How do you patrol 4,000 miles of border with 980 border agents? Sparingly, especially along the vast expanses of the northern plains. In some areas of North Dakota, the only indication of the boundary is a marker - one of 5,528 that dot the frontier landscape from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Three of North Dakota's ports of entry have so little evening traffic - five cars or less during a five-hour stretch - that border authorities are already closing one at 5 p.m. instead of 10 p.m. They will close the other two at 5 p.m. beginning Oct. 1.
This feature requires a newer version of Macromedia Flash Player and javascript-enabled browser. Use this link to download latest Flash player, and follow installation instructions on the page. If you have flash, click here
