Lewis and Clark in North Dakota: Wildlife Then & Now
A Brief Natural History of North Dakota
1804 to Present
By Bill Jensen
Originally published in:North Dakota Outdoors
(June, 2001)
Official Publication of the
State Game and Fish Department
100 North Bismarck Expressway
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501-5095
This resource is based on the following source:
Jensen, Bill. 2001. Lewis and Clark in North Dakota: wildlife then & now -- A brief natural history of North Dakota, 1804 to present. North Dakota Outdoors 63(9):10-19.
This resource should be cited as:
Jensen, Bill. 2001. Lewis and Clark in North Dakota: wildlife then & now -- A brief natural history of North Dakota, 1804 to present. North Dakota Outdoors 63(9):10-19. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/wildlife/thennow/index.htm (Version 13NOV2001).
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Mammals
- Buffaloe
- Goats, Cabrie or Antelope
- Ibex or Bighorn Animals
- Black Tail Deer
- Fallow, Red or Common Deer
- Moose Deer
- Elk
- White or Grey Bear
- Woolf, Prairie Wolf, Large Red Fox, and Prairie or Swift Fox
- Beaver
- Barking Squirrels and a Ghost
- Panther, Louservia & Tiger Cat
- Birds
- Old Field Lark
- Bald Eagle
- Prairie Fowls
- Cock of the Plains
- Pointed Tail Prairie Hen
- Common or Canadian Goose
- Fish
- Northern Pike
- Paddlefish and Pallid Sturgeon
- Hickory Shad
- Channel Catfish
- Native Flora
- Tallgrass Prairie
- Drift Prairie
- Missouri Coteau
- Coteau Slope
- Cottonwood Forests
- Missouri Slope
- Badlands
- Missouri River and Gallery Forest
- Missouri River Tour Announcements
Bill Jensen is a big game biologist with the department and a frequent contributor to North Dakota OUTDOORS.
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