BISMARCK, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – Governor Burgum appointed Tyler Jacobson to serve on the North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Fund Advisory Board.

North Dakota’s Outdoor Heritage Fund was established in 2013 as a multi-million dollar program to provide grants to state agencies, tribal governments, political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations, with higher priority given to projects that enhance conservation practices in this state by:

Providing access to private and public lands for sportsmen, including projects that create fish and wildlife habitat and provide access for sportsmen; Improving, maintaining and restoring water quality, soil conditions, plant diversity, animal systems, and by supporting other practices of stewardship to enhance farming and ranching; Developing, enhancing, conserving and restoring wildlife and fish habitat on private and public lands; and Conserving natural areas and creating other areas for recreation through the establishment and development of parks and other recreation areas.

The Outdoor Heritage Fund will receive up to $40 million per biennium from oil and gas production tax revenue.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission has oversight of the Outdoor Heritage Fund. The Outdoor Heritage Fund Advisory Board (consisting of 12 voting and 4 ex-officio members) shall make recommendations to the Commission on the funding of grants.