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A helicopter crew of professional wildlife wranglers transports a bighorn sheep in February 2010 in the North Dakota Badlands. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently transported a herd of sheep from a heavily traveled stretch of U.S. Highway 85 to a more remote area to reduce the incidence of road-kill deaths. At least a half-dozen sheep near the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park have been killed by vehicles since 2010.

N.D. Game and Fish uses helicopter to move bighorn sheep away from Oil Patch highway

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently deployed a helicopter crew to capture and relocate 12 bighorn sheep in an effort to reduce road-kill incidents along a heavily traveled...

outdoors / environment Tue, Mar 12, 2013 - 8:06am

Mike Krajewski of Duluth, Minn., pictured in this 2004 family photo at Sturgeon Lake in Minnesota, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, in an accident at an oil well north of Watford City, N.D. (Submitted photo)

Minnesota man dies in accident at hydraulic fracturing site

A Duluth, Minn., man who died in an accident at a hydraulic fracturing site Saturday north of Watford City, N.D., was a family man and Air Force veteran who was...

region Mon, Jan 21, 2013 - 7:26am

ND targets out-of-state speeders: Legislator seeks incentive for Oil Patch workers to slow down

BISMARCK -- Tioga Rep.

region Wed, Jan 16, 2013 - 7:25am

Konnie, right, and Sharon Norstog, of Watford City, have donated much of the profit from oil wells on their land to their favorite charities. Amy Dalrymple / Forum News Service

Watford City retirees give portion of oil royalties to favorite charities

WATFORD CITY, N.D. - Konnie and Sharon Norstog don't think they deserve the new income from the minerals they own, so they're giving much of it away. The retired Watford...

region Mon, Jan 07, 2013 - 7:51am

This Bakken boom 5 times larger than '80s, Fed says

WILLISTON, N.D.

region Sat, Jan 05, 2013 - 11:05am

Rancher Jacki Schilke, pictured here Wednesday near Williston, worries the declining health of her animals may be related to oil development that surrounds her land.

Oil development vs. livestock: Reports of cows losing tails raises concerns, sparks investigations

WILLISTON -- Jacki Schilke likes to say her black angus cattle live in harmony with the cats and dogs on her rural Williston ranch. But recently Schilke's ranch has not...

region Sat, Dec 08, 2012 - 10:26am

Exxon pays $1.6 billion for Bakken assets

Exxon Mobil is making a $1.6 billion investment in the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota and Montana. The corporation is buying 196,000 acres of shale assets in the two...

news / business Thu, Sep 20, 2012 - 11:51am

N.D. big enough for OPEC: State producing as much oil as cartel member

GRAND FORKS, N.D.

region / business Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - 11:43am

Press Photo by Sean M. Soehren Jim Cramer, host of CNBC's "Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer," discusses his interest in North Dakota during a news brief while on location at an oil pumping unit west of Killdeer on Wednesday morning. CNBC was filming an installment of its series "Investing in America" that featured the Bakken formation.

CNBC's 'Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer' visits oil country

Keeping a keen eye on the stock market might be a part of Jim Cramer's job, but on Wednesday he stepped foot in "the heart of the domestic oil revolution"...

region Thu, Aug 25, 2011 - 7:32am

North Dakota oil rush continues with new formation details

DICKINSON, N.D.

region Thu, Nov 18, 2010 - 7:35am

Franken says Enbridge should be investigated

A massive oil spill in Michigan has Minnesota lawmakers asking that the pipeline owner, Enbridge Energy Partners Ltd., be investigated that similar leaks don't happen here. A ruptured 5-foot section...

news Sat, Aug 14, 2010 - 9:15am

Location of Three Forks-Sanish formation

Report doubles North Dakota's recoverable oil

There's a bigger pool of recoverable oil in the Williston Basin than previous estimates, according to a report released Thursday just ahead of the 18th Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and...

region Fri, Apr 30, 2010 - 6:46am