03-29-2006, 05:35 PM
Life Jacket Loan Kits Available to Recreation Areas 032906
Operators of lake recreation areas in North Dakota can take part in a program that promotes safety to water recreationists.
The program is designed to make life jackets available for boaters, anglers and jet skiers who have either forgotten, misplaced or just don't have enough life jackets along for an outing.
A life jacket loan kit will be sent to sites interested in the program. Each kit includes nine Type III personal flotation devices, consisting of three infant, three 30-50 pound and three 50-90 pound life jackets.
The package of loaner PFDs is free, and sites cannot charge to loan out the life jackets, said Marty Egeland, outreach biologist for the state Game and Fish Department, Grand Forks. Public and private entities can apply for the kits, which are for only lake and river areas, not swimming pools.
Recreation area managers interested in becoming part of the program should contact Egeland at 795-3811
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Operators of lake recreation areas in North Dakota can take part in a program that promotes safety to water recreationists.
The program is designed to make life jackets available for boaters, anglers and jet skiers who have either forgotten, misplaced or just don't have enough life jackets along for an outing.
A life jacket loan kit will be sent to sites interested in the program. Each kit includes nine Type III personal flotation devices, consisting of three infant, three 30-50 pound and three 50-90 pound life jackets.
The package of loaner PFDs is free, and sites cannot charge to loan out the life jackets, said Marty Egeland, outreach biologist for the state Game and Fish Department, Grand Forks. Public and private entities can apply for the kits, which are for only lake and river areas, not swimming pools.
Recreation area managers interested in becoming part of the program should contact Egeland at 795-3811
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