(Photo: North Dakota Game & Fish)
BISMARCK – Authorities say thousands of North Dakota landowners have electronically posted millions of acres of private land in what is believed to be the first system of its kind in the nation.
The 2021 North Dakota Legislature passed a law making electronic posting equal to physical posting, penalties, and what defines a fence. It allows only lawful hunters and anglers to access fenced, unposted land for hunting and fishing activities only.
The law takes effect Aug. 1. North Dakota’s Game and Fish Department opened the system for electronic posting in May. The deadline to post was Thursday, in advance of fall hunting.
About 7,000 landowners posted 3.75 million acres around North Dakota. That it about 8.3% of the state’s total area.
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