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Williams County Park Board to offer 99-year easement and provide fence materials at Blacktail Dam parcels
Summary
The Williams County Park Board voted to have county counsel draft a 99‑year easement for two small parcels at Blacktail Dam and approved providing fence materials and some equipment to support a fence the North Dakota Game and Fish Department intends to install.
The Williams County Park Board voted to have county counsel draft a 99‑year easement for two small parcels at Blacktail Dam and approved providing fence materials and some equipment to support a fence the North Dakota Game and Fish Department intends to install.
The easement would be offered to the nearby property owner, Greg Zivolny; board members said the action is intended to resolve long‑running access disputes around the shoreline and to clarify public versus Game and Fish land. Legal counsel told the board that "currently, under state law, easements can only be 99 years," and that a 99‑year instrument is the standard vehicle for this kind of grant.
Why it matters: board members described repeated complaints about…
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