CONSERVATION CUT.  Continuous CRP sign-up is on the horizon and the impact of conservation is clear beyond birds and deer, as we talk about a pollinator helping produce beer as part of today’s Outdoor Update.

 

Featured Photo: ROOSTER ROLL. A rooster pheasant works his way to a line of pines in the green spring grass.

 

WEATHER (Bismarck Forecast):
Today: Sun 5/19 – Rain tapers – Hi 49, Lo 37, Wind NE@13, G22. .1” Rain Early Tomorrow: Mon 5/20 – Drying Out – Hi 49, Lo 37, Wind SE@11, G18.

 

SOLUNAR (Bismarck Times):

Sunrise        Sunset
6:04AM       9:16PM

Moonrise      Moonset       Overhead    Underfoot
10:17PM      6:53AM       2:04AM       2:31PM

 

Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous (99% Full)

 

EDGE HOUR:  6:30-7:30PM.  As winds fade and the rain moves out, use moonset for a better bite in the Edge Hour.

DAY RATING:

 

OUTDOOR UPDATE:

SIGN UP FOR CRP.  Sign up for continuing CRP will begin on June 3, according to Pheasants Forever.  Extensions for expiring contracts and new ones will be fielded by the FSA at that time under the 2018 Farm Bill passed into law last December.

 

BUZZED? THANK A BUTTERFLY!  The US FWS has a great story on how pollinators help produce beer in Gainesville, FL, through efforts at UF to bring awareness and help conserve the frosted elfin butterfly, one of many species declining in populations.

WET WEEK.  More moisture is in the forecast after we dry out today and tomorrow as a new low moves in.  Things stay cool and cloudy, with hopes for a nice Memorial Day weekend and a good following week shaping up.