions on surface occupancy.
Once an operator proposes
exploration or development on a
BLM-issued lease, further envi-
ronmental analysis under the
National Environmental Policy
Act is conducted to determine the
site-specific need for various types
of impact-limiting or mitigation
measures. In addition, many oper-
ators routinely use "best manage-
ment practices" such as remote
monitoring of producing wells to
minimize surface impact.s, accord-
ing to the BLM.
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