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June 23, 2008

Game and Fish Pays $511,000 in Property Taxes

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently paid $511,210 in taxes to counties in which the department owns or leases land. The 2007 in-lieu-of-tax payments are the same as property taxes paid by private landowners.

The Game and Fish Department manages more than 185,000 acres for wildlife habitat and public hunting in 50 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.

Adams 162.41
Barnes 5,127.89
Benson 3,043.45
Bottineau 4,724.69
Bowman 1,928.81
Burke 805.83
Burleigh 34,146.50
Cass 6,521.90
Cavalier 25,488.53
Dickey 10,589.28
Divide 3,094.74
Eddy 3,925.89
Emmons 3,138.53
Foster 2,709.32
Golden Valley 229.03
Grand Forks 11,338.80
Grant 559.53
Griggs 381.59
Hettinger 3,270.90
Kidder 11,333.82
LaMoure 6,357.91
Logan 1,310.22
McHenry 1,538.44
McIntosh 6,577.12
McKenzie 29,442.74
McLean 50,279.50
Mercer 14,936.01
Morton 18,981.48
Mountrail 12,499.28
Nelson 5,352.91
Oliver 1,954.16
Pembina 17,535.45
Pierce 2,146.00
Ramsey 1,700.64
Ransom 1,420.91
Richland 16,098.72
Rolette 19,833.74
Sargent 14,145.56
Sheridan 68,252.99
Sioux 437.52
Slope 1,901.33
Stark 234.89
Steele 9,506.01
Stutsman 6,404.63
Towner 1,844.20
Walsh 9,574.00
Ward 95.92
Wells 41,847.33
Williams 7,891.16

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