The following records, regardless of form or characteristic, of or relating to the game and fish department are exempt under section 44-04-18 and section 6 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-02-29

  • Department: means the game and fish department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
  • Species: includes any subspecies of wildlife and any other group of wildlife of the same species or smaller taxa in common spatial arrangement that interbreed when mature. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
  • Wildlife: means any member of the animal kingdom including any mammal, fish, bird (including any migratory, nonmigratory, or endangered bird for which protection is also afforded by treaty or other international agreement), amphibian, reptile, mollusk, crustacean, or other invertebrate, and includes any part, product, egg, or offspring thereof, or the dead body or parts thereof. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02

1.    A record that would identify the name, address, or electronic mail address of an individual participating in a wildlife harvest survey.

2.    A record that would identify population distributions or locations of pallid sturgeon, bighorn sheep, moose, elk, eagles, sage grouse, prairie chickens, and any species of wildlife listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 [Pub. L. 93-205; 87 Stat. 884; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.], as amended.

3.    Telemetry radio frequencies or global positioning system coordinates of monitored species, denning sites, nest locations of raptors, and the specific location of wildlife capture sites used for wildlife research or management.