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Lawmakers question Game and Fish land purchases, seek details on leases, taxes and public access
Summary
The House Appropriations Government Operations Division reviewed North Dakota Game and Fish Department land acquisitions, asking for details on which parcels would be open for hunting, lease terms, tax impacts and appraisal limits.
The Government Operations section of the House Appropriations Committee discussed the North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s land-acquisition list, which committee members said totals roughly 2,000 acres and includes parcels in multiple legislative districts.
The matter drew questions about public access, local taxes and how acquisitions are prioritized. “When the Game and Fish Department purchases land … one of our missions obviously is to open it up for access to the public. And so yes, all of our property that we own is open for public access,” Jeb Williams, director of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, told the committee.
Committee members said some parcels under consideration are saline, enrolled in federal Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), or flood-prone and therefore not highly productive cropland. Representative Brandenburg described an Adams County parcel enrolled in CRP for decades and said it “probably fits in that box” for wildlife habitat…
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