{"id":123701,"date":"2017-06-19T11:08:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=123701"},"modified":"2017-06-19T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T16:08:55","slug":"breeding-duck-numbers-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=123701","title":{"rendered":"Breeding duck numbers drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-107195\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-431x291.jpg 431w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woodduck.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The number of breeding ducks in North Dakota has dropped below 3 million for the first time in nearly a quarter century.<\/p>\n<p>A state Game and Fish Department survey that gives hunters their first glimpse of how duck numbers might shape up for the fall hunt indicates about 2.95 million birds.<\/p>\n<p>Game and Fish migratory game bird supervisor Mike Szymanski (shuh-MAN&#8217;-skee) says there has been a loss of grassland habitat in recent years. And he says drought in the state this year won&#8217;t help matters.<\/p>\n<p>A July brood survey will estimate duck production and provide a better idea of what hunters can expect in the fall. Szymanski says good reproduction in duck-breeding areas in Canada would help matters. The Canadian Drought Monitor map indicates better conditions north of the border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 The number of breeding ducks in North Dakota has dropped below 3 million for the first time in nearly a quarter century. A state Game and Fish Department survey that gives hunters their first glimpse of how duck numbers might shape up for the fall hunt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123702,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123701\/revisions\/123702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}