North Dakota Living

The N.D. Game and Fish Department is encouraging anglers to refer to the 2022-24 North Dakota Fishing Guide for winter fishing regulations, available online at https://gf.nd.gov/fishing/regulations-guide/2022-24.

Some winter fishing regulations include:
• A maximum of four poles is legal for ice fishing. When fishing a water body where both open water and ice occur at the same time, however, an angler is allowed a maximum of four poles, of which no more than two poles can be used in open water.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator Andrew Berke held a roundtable discussion with North Dakota electric cooperative leaders Dec. 4, 2023, in Fargo. Key topics included infrastructure, resiliency, reliability and serving rural communities.

Americans like food. A lot. In fact, the United States has a long list of national days dedicated to certain foods, which have been carefully researched and catalogued by Marlo Anderson in the National Day Calendar – the official, authoritative source for fun, unusual and unique national days. (Read about it on page 6.)

North Dakota farmers, ranchers and food business owners are encouraged to complete a survey to help state and local agencies better understand the needs of local producers and food systems. The online survey, available at www.farrms.org/nc-rfbc, is open now through Dec. 18.

Much of North America is at elevated risk of insufficient energy supplies this winter, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reports in its 2023-24 Winter Reliability Assessment issued in November. Prolonged, wide-area cold snaps during peak weather conditions threaten the reliable performance of the bulk power system and the availability of fuel supplies for natural-gas-fired generation, the report states.

Basin Electric Power Cooperative has broken ground on the largest single-site electric generation project to be built in North Dakota in 40 years. Named Pioneer Generation Station Phase IV, the project will build about 580 megawatts (MW) of dispatchable natural gas generation near the cooperative’s existing Pioneer Generation Station northwest of Williston.
The project will help support the growing power needs of the Bakken region.

In honor of Veterans Day, North Dakota Living features two veteran-owned Pride of Dakota businesses.

Jaydobo is owned by Jayson Parsons, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, whose line of seasonings brings the zest of the Southwest to the heart of the Midwest.

The Jolly Jalapeno is owned by Alfredo and Tabatha Lugo, who balance their salsa-making business with their military careers in the U.S. Air Force.

Read their stories here!

Chet Yoder, director of Father’s Farm in Wolford, a longer-term, faith-centered rehabilitation center for men reentering the community, shares two of his family’s favorite recipes.

His daughter, Kiera Yoder, is to thank for this stovetop mac and cheese, a quick-and-easy comfort meal your family will request time and again. And the juneberry pie – as delicious as it is beautiful – comes from Chet’s sister, Chalon Yoder.

Read about Chet and Father’s Farm here!

In May 1957, the magazine’s “Recipe Roundup” was born. Through the decades, the recipe pages in North Dakota Living have remained a reader favorite (as Lucille shares with us in her “Reader Reply”). We even published a series of cookbooks with the recipes featured in this magazine and shared by our cooperative members, readers and home cooks.

This month’s recipes come from the 1987 “REC Family Cookbook.” To celebrate 70 years of North Dakota Living, we made the original version of each recipe, plus a version with a new twist (see recipe notes).

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Whether you’re packing for a picnic or packing a lunch, these pack-worthy recipes are sure to please.

The picnic pasta salad is light and packs a lemony punch. It can be assembled and served in a large bowl, or try it layered in a jar for a picnic-perfect look and easy transport.

These delectable s’mores bars pack the nostalgia and fun to elevate this classic campfire treat. The bars can be individually wrapped and frozen for a grab-and-go treat or to pack in your picnic basket. Wrap in plastic wrap, then tinfoil for the campfire feel.