WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announcedNorth Dakota will receive $2,093,127 in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2025 to support the costs associated with maintaining vital community services. PILT payments are calculated based on the number of acres of federal land within each county or jurisdiction, and population.
PILT payments are made for tax-exempt federal lands administered by DOI bureaus, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In addition, PILT payments cover federal lands administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In FY24, North Dakota received nearly $2 million from PILT for counties encumbered by non-taxable federal land.