RedactedNarrative: at approximately 1755 hours, District Game Warden (DGW) received a call from State Radio regarding a boating accident on Brush Lake near Mercer, ND. The McLean County Sherrifs? Office had forwarded a report they that they received from V1 Operator that she had hit a boat that was on a lift. The owner of the boat on the lift was later identified as V2 owner.  DGW gave V1 Operator a call at 1800 hours and identified himself. DGW asked V1 Operator what happened. V1 Operator said that she was driving a pontoon (2012 Sylvan with ND registration) on the northwest side of Brush Lake. V1 Operator said that she looked down and when she looked back up, she was headed for V2 owner's boat (2009 Bayliner with ND registration) that was sitting on a lift near a dock. V1 Operator said that she was unable to avoid hitting the boat and hit the rear of V2 owner's boat. V1 Operator said that there were no injuries. V1 Operator sounded coherent on the phone and was not slurring words. V1 Operator said that she had not been drinking alcohol. V1 Operator said that her boat had some minor damage to the front portion of one of the pontoons. V1 Operator said that V2 owner's boat had damage to the lower unit, and that the boat lift was bent from her pontoon pushing V2 owner's boat into the support arm of the boat lift. V1 Operator offered to send DGW photos that she took of the incident. V1 Operator provided a phone number for V2 owner. DGW explained to V1 Operator that he would speak to V2 owner and determine if a Recreational Boat Accident Report would be required to be filled out based on the amount of damage to his boat. 
  
   
  V2 owner said that he was down on the dock and had put his boat on the lift after being out on the lake. He was putting on the boat cover when V1 Operator's pontoon crashed into his boat. V2 owner said that that the lower unit had chunks taken out, as well as a hole. There was fiberglass damage from when the boat was pushed off the lift. The support arm of the boat lift was also bent in the collision. V2 owner said that the boat was on the trailer and at their cabin. DGW planned to meet with V2 owner the next day to document the damage to his boat and property. 
  
  
  On 07/04/2022 DGW met with V2 owner at his cabin located on Brush Lake. V2 owner showed DGW the damage to the boat. The boat appeared to have been impacted primarily on the stern-drive portion of the engine. There were 2 chunks taken out of the starboard side of the anti-ventilation plate, as well as one hole on top of the sterndrive engine. V2 owner commented that the boat was very hard to steer when he drove it to the landing to load the boat, and he believed that the steering was compromised. There was a scuff to the starboard side transom fiberglass. The scuff was though the gel coat, and the fibers of the fiberglass were visible. V2 owner believed that it was caused when the boat was pushed off the lift. V2 owner then took DGW down to the dock to show damage to the boat lift. The rear support leg was visibly bent. V2 owner said that it was bent worse, but that he was able to bend it back some. DGW photographed the damage to the boat and to the lift. V2 owner was provided a voluntary statement form to fill out regarding the accident. 
  
  
  At approximately 1110 hours, DGW met with V1 Operator at her cabin on Brush Lake. DGW spoke with V1 Owner and V1 Operator upon arriving at the cabin. V1 Owner showed DGW the damage to the pontoon. The damage was to the starboard side pontoon. There were chunks taken out of the front edge of the pontoon, and a dent on the outside of the pontoon. There were no puncture marks to the pontoon, and V1 Owner indicated that it was only cosmetic and that they were unsure if they would fix it.