{"id":232818,"date":"2021-08-23T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=232818"},"modified":"2021-08-24T07:27:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T12:27:24","slug":"jeb-williams-appointed-next-game-fish-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=232818","title":{"rendered":"Jeb Williams appointed next Game & Fish Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"(CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Gov Doug Burgum appointed Wildlife Division Chief Jeb Williams to serve as the next director of the ND Game and Fish Department, effective Aug. 24, citing his broad experience and leadership during his 22-year career with the agency.<\/p>\n

Williams joined the Game and Fish Department in 1999 and has served in a variety of roles including natural resource technician and biologist, outreach biologist and wildlife resource management supervisor. He was named chief of the department\u2019s Wildlife Division in 2014 after having served as assistant wildlife chief since 2011.<\/p>\n

Burgum says, \u201cJeb has a strong track record as a highly capable leader on issues affecting fish and wildlife resources and as an effective communicator in relating those issues to North Dakota\u2019s hunters and anglers and the general public.\u00a0 His extensive background, commitment to public service and trusted leadership within Game and Fish will benefit North Dakota citizens and the management of our state\u2019s abundant wildlife resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams grew up in Beach, N.D., and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in biology from Dickinson State University. He is a past recipient of the Governor\u2019s Award for Excellence in Public Service for developing and implementing outreach programs that benefit the department and citizens. As Wildlife Division chief, he has overseen the department\u2019s largest division, helped formulate policy on the federal farm bill, successfully negotiated and implemented agreements for elk and bighorn sheep with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and MHA Nation, and represented the department on several national boards, among other duties.<\/p>\n

Williams says, \u201cI\u2019m honored to be selected as the next director with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department and grateful for the opportunity to lead a very professional and dedicated agency committed to the well-being of North Dakota\u2019s fish and wildlife resources,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n

Williams succeeds Director Terry Steinwand, who retired July 31 after more than 15 years as director and nearly 40 years with the department.<\/p>\n

Burgum expressed his gratitude for Deputy Director Scott Peterson for serving as interim director since Steinwand\u2019s retirement.<\/p>\n

Game and Fish has a two-year budget of approximately $92 million and is authorized for 165 full-time team members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(CSi)\u00a0 \u00a0\u2013 Gov Doug Burgum appointed Wildlife Division Chief Jeb Williams to serve as the next director of the ND Game and Fish Department, effective Aug. 24, citing his broad experience and leadership during his 22-year career with the agency. Williams joined the Game and Fish Department in 1999 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":232841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232818"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232876,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232818\/revisions\/232876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/232841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}