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LWCF Success in North Dakota

The Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped protect some of North Dakota’s most treasured places.  North Dakota has received approximately $48 million over the past four decades, protecting places such as the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site and the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.

Dakota Prairie Grasslands

The Dakota Prarie Grasslands are a collection of 1,259,000 acres of prarie stretching across the Dakotas.  The Grasslands are not a solid group of lands but are rather mixed in with other private, state, and federal lands. They range from tallgrass prairies to badlands, and contrain resources from archelogical digs to oil and gas production.  Recreational opportunities include camping, hiking, biking, canoeing, fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching.  Though the Dakota Prairie Grasslands are not all physically connected, their ecosystems and resources are linked and we must continue to protect them for future generations.

Economic Benefits

Active outdoor recreation is an important part of the North Dakota economy.  Each year, 190,000 sportspersons and 148,000 wildlife watchers combine to spend $269 million on wildlife-associated recreation in North Dakota.  This is an integral part of the American outdoor recreation economy, which contributes $730 billion annually to the U.S. economy, supports 6.4 million American jobs (1 out of every 20 jobs in the U.S.), and stimulates 8 percent of all consumer spending, according to the Outdoor Industry Association.