The board of university and school lands, for wildlife restoration projects, may transfer and convey to the department any state school land. A transfer and conveyance may not exceed six hundred forty acres [259 hectares] for any one project and must be made in exchange for other land of equal value owned by the state for the benefit and use of the department or acquired by the department for exchange purposes.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 20.1-11-12

  • Department: means the game and fish department. See North Dakota Code 20.1-01-02
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • 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