Tag Archives: ND
Back to the Buffalo Commons
After years of outmigration, people are moving back to the Great Plains, the vast dry expanse of prairie once discounted as the Great American Desert. Today our desert is giving Middle East deserts a run for their oil money with … Continue reading
New Beginnings
October finds me in Wyoming, starting on a new job as a Senior Planner with Laramie County Planning and Development, in Cheyenne. Laramie County, Wyoming, has about 92,000 residents, of whom about 60,000 live in the City of Cheyenne. Cheyenne … Continue reading
Drilling Down on Oil Rigs in the Mountain Time Zone
Oil drilling rig counts are at an all-time high… or dropping off, depending which report you read which week for which area. Overall, industry source Baker Hughes reports relatively stable activity, declining slightly to levels just below last year nationally. … Continue reading
Behind the Bakken Boom
North Dakota surpassed Alaska this summer to become the 2nd largest oil-producing state in America, behind Texas. There are 1/3 more wells now producing 3/4 more oil than a year ago and over twice as much crude produced as two … Continue reading
Western Planners Get Smart About Energy, Revitalization and Transportation
Energy development, smart growth and transportation planning were the topics of choice at the 2012 Western Planner Conference in Billings, Montana. Western Planner brings together professionals from just west of SRDC’s borders to Alaska, many of whom work in small … Continue reading
Population 2011: The More Things Change
While the bungled release of the historical 1940 Census records may have overshadowed this, the US Census Bureau this week also released population estimates for 2011. Among the 50 fastest-growing metro areas over the last decade, only 24 of them … Continue reading
Why I Cheer When The Yankees Lose
I love to hate the New York Yankees. Always have. This year, my love for hating the Yankees was eclipsed, slightly, by my love for cheering for the Detroit Tigers. My first baseball game was a Detroit Tigers game with … Continue reading
North Dakota National Guard is on the scene in Minot. Things are not going well along the Mouse River, but they could be worse. This press release was posted today: Airman 1st Class Jessica McConnell Minot Air Force Base Public … Continue reading
Mouse Bites Dog: Flooding Overtakes Minot
Originally uploaded by Corps of Engineers St. Paul District The Mississippi River gets the big press, and the Missouri River gets the small press, but today was the day the Mouse (Souris) River bit the Dawgs working to save the … Continue reading
Originality + Action = #OTA11
Innovation is the stuff of legend. Yet we understand so little about the process. Is the creative spirit in our nature or our nuture? Is it competitive or collaborative? Is it the chicken? Or is it the egg? Yes. That’s … Continue reading
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