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birds in southeast Montana, northwest South Dakota and southwest North Dakota are part of one big population.
• "We're just taking birds essentially from the same overall population and trying to bolster areas where the birds aren't doing as well," he said.
• If the first transplant be successful, another 30 birds will move in 2015. The total cost of the project is estimated at $170,000, with Game and Fish covering half and Fish and Wildlife the other half.
• The North Dakota Petroleum Council, a trade association supporting more than 350 energy companies, said it supports efforts to keep wildlife species from being listed as endangered. A council task force is reviewing the Game and Fish's sage grouse plan in advance of an Aug. 1 comment deadline, Vice President Kari Cutting said.
• The Little Missouri Grazing Association, which represents ranchers in the region, has no immediate concerns about the potential transplant of birds, President Brian Gerbig said. The association already is doing work to monitor the condition of sage grouse habitat, hoping to show that cattle can co-exist with the birds, he said.
• "We're trying to do what we can to keep them off the endangered species list," he said. "I don't think anyone can predict what that would lead to."
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SD has first confirmed cattle anthrax case of year
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota State Veterinarian Dustin Oedekoven (OH'-dih'-koh-vehn) is urging ranchers to take steps to protect their cattle after a case of anthrax was confirmed in a calf in Turner County.
• It is the state's first confirmed case of the livestock disease this year.
• Anthrax bacteria spores lie dormant in the ground and can become active under extreme weather conditions such as flooding and drought. Oedekoven says much of South Dakota has the potential for an outbreak, and outbreaks can kill a large number of animals in a short time.
• Cattle can be vaccinated against the disease.
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Statues being added to Pierre's Trail of Governors
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Statues of former South Dakota governors Frank Farrar and Arthur Mellette are finding permanent homes in Pierre.
• The latest additions to the Trail of Governors project were being installed Friday.
• The project is placing statues of former state leaders on a route through downtown Pierre and the Capitol grounds. Statues of governors Harvey Wollman and Bill (Continued on page 22)
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