BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The North Dakota Game and Fish Department says it’s prohibiting open burning including campfires on the Oahe Wildlife Management Area along both sides of the Missouri River.
     Wildlife resource management supervisor Bill Haase says excessive dry conditions are making woodlands prone to wildfires.
     The Oahe is a heavily wooded recreation area that covers more
than 16,000 acres along Lake Oahe in portions of Burleigh, Emmons
and Morton counties.
     The restriction is in place until further notice. Signs are
posted at all entrances.
     Haase says the department is encouraging people using public
lands along the river to be extremely cautious when conditions are
dry.