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Harvested as part of thinning to reduce fire danger.
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“Experience keeps a dear school but fools will learn in no other”
-Benjamin Franklin
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Are there bugs in your mail?
I recently started working for the United States Postal Service, and, while I’ve been seeing quite a few bugs lately, few are the kind I like. While I’m not terribly fond of them, the sheer numbers these bugs occur in has been very impressive. Mercifully, with elections past, there’s been a sizeable reduction in the Read more
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Prairie Communists and Rhubarb Pie
The communism you encounter in Montana and the Dakotas is generally based on Acts 2:44 “And all that believed were together, and had all things in common.” On the prairies of Montana and the Dakotas, communal ownership and living is not Godless communism, it is based on that verse from the New Testament. They’re Hutterites Read more
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My Super Spreader Event
I am an experienced super-spreader. Not recently though – my super-spreader event occurred in 1953 when I was 3 years-old. Dad was a CWO4 boatswain aboard the USS Breckenridge (AP-176), a troop transport. Ships complement of 426 enlisted men and 40 officers – accommodations for 393 officers and 4,896 enlisted troops. I had the opportunity Read more
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Adapting to the Cold- Conifers
As it starts to get colder, animals have several options. “Leave for warmer places” is the primary strategy of migratory birds. Many animals take the “Find somewhere warm and stay there” strategy that is my personal approach to winter. Many animals find warm dens for the winter and hibernate, avoiding the cold and snow altogether. Read more
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A Pig in a Coat
Thursday morning had an unusual announcement on the Community Page – two pigs were out on the road south of Trego School. So long as they were on the road, I figured it was no problem, and kept doing a little maintenance on the Suzuki. Then a red pickup came in, Kiki and the little Read more
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Polling Responses over Time
Polling response rates also affect polling results. As State Demographer in a rural state (South Dakota), changes in how the Census obtained and disseminated data made us increasingly dependent on the American Community Survey. It was definitely more current than the decennial census – but the small numbers of participants made it less reliable. Deborah Read more
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