Long-Time ND Elementary School Teacher Donates Land; Stark County's First Wildlife Management Area -- April 11, 2016

The Dickinson Press reports:

Tucked away a few miles west of the Enchanted Highway south of Gladstone is a large and secluded tract of land where pheasants pop out of thick grassland and deer hide in tree rows that stretch for nearly a half-mile. It’s an area soon to become Stark County’s first North Dakota Game & Fish Department Wildlife Management Area.

The 1,120 acres of land -- which consists of an adjoining section, half-section and quarter-section -- was gifted to the Game and Fish Department by Regina Roth, a longtime teacher and lover of wildlife who died in January at 84 years old.

After graduating from Lefor High School, Roth began teaching at a country school nearby before even obtaining her degree from what was then Dickinson State Teacher’s College. She ended up teaching first and second grades in Mott, where she also became the elementary principal, until her retirement.

I'm just impressed with  how much land the family accumulated over the years starting with a small homesteading tract.

The WMA [will be] named after her parents, Adam and Theresa Raab, who homesteaded the area.

There are 215 Wildlife Management Areas throughout North Dakota either managed or partially managed by Game & Fish. The WMAs are open to hunting, fishing and trapping, and are also used for hiking, primitive camping and nature study, according to the department’s website.

Of those WMAs, only around 30 are larger than the Raab Wildlife Management Area, and many of those in western North Dakota are near Lake Sakakawea and Lake Oahe.