Category: Spring 2012
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POSTCARD
The 2010 spring snow goose migration at Sand Lake was upon us, but something was missing. By Bill Schultze, Wildlife Biologist, Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge The arrival of a white jeep driven by the “snow goose lady” from Duluth had become as much a part of the spring migration as the snow geese themselves.…
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From The Editor
Belonging In this inaugural issue of Dakotafire, our editor shares her story of homecoming. When I was growing up on this farm in Savo Township, rural Frederick, South Dakota, I was quite certain I was going off to college and not coming back. I knew, at least, that I didn’t want to come back here…
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COLUMN: Population pyramids show trouble ahead for Dakota counties
By Michael McCurry, South Dakota State Demographer We’re all time travelers, traveling at the same speed-one hour per hour. We age at the same rate, and then look with surprise at an old person staring back from the mirror. Much of our region is, in a way, getting older as well. Because of the…