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Game and Fish Pays $715,000 in Property Taxes

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently paid more than $715,000 in taxes to counties in which the department owns or leases land. The 2020 in-lieu-of-tax payments are the same as property taxes paid by private landowners.

The Game and Fish Department manages more than 200,000 acres for wildlife habitat and public hunting in 51 counties. The department does not own or manage any land in Traill or Renville counties.

Following is a list of counties and the tax payments they received.

County

Tax Due

County

Tax Due

County

Tax Due

Adams

184.82

Grand Forks

15,060.83

Pierce

2,982.83

Barnes

6,279.49

Grant

1,211.27

Ramsey

16,093.07

Benson

4,891.95

Griggs

94.57

Ransom

2,162.31

Billings

291.54

Hettinger

4,893.24

Richland

19,448.08

Bottineau

6,521.86

Kidder

12,250.50

Rolette

56,688.78

Bowman

2,248.04

LaMoure

11,078.00

Sargent

20,390.21

Burke

1,266.23

Logan

408.26

Sheridan

79,581.99

Burleigh

35,871.99

McHenry

1,669.60

Sioux

310.16

Cass

7,841.02

McIntosh

10,001.08

Slope

2,041.94

Cavalier

14,749.60

McKenzie

34,900.03

Stark

6,000.39

Dickey

13,677.91

McLean

124,582.77

Steele

10,311.19

Divide

2,438.64

Mercer

22,098.32

Stutsman

5,202.61

Dunn

5,602.37

Morton

23,511.24

Towner

2,416.28

Eddy

6,330.43

Mountrail

6,190.35

Walsh

11,069.67

Emmons

7,810.61

Nelson

5,987.31

Ward

61.24

Foster

967.31

Oliver

2,627.11

Wells

59,917.41

Golden Valley

165.22

Pembina

19,216.23

Williams

8,577.74