The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is prohibiting open burning beginning May 5 on public property it manages south of Bismarck and Mandan to reduce the potential for wildfires in a heavily wooded recreation area along the Missouri River.
(Bismarck, ND) The North Dakota Game and Fish Department are banning open burning on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area (Oahe WMA). The Game and Fish Department says all open burning, incuding campfires, is banned until further notice on the Oahe WMA along both sides of the Missouri River. The use of portable grills is allowed, but The Game and Fish Department is asking for
A man died after a jet ski accident on the Missouri River south of Bismarck late Saturday, and a kayaker went missing in the same area earlier in the day
Unseasonably warm weather in the Bismarck region this week has become record heat, worsening tinder-dry conditions.
The temperature at the Bismarck airport on Wednesday rose to 62 degrees, breaking the March 3 record of 61 set almost a century ago in 1905, according to the National Weather Service.
Warm arm flowing from the Pacific and supplanting the arctic air that blanketed the state last month is causing the balmy conditions. Less than three weeks ago, Bismarck had a record-low temperature for Feb. 13 of minus 28 90 degrees colder than Wednesday s high.
The down side to the change in the weather pattern is that it hasn t been accompanied by precipitation.Â