{"id":129407,"date":"2017-09-22T14:32:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=129407"},"modified":"2017-09-22T14:32:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:32:22","slug":"fewer-wetlands-for-duck-hunters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=129407","title":{"rendered":"Fewer wetlands for duck hunters"},"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 When duck hunters in the Northern Plains take to the field this fall, they&#8217;ll find fewer wetlands at which to set up their blinds and float their decoys due to a summer of devastating drought.<\/p>\n<p>A North Dakota Game and Fish Department survey finds the number of duck-hunting wetlands statewide at the lowest level in nine years.<\/p>\n<p>In South Dakota, Harold Bickner with Ducks Unlimited says wetlands have dried up in many areas, and ducks have moved out.<\/p>\n<p>The prevalence of wetlands isn&#8217;t the only determining factor in how many ducks will be available to hunters. Weather conditions and migration patterns also are big influences.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday is opening day for duck hunting in North Dakota. South Dakota&#8217;s season opens next Saturday in some areas and Oct. 14 in others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 When duck hunters in the Northern Plains take to the field this fall, they&#8217;ll find fewer wetlands at which to set up their blinds and float their decoys due to a summer of devastating drought. A North Dakota Game and Fish Department survey finds the number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":126542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129407","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\/129407","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=129407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129408,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129407\/revisions\/129408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/126542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}