N.D. Cent. Code § 61-15-06: Board of university and school lands empowered to grant easements for water and wildlife conservation

The board of university and school lands may grant to the United States of America, its instrumentalities or agencies, such easement rights as may be required for the construction, maintenance, and operation of any dam, dike, ditch, fill, spillway, or other structure erected or to be erected for water or wildlife conservation purposes on the public lands of this state.