North Dakota outdoors

The coyote survives winter in North Dakota. Photo by NDGF Ashley Peterson
The coyote survives winter in North Dakota. Photo by NDGF Ashley Peterson

Winter wildlife survival

As winter tightens its grip on North Dakota, the landscape transforms into a vast, frozen tundra.

Snow blankets the plains, rivers freeze solid, and the air becomes crisp with a bite that chills the bones. For many of us, it can be easy to view the season as a time to retreat indoors, to huddle inside and wait for the thaw. But for North Dakota’s wildlife, winter is a time t…