No work is to be done on privately owned land under the provisions of this chapter except as may be necessary in the public interest for regional or statewide forest protection against fire, insects, and disease or simple flood control measures to arrest gully erosion and flash runoffs at the headwaters of streams.
N.D. Cent. Code § 50-17-04
When work may be done on privately owned land
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