New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Outdoor notes:

*Ice is never completely safe. Avoid areas with vegetation, moving water, pressure ridges, and springs. Check conditions as you go along on the ice.

*Use caution with dogs when hunting around frozen wetlands for cuts from ice, breaking through, etc.

*Dec. 27: Missouri River Canada goose zone closes.

*Dec. 28: Devils Lake Christmas Bird Count. Meet at Cedar Inn Restaurant, 7:30 a.m.

*Dec. 29: High Plains duck, merganser, and coot season closes.

*Dec. 29: Light goose and tundra swan season closes.

Fishing:

*Devils Lake elevation, Dec. 16: 1,448.9 feet above mean sea level...