Oct 10, 2012Wildlife News
Ninety-five-year old still looking forward to pheasant season
Rapid City Journal
At age 95, Stan Lieberman has certainly earned the right to rest on his very considerable laurels.
After all, the long-time Rapid City resident has donated countless hours to a wide variety of...
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Oct 9, 2012Wild Life News
Higher walleye limit possible on Lake Oahe
DEADWOOD — Some of South Dakota’s fishing rules might change for 2013, including a big shift on policy regarding Lake Oahe walleyes, under proposals made Friday by the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
The commission is considering...
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Oct 4, 2012Wildlife News
Black Hills Playhouse project takes you backstage in off-season
Rapid City Journal
It’s all well and good to see a play during the summer at the Black Hills Playhouse in Custer State Park, but to get a "backstage pass," you have to work for it.
My husband and I took the...
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Oct 3, 2012Wildlife News
GF&P review to focus on big-game on lion depredation, big-game management
Rapid City Journal
There are too few elk, too many lions and looming questions about the big-game management policies of the state Game, Fish & Parks Department.
Those were the dominant issues...
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Oct 2, 2012Wildlife News
YANKTON PRESS & DAKOTAN: The dawn of October means the arrival of paddlefish season on the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. Hundreds of anglers braved light morning showers to cast hooks into the tailwaters Monday with hopes of snapping the ancient fish. Pat Hajek of...
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Oct 2, 2012Wildlife News
Fire watch planned for northwest SD antelope season
BELLE FOURCHE - Fire watches are scheduled during antelope season in Northwest South Dakota counties that opens Saturday.
Bill Eastman, state game warden based in Belle Fourche, notified Butte County officials Thursday about plans...
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Jul 12, 2012Wildlife News
Lake Oahe salmon: Pacific Northwest transplant a success story
Pierre Capital Journal
Talk about a return on investment.
The last time the Game Fish and Parks Department collected data on the value of the chinook salmon program, it found that between 1993 and 1997, an...
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Jul 10, 2012Wildlife News
Public to help set scope of wildlife agency review
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Hunters and landowners will be able to help determine the issues covered in an independent review of the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department's management of wildlife issues, Gov. Dennis Daugaard's chief...
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Jul 9, 2012Wildlife News
Governor's office seeks independent review of GF&P
Rapid City Journal
Gov. Dennis Daugaard is calling for an independent review of the state Game, Fish & Parks Department, with management of mountain lions and elk in the Black Hills to be among the areas of scrutiny....
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Jul 6, 2012Wildlife News
Thousands of fish found dead on South Dakota shores
KSFY-TV
For many anglers across South Dakota, this time of year is perfect to go out, cast a line and catch some fish.
But many fishermen on the James River near the North Dakota border are now concerned; after dead fish...
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Jul 5, 2012Wildlife Bews
Rare bird may be threatened by mine project
Rapid City Journal
SPEARFISH | Fifty potential victims of a proposed gold-mining operation in the Black Hills can’t speak for themselves.
The Black Hills population of the American dipper depends on unpolluted, fast-moving...
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Jul 2, 2012Wildlife News
Women's Try It Day
KDLT-TV
Area women prove they've got what it takes to tackle outdoor sports.
The third annual "Women's Try It Day" at the Outdoor Campus gave women and girls the chance to try out some activities that many consider to be male dominated. It's an...
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Jun 29, 2012Wildlife News
Silver Carp Jumping On South Dakota Rivers
KELO-TV
YANKTON, SD - They've been the focus of biologists across the nation for years now. Silver carp that have spread up the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers are now calling South Dakota home.
In nature, things are always...
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Jun 28, 2012Wildlife News
The Dakota Fire reaches 300 acres
The 300-acre Dakota Fire amassed a tower of smoke above the Black Hills on Wednesday as firefighters worked on the forest floor to secure its perimeter. The smell of smoke settled over Sheridan Lake as plumes rose above the trees.
Wednesday's...
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Jun 26, 2012Wildlife News
Fishing offers healing, serenity
Mitchell Daily Republic
A smallmouth bass jumps from the water after being hooked by one of the residents of the Abbott House while fishing at My Fishing Pond, Inc., near Bridgewater.
BRIDGEWATER — A tiny man-made pond a few miles outside...
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Jun 25, 2012Wildlife News
Boating Safety Emphasized By GF&P
KELO-TV
WALL LAKE, SD - The South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department is ramping up boating safety checks across the state.
It is part of an effort to safe lives on the water this summer.
Conservation Officer Jared Hill...
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Jun 22, 2012Wildlife News
Groups rally for conservation officer
Aberdeen American News
When Brook Brown worked as a conservation officer, he often wondered what it was like to have a day off.
"It's always funny when you're working and you sometimes you wish you could have a day at home,"...
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Jun 21, 2012Wildlife News
Rooster pheasants eating lead pellets
Bob Mercer, Aberdeen American News
PIERRE — A state Wildlife Division research project at a Lyman County farm last fall found that many of the rooster pheasants killed by hunters had previously eaten lead shotgun pellets that had been fired...
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Jun 20, 2012Wildlife News
Lion shot after late-night visit to city parking lot
Rapid City Journal
Family Dental Care, at 1301 West Omaha St. in The Plaza, is owned by Dr. Jeff Olson, chairman of the state Game, Fish & Parks Commission. Police shot and killed a mountain lion Friday morning near his...
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Jun 19, 2012Wildlife News
GF&P moves to prevent spread of Asian carp in Mitchell
Mitchell Daily Republic
South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks commissioners unanimously adopted a rule disallowing the catching of baitfish on Firesteel Creek below Lake Mitchell. The vote was conducted during a special...
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Jun 15, 2012Wildlife News
GF&P could ban taking of baitfish from Firesteel Creek
Mitchell Daily Republic
Battle lines are being drawn in the fight against Asian carp in South Dakota, and one of the lines falls squarely on Firesteel Creek.
South Dakota Game Fish and Parks officials have proposed...
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Jun 14, 2012Wildlife News
Researchers hunt for lambs to study dwindling bighorn sheep herds
Rapid City Journal
Josh Smith is on a trophy hunt for bighorn sheep these days.
But the 34-year-old graduate student in wildlife and fisheries science from South Dakota State University isn’t after regal...
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Jun 13, 2012Wildlife News
GF&P recaptures familiar lion in Custer State Park
Biologists with the state Game, Fish & Parks Department checked in with a familiar old lion in Custer State Park on Tuesday.
Her name is F-27.
"Which means she’s an old, old cat," said Steve Griffin, a wildlife...
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Jun 11, 2012Wildlife News
Search for missing teen continues
Rapid City Journal
The search for a missing Hill City teen will continue Monday morning at Deerfield Lake, according to Sgt. Walter Eichler, of the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities’ weekend efforts were unsuccessful...
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Jun 8, 2012Wildlife News
Warm weather boosts South Dakota park visitation toward record year
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
State parks and recreation areas in South Dakota are on pace to set a record for visitation this year, following an unusually warm spring that enticed more people outdoors....
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Jun 6, 2012Wildlife News
Wyoming youth hunting contest a model for South Dakota
Rapid City Journal
Targeting sporting clays from seven angles at a five-stand course is one of eight disciplines tested as part of the Wyoming-South Dakota Youth Hunter Education Challenge. The event also includes a...
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Jun 5, 2012Wildlife News
High productivity helping sustain Oahe’s walleye
Pierre Capital Journal
Missouri River reservoir flooding in 2011 sent many prey fish such as smelt downstream, triggering fears that a repeat of the high walleye mortality rates of the late 1990s could follow.
But biologists...
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Jun 4, 2012Wildlife News
Tours available at historic tribal area
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Edward Raventon, a writer, naturalist and summer tour guide for the Blood Run Nature Area, looks at artwork with Jerry Fogg, a local artist who does mixed-media pieces about Native American history, including...
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Jun 1, 2012Wildlife News
Fort Sisseton Historical Festival this weekend
Aberdeen American News
Members of the 7th Cavalry with the Frontier Army of the Dakota discharge their weapons during a demonstration on the parade grounds at the Fort Sisseton Historical Festival in June 2010.
Those who like...
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May 30, 2012Wildlife News
SD mountain trails offer escape for hikers, cyclists
Korrie Wenzel, Mitchell Daily Republic
Bicyclists make their way across the Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills. The 109-mile trail snakes it way through mountain landscapes, offering riders some of the best views of the Black...
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May 30, 2012Wildlife News
SD mountain trails offer escape for hikers, cyclists
Korrie Wenzel, Mitchell Daily Republic
Bicyclists make their way across the Mickelson Trail in the Black Hills. The 109-mile trail snakes it way through mountain landscapes, offering riders some of the best views of the Black...
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May 25, 2012Wildlife News
More South Dakota land added to reserves
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Agriculture Department today will accept 3.9 million acres into a popular federal program that pays farmers and ranchers for taking environmentally sensitive land out of production.
USDA said the acres, coupled with...
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May 25, 2012Wildlife News
Into the Black Hills hunting turkey
Dennis Anderson, Minneapolis Tribune
IN THE BLACK HILLS - The gobbler appeared in an instant, just over my shoulder, 20 yards away.
I was scouting for birds, 15 minutes into a four-day wild turkey hunt in the Black Hills, and had mimicked...
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May 24, 2012Wildlife News
Looking around our backyard
Janette McIntyre, Rapid City Journal
Jay Leno took on South Dakota recently in a spoof on what there is to do here. His take was that the only thing to do is see Mount Rushmore.
Well, we all know that Jay has been a participant in the...
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May 23, 2012Wildlife News
Utah judge says streams are public assets, but access still a question
A Utah judge agreed Monday with anglers arguing that all rivers and streams are public waters, but he has yet to decide whether a law restricting access to them went too far.
Fourth District Judge Derek Pullan...
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May 22, 2012Wildlife News
S.D. Kayak Challenge Returns To Missouri River
Yankton Press & Dakotan Paddlers venture down the Missouri River during the 2010 South Dakota Kayak Challenge, a 72-mile journey that began at Riverside Park in Yankton and finished in Sioux City, Iowa. The...
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May 21, 2012Wildlife News
GF&P Free Fishing Weekend Draws Crowds To Local Recreation Areas
Yankton Press & Dakotan
Regina Auch made sure she and her family didn’t miss an opportunity to catch a big one this weekend. Auch, along with her boyfriend, Jeremy Sobotka, and her daughter, Jade, were...
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May 17, 2012Wildlife news
Wildlife group sues for bat-disease documents
HELENA, Mont. — A wildlife advocacy group sued the U.S. Forest Service Wednesday for the release of documents on how the agency plans to keep a disease that has already killed millions of bats in the U.S. and Canada from spreading...
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May 16, 2012Wildlife News
Wolf found near Pine Ridge migrated from Yellowstone
The gray wolf found dead Monday morning near Pine Ridge made a 400-mile journey from Yellowstone National Park to southwest South Dakota in less than two months, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wolf specialist said...
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May 14, 2012Wildlife News
Lodge Adds New Element To Local L&C Resort
Yankton Press & Dakotan
The Lewis and Clark Resort in Yankton just got a little bigger. Owners Jeff and Judy Wahl recently opened the resort’s new 4,000-square-foot lodge, hoping to attract additional markets and increase...
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May 14, 2012Wildlife News
A dated story on Bighorn Sheep was pulled into "Today's News" in place of the intended story which appeared in Monday's edition of the Rapid City Journal. Here is that story:
Bighorn herd improves, but still threatened Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal The bighorn sheep herd in Custer...
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May 11, 2012Wildlife News
South Dakota Kayak Challenge returns on changed Missouri River
Lovers of adventure sports are normally chomping at the bit to get outside and compete in nature without much prompting.
Give a boatload of kayakers an extra year to wait, and you’ll have them all especially...
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May 10, 2012Wildlife News
Low Tide
Yankton Press & Dakotan
The river bottom at Riverside Acres was exposed for much of Wednesday.
As people streamed into the area below the Gavins Point Dam Wednesday, many were struck by what a difference a year can make. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
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May 8, 2012Wildlife News
War against SD tree bugs enlists unlikely fighters
SPEARFISH CANYON, S.D. -- Joe Shark's Native American heritage taught him to be leery of the timber industry on the South Dakota reservation where he grows apples and gooseberries, but a threat from an enemy no larger than a...
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May 7, 2012Wildlife News
It’s a fish eat fish world
Black Hills Pioneer Press
Students from the Spearfish-based Black Hills Academy received an up-close look at one of nature's oddities Tuesday while at McNenny State Fish Hatchery. During a feeding frenzy at an outside pond, one of...
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May 3, 2012Wildlife News
Foundation to lead Blood Run tours to help raise awareness
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Limited public tours will be available this summer at Blood Run, the national historic landmark that likely will become the first new state park in South Dakota in more than 50 years.
A...
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May 2, 2012Wildlife News
Norbeck petition denied
Attorney General Marty Jackley announced today that the U.S. Supreme Court has denied the Friends of Norbeck and Native Ecosystem's petition to review in the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve challenge.
On September 3, 2010, the Friends of Norbeck and the...
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Apr 26, 2012Wildlife News
Mountain lion spotted in Ravinia
RAVINIA -- The Charles Mix County Sheriff's Office is urging residents of Ravinia to be aware of their children and pets after a mountain lion was spotted in the area.
KSFY-TV reports that the lion was spotted in city limits at 8:30 a.m....
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Apr 25, 2012Wildlife News
Plans in place to open future Blood Run park to visitors
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — State Parks and Recreation Director Doug Hofer has a spring in his step as he hikes the potential trails meandering through Blood Run, a national historic landmark set to become South Dakota's first...
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Apr 17, 2012Wildlife News
GFP: Warm weather boosts SD fishing license sales
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department has sold more than twice as many annual resident fishing licenses than it did at this point last year thanks to an unseasonably warm spring.
The department...
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Apr 16, 2012Wildlife News
Daugaard praises pheasant hunting and its boost to SD economy
Bob Mercer, Mitchell Daily Republic
PIERRE — Gov. Dennis Daugaard, in an entertaining speech to members of the State Historical Society at their annual meeting Saturday, showed how pheasant hunting has grown into a...
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Apr 13, 2012Wildlife News
Pierre/Fort Pierre Area Boat Ramps Seeing Flood Clean Up and Improvements
The 2011 flood impacted area waterways and boat ramps; and as a result the state Game, Fish and Parks Department will be making some changes this year along the river. Doug Hofer, Director of the G F...
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Apr 12, 2012Wildlife News
The mating dance
Bismarck Tribune
One of the most intricate and entertaining courtship rituals is that of the male sharptail grouse. The male puffs up brightly-colored neck sacs and dances in circles, trying to win the favor of a hen.
If you happen to live in a neighborhood...
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Apr 11, 2012Wildlife News
Paddlefish snagging returns to Big Bend Dam
Rapid City Journal
The hooks will be flying May 1 below Big Bend Dam at Fort Thompson as a revived state paddlefish season gives anglers a chance to hook into Missouri River trophies that could weigh 100 pounds or more.
For the...
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Apr 10, 2012Wildlife News
Warm weather lures crowds to campsites
Rapid City Journal
Paul Brawley of Omaha, Neb., left, makes pancakes with his sons, Nathan, 17, center, and Taylor, 12, at the Game Lodge Campground at Custer State Park on Sunday, April 8, 2012. Camping at State Parks increased in March....
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Apr 9, 2012Wildlife News
Missouri Walleye Plentiful Despite Baitfish Drop
SIOUX FALLS -- Anglers taking advantage of this year's mild spring are snagging plenty of walleye from the Missouri River despite a drop in the number of baitfish caused by last year's flooding, a state fisheries biologist said....
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Apr 6, 2012Wildlife News
Nearly flying fish: Oahe Marina stocked with 5,000 rainbow trout
Pierre Capital Journal
Fish shoot out of a container truck. South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks stocked 5,000 rainbow trout at the Oahe Marina Wednesday.
Onlookers packed the Oahe Marina dock and...
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Apr 3, 2012Wildlife news
Game, Fish and Parks get kids hooked on fishing
KEVN-TV
And for those looking to get an intro to fishing here in the Black Hills the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department hosted a Family Fish Festival to get people hooked. Attendance hit the quadruple digits at...
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Apr 2, 2012Wildlife News
Warm days fuel camping spirit
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Ashley Williams and Travis Atwood camp Saturday at Palisades State Park. South Dakota is seeing a surge in camping.
Early spring weather has the state parks hopping.
Drawn by the warm weather, campers reserved...
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Mar 30, 2012Wildlife News
Hunters, sportsmen blast GF&P over elk, lion management
Too many lions, not enough elk.
That is what almost all of the 40 people who spoke to upper-level Game, Fish & Parks Department officials Thursday night said was wrong with big-game management priorities for...
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Mar 29, 2012Wildlife News
Major Yellowstone elk herd keeps declining
A bull elk sticks out its tongue in Yellowstone National Park.
BILLINGS, Mont. — A major elk herd that migrates between Yellowstone National Park and Montana suffered another steep decline last year because of a hard winter,...
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Mar 28, 2012Wildlife News
South Dakota elk numbers falling
Mitchell Daily Republic
MITCHELL, S.D. — That once-in-a-lifetime Custer State Park elk tag might be harder to obtain this year.
At their last meeting, state Game, Fish and Parks commissioners proposed reducing the number of several elk...
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Mar 23, 2012Wildlife News
Black Hills' snowmobile trails survive winter heat wave
If perception is indeed reality, the abnormally warm winter temperatures experienced in the upper Midwest would have largely left snowmobilers stuck in the mud on the Black Hills’ trails.
Not so, says Shannon Percy,...
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Mar 22, 2012Wildlife News
Warm, dry conditions jump start wildfire season
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Although warmer weather is being embraced by many snow-accustomed residents in the Plains and Upper Midwest, the unseasonably dry conditions have turned the region's vast grasslands into a tinderbox....
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Mar 21, 2012Wildlife News
Flooding Fallout
Yankton Press & Dakotan
These aerial photos show the Missouri River near Vermillion before the 2011 flood (shown) and after the flooding. The high waters dumped tons of sand and other sediment downstream. Vermillion is located at the top-center of both...
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Mar 20, 2012Wil;dlife News
NRCS: Helping sage grouse can help protect ranchers
BELLE FOURCHE – Northwest South Dakota ranchers concerned about sweeping federal protection of the sage grouse may find future protection for their own grazing land in another federal program.
The most recent...
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Mar 16, 2012Wildlife News
When city life meets wildlife
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A few years ago, a family wandered into the Outdoor Campus with a baby duckling they’d taken in. They wanted to release it into the campus pond.
A naturalist led the family out to the pond, where they watched with pride...
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Mar 15, 2012Wildlife News
Limit lifted to curb goose population
Mitchell Daily Republic
As the seemingly endless strings of geese make their way across crisp blue skies this spring, it’s hard not to stand and watch.
Beautiful as the yearly migration may be, it is coming at a heavy...
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Mar 14, 2012Wildlife News
Oahe Marina re-opens; work proceeds on state campgrounds
Pierre Capital Journal
The Oahe Marina wasn’t supposed to be serving lunch on Friday, but people showed up at lunchtime – anglers, local business people, state employees working to restore recreation areas below...
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Mar 13, 2012Wildlife News
The hunt for the beetle
Black Hills Pioneer Press
NORTHERN HILLS — The snow is knee deep in spots on Green Mountain. And an overnight freezing rain has coated everything — the trunks and limbs of the trees, the vein-like roots protruding from the ground, and the snow — in an...
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Mar 12, 2012Wildlife News
Butte County ranchers concerned with BLM sage grouse plan
BELLE FOURCHE – It’s not just that there is so much federal land in Butte County that is leased for ranching, it’s a concern that even private land within four miles of a sage grouse may be closed to livestock by new...
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Mar 9, 2012Wildlife News
ANTLER ADDICTS
John Pollmann, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
NEAR MADISON — Leaving the comfort of the truck, Jim Shaeffer and Kevin Robling walk toward a scramble of trees, a powerful wind at their backs. Working their way through the initial layer of branches, the duo discover...
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Mar 8, 2012Wildlife News
Time-lapse videos showcase South Dakota’s landscape This photo provided by Randy Halverson shows a still from his "Temporal Distortion" video, filmed primarily in central South Dakota, near the White River, in 2011. The video also includes images from Arches National Park in...
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Mar 7, 2012Wildlife News
Chopper crew thwarts lion attack on elk
A helicopter crew firing sedation darts last week at elk in Custer State Park saw a repeat of a lion attack that killed a sedated elk during similar operations last year.
This year, the elk cow elk survived, however, thanks to some...
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Mar 6, 2012Wildlife News
With events center on the way, Sioux Falls eyes Pheasant Fest
John Pollmann, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Pheasant Fest – the signature event of the non-profit habitat organization Pheasants Forever – wrapped up a couple of weeks ago in Kansas City, Mo., with more than...
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Feb 28, 2012Wildlife News
A buzz in the air above Wind Cave National park
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
HOT SPRINGS – Grant Cadwallader put his high school wrestling experience to good use Monday.
His time as a saddle-bronc rider came in handy as well.
Wrestling and riding are part of...
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Feb 27, 2012Wildlife News
Sturgis set to buy GF&P parcel for parks, sports fields
It’s a pretty piece of meadow that doesn’t work well anymore for the state Game, Fish & Parks Department.
But it could be ideal for the city of Sturgis, where officials hope to buy 62 acres of former GF&P...
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Feb 24, 2012Wildlife News
Federal Agencies Pitch Land Protection Plan
Yankton Press & Dakotan
Property owners were told Thursday they can participate in a voluntary program aimed at developing conservation and recreation along two stretches of the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR). The...
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Feb 23, 2012life News
Rain Weakens Ice On South Dakota Lakes And Rivers
KDLT-TV Sioux Falls
South Dakota Game Fish & Parks officials are keeping a close eye on ice conditions. They say the ice on South Dakota's lakes and rivers is becoming more dangerous as we get closer to spring. The...
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Feb 22, 2012Wildlife News
Lion Eyes
Yankton Press & Dakotan A camera specially designed to operate outdoors and collect photos of wildlife captured this image of a mountain lion on the Dawne and Matt Olson property north of Vermillion. This big cat was roaming on a trail along the...
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Feb 21, 2012Wildlife News
Getting close up and not-so personal with airport eagles
Rapid City Journal
It isn't just the airplanes that capture the eye these days at Rapid City Regional Airport.
The bald eagles are pretty impressive, too, especially close up.
Airport employee Gary English...
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Feb 17, 2012Wildlife News
The critter chase: Family goes on the hunt for rabbits
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Shawn Wichmann gets ready to shoot a rabbit in a grove near rural Baltic last month.
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Feb 16, 2012Wildlife News
Bug Buffet
Brookings Register
"I was expecting a lot more taste." Fourth-grade student Thomas Boulware had just eaten his share of a collection of crunchy, salty bugs – crickets, mealworms, weaver ants, bamboo worms, giant crickets and buffalo beetles – inside Melissa...
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Feb 14, 2012Wildlife News
President requests $1.3 billion for US Fish & Wildlife
Washington, DC - - The President’s Fiscal Year 2013 discretionary budget request supports $1.5 billion in programs for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an increase of $72.0 million over the 2012 enacted level.
In...
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Feb 13, 2012Wildlife News
Federal preservationists look to buy scenic land along Missouri River
Conservation groups are considering a plan to buy more tracts of land near the Missouri River in northeast Nebraska and southeast South Dakota.
Wayne Nelson-Stastny, a natural resources coordinator...
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Feb 8, 2012Wildlife News
Urban fishery lures regulars
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A Sioux Falls-area park has gotten a lot of use since it opened, in fact more than some other popular parks in the region, a recent survey of anglers shows.
The urban lake in the 90-acre Family Park, near the...
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Feb 7, 2012Wildlife News
Winter sports still on in the Hills
KELO-TV
LEAD, SD - If this winter's brown is getting you down, a trip to the Black Hills may be in order. "The perception is that the Black Hills doesn't have any snow because where people are living in South Dakota, they're not...
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Feb 6, 2012Wildlife News
Muskrat hunting season sought
PIERRE — The public could shoot muskrats under legislation sponsored by an Aberdeen legislator.
Rep. Dennis Feickert, D-Aberdeen, is the prime sponsor of House Bill 1117. The full House of Representatives could debate it as early as...
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Feb 2, 2012Wildlife News
Wind Cave elk poaching angers, saddens park officials
Wind Cave National Park maintenance employee Jeff Simmons gives instructions as a bucket loader lifts a bull elk onto a flatbed trailer. The elk was one of two bulls found dead in the park Tuesday morning....
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Feb 2, 2012Wildlife news
Outdoor Campus welcomes East River guests
Rapid City Journal
Savannah Miles, 3, left, of Spearfish, and her mother Jessica Miles, look at a display showing a wetlands habitat with a beaver home on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at the South Dakota Game, Fish &...
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Feb 1, 2012Wildlife News
Big Sioux River cleanup plan prepared amid pollution concerns
After three years of study, the city of Sioux Falls is almost ready to submit its plan to clean up some of the longstanding pollution of the Big Sioux River.
Federal law requires managers of impaired waters to...
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Jan 30, 2012Wildlife News
Ranchers want money for prairie dog damage
PIERRE — After losing a court battle, some ranchers in southwestern South Dakota are asking the Legislature for help in dealing with prairie dogs that leave public land and invade their private ranches.
Charles Kruse of Interior...
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Hills hunters bag fewer deer, antelope
Black Hills Pioneer Press
SPEARFISH — Black Hills deer hunters and rifle antelope hunters killed far fewer animals in 2011 than previous years, but their success rate remained relatively good.
In 2011 2,530 deer were killed during the...
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Jan 26, 2012Wildife News
A rare sight: Cranes in January
Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)
Sandhill cranes search for food in a cornfield near the Rowe Sanctuary south of Gibbon on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012. The cranes usually spend the winter further south in Texas and Oklahoma but, due to drought...
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Jan 25, 2012Wildlife News
Bird-Watchers Revel in Unusual Spike in Snowy Owl Sightings
On Dec. 5, this snowy owl made an appearance in Albany, Ore., a state that rarely sees birds of this kind. The birds have been seen across the nation this winter.
HELENA, Mont. — From coast to coast across the...
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Jan 24, 2012wildlife News
One-third of parks, recreation areas damaged by flood in 2011
By Bob Mercer
High water damaged 42 of the 130 state parks and recreation areas in South Dakota during 2011, but none of the 40 damaged along the Missouri River is directly eligible for federal...
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Big Sioux Recreation Area to expand again
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Brandon again will work with Game, Fish and Parks, and Parks and Wildlife to buy land to expand Big Sioux Recreation Area to the west.
The three groups will purchase 15 acres from Elsie Metz and Vernon Risty...
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Dec 9, 2011Wildlife News
Depredation hunts help two fold
Black Hills Pioneer
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks has opened its application period for depredation hunts.
State wildlife officials use willing hunters to help eliminate wildlife that cause problems for farmers and ranchers after...
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Dec 8, 2011Wildlife News
GF&P eyes East River bobcat season
Mitchell Daily Republic
SPRINGFIELD — There could be some bad news for bobcats making their home east of the Missouri River in South Dakota.
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department will consider creating a bobcat...
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Dec 7, 2011Wildlife News
Someone has to do it
Black Hills Pioneer Press
NORTHERN HILLS — "OK, there's the splatter in the road. But I don't see Bambi," Chris Moeller said, pulling his big black Ford Super Duty Diesel half into a ditch on Highway 85 just north of Spearfish.
There's a pile of...
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Dec 6, 2011Wildlife News
Archery program a bullseye with students
Pierre Capital Journal
Laila Blackbird, third grade, (at right) pulls her arrows from her target.
Bull’s-eyes don’t lie. Fourth-grader Shante Blackbird may say she doesn’t know what her technique is, but her aim tells otherwise....
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Dec 3, 2011Wildlife News
As prices soar, acres set aside for conservation dwindle in S.D.
WASHINGTON — Soaring crop prices are coaxing landowners across the Midwest and Great Plains to put Conservation Reserve Program acreage back under the plow, and Congress is considering reducing the program even further....
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Dec 2, 2011Wildlife News
Donation raises question: Should permission be needed for hunting on public land?
FORT PIERRE - An offer of a free quarter section of land hit a rut Thursday with the state Game, Fish and Parks Commission.
The original donor gave it to the South Dakota Game, Fish and...
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Dec 1, 2011Wildlife News
Which Way Will The Sediment Issue Flow Next?
Yankton Press & Dakotan
The impact of sedimentation on the Missouri River near Springfield can be seen in this photo. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held a public meeting in Yankton Wednesday night in which it discussed a study...
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Nov 30, 2011Wildlife News
Outdoors aid? There's an app for that
Cody Winchester, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Hum along with me now to "Two Little Feet," that joyful little ditty by Greg Brown that goes, "John Muir walked away into the mountains / in his old overcoat a crust of bread in his pocket."...
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Nov 29, 2011Wildlife News
Walking in the woods on a lovely holiday
Patrick Lalley, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
"I hope he doesn’t think we’re food."
Ms. Hyphenation and I watched as a magnificent red-tailed hawk floated on the breeze, not 30 feet above, seemingly stalled against the blue of a clear...
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Nov 28, 2011Wildlife news
Floods caused damage, financial loss to SD parks
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Last summer's flooding, which destroyed buildings, wrecked campgrounds and killed trees, ultimately caused about $9 million in damage to dozens of South Dakota's parks, state Parks Director Doug Hofer said....
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Nov 23, 2011Wildlife News
Mountain lion pays close up visit to Sturgis area family
A Vale resident who loves barn cats was stunned recently when a much larger cat - a mountain lion - peered through a window into her home.
The lion was spotted by deer hunters on Nov. 12, the opening day of deer...
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Nov 22, 2011Wildlife News
Rapid City making deer available
The Rapid City Parks Division is accepting applications for distribution of deer made available through the city's Deer Management Program.
Interested residents should call 394-4175. All local residents are eligible to receive deer on a...
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Nov 21, 2011Wildlife News
Black Hills forest to use $500K from forest service to fight pine beetles
The Black Hills National Forest will use half a million dollars from the United States Forest Service to continue its efforts to fight the mountain pine beetle epidemic.
The funds will come through...
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Nov 18, 2011Wildlife News
Know the signs of bovine TB
BROOKINGS, S.D. - The recent confirmation of bovine tuberculosis in a beef herd in Hutchinson County by the South Dakota Animal Industry Board presents an opportunity for cattle producers and others to review important aspects of this uncommon animal...
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Nov 17, 2011Wildlife News
Goal of SDWA: Keep prime waterfowl hunting at its best
Brookings Register
As members of the young South Dakota Waterfowl Association see it, the picture is clear: South Dakota has some of the best waterfowl hunting in the country. If too many hunters disturb waterfowl,...
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Nov 16, 2011Wildlife News
Rapid City may reduce number of deer it kills this winter
Rapid City could harvest 100 fewer deer within city limits this winter after a population survey this fall showed a 34 percent decrease over 2010.
Parks & Recreation Director Jerry Cole said Tuesday that after...
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Nov 15, 2011Wildlife News
Wednesday standoff ends peacefully
Rapid City Journal
HOT SPRINGS - Information on two local men sought on outstanding warrants turned into a standoff Wednesday morning, but ended peacefully shortly after noon, according to Fall River County Sheriff Rich Mraz.
"We...
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Nov 14, 2011Wildlife News
Into the ring with Bill Janklow
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
Everybody’s got a plan, until they get hit.
Mike Tyson offered that brutally profound analysis back when he was a seemingly invincible heavyweight boxing champion responding to a question about the fight...
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Nov 10, 2011Wildlife News
She shoots like a girl
SDSU Collegian
Senia Hiltunen shows off the bull elk she shot on Oct. 20 in the southern Black Hills
Senia Hiltunen collects holiday Barbies, she has a hot pink cell phone and she hunts bull elk.
She considers herself pretty girly....
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Nov 9, 2011Wildlife News
Waterfowl group aims to preserve hunting heritage
John Pollmann, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Waterfowl hunters are an odd breed – with their early morning jaunts into the dark cold and their affinity for forecasts that call for wind and snow and places wet and muddy.
But for...
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Nov 8, 2011Wildlife News
Unearthed bison skulls show evolution story
Pierre Capital Journal
Bison skulls estimated to date from 10,000 to 5,000 years ago are seen lined up after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered them.
PIERRE — More than 100 bison skulls unearthed by the 2011 Missouri...
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Nov 7, 2011Wildlife News
South Dakota state vet: Ohio incident shouldn't drive wild animal policy
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
SPEARFISH — Critics of individuals owning exotic animals privately, or even as pets, have pointed to a recent incident in Ohio as a prime example.
Last month in Zanesville,...
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Nov 4, 2011Wildlife News
Invasive species threat brings fishing regulations
PIERRE— The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission decided Thursday the James, Big Sioux and Vermillion rivers in South Dakota must be closed to taking of any baitfish.
So will the segment of the Missouri River below...
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Nov 3, 2011Wildlife News
State ranks high in car-deer accidents
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
South Dakota drivers hit deer at the third-highest rate in the country, according to an annual State Farm Insurance survey of claims data.
The report says South Dakota drivers have a one-in-81 chance of hitting...
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Nov 2, 2011Wildlife News
Ban On Bait Acquisition Being Considered
Yankton Press & Dakotan
In an effort to slow the spread of Asian carp, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission has proposed the closure of several local rivers to bait acquisition year round. The proposal would ban...
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Nov 1, 2011Wildlife News
Blood Run gets federal attention
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
South Dakota officials are drawing closer to announcing plans for an 800-acre park at historic Blood Run at a time when the site is gaining attention from the Obama administration.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar...
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Oct 27, 2011Wildlife News
Increasing number of women discover hunting
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Connie Snow stopped hunting at age 14 after her brothers were tired of her tagging along.
"It was a man's world," she said.
Almost a decade later, Snow decided to give it another try and found that...
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Oct 25, 2011Wildlife News
Wildlife officers like getting to know people
Aberdeen American News
Pheasant season keeps South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks conservation officers busy, and no two days are the same.
In Brown County, there are two wildlife officers, Nick Cochran and Tim McCurdy....
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Oct 24, 2011Wildlife News
Dennis Anderson: Fall Dakota days
Minneapolis Tribune
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Few places in the world are as enchanting as a South Dakota marsh in October. A few decoys set, the hope is that ducks — well into their southward migration now — will appear, offering the waterfowler a...
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Oct 21, 2011Wildlife News
SD Wild Animal Laws
KDLT-TV
The story has sparked attention across the country: An Ohio man letting loose 50 wild animals before killing himself.
Bringing up the question: How many South Dakotans own wild animals, and what are the state's laws in regard to...
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Oct 19, 2011Wildlife News
Pheasant count down, but hunters out in big numbers for thrill of the chase
Mitchell Daily Republic
With the Pheasant Opener at hand, hordes of eager hunters could once again be spotted dressed in their familiar fluorescent orange descending on the fields near Mitchell...
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Oct 18, 2011Wildlife News
Governors hit snag over river
OMAHA - A meeting of Missouri River governors revealed significant disagreement with Montana over flood control, even as federal officials said this year's high water damage might make their states more vulnerable next year.
Montana Gov. Brian...
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Oct 17, 2011Wildlife News
Strong Landowner Interest in Black Hills Forest Initiative
Pierre, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard says landowners throughout the Black Hills are showing a strong interest in combating the region’s widespread mountain pine beetle infestation.
The Governor unveiled the Black Hills...
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Oct 14, 2011Wildlife News
Pheasant Hunters Get Warm SD Welcome
SIOUX FALLS — You’d never know that the pheasant count is down in the Dakotas by talking with Sandy Audiss, owner of the Pheasant Bar in Winner, S.D. In anticipation of the Saturday opening of the hunting season, Audiss spent this week getting her...
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Oct 13, 2011Wildlife News
Father, son share fire for keeping hunting trips safe
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Leo Gaspar of Humboldt shows off a vest covered with safe hunter patches that he has collected. Gaspar was one of the first hunting safety instructors in the state. His son, Steve, also has been a...
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Oct 12, 2011Wildlife News
Pheasant fever ready to lift state's economy
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The pheasant opener on Saturday marks the start of one of South Dakota's most prized traditions - and, for many communities, an annual influx of badly needed tourism dollars.
Backing the boom of gunfire...
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Oct 11, 2011Wildlife News
Wildlife trapping: strong feelings for and against
COOLBAUGH, Pa. -- Barry Warner has loved wildlife since boyhood, and lived out his dream of becoming a conservation officer. He sees no contradiction in the fact that he's also a lifelong trapper, skilled at capturing wild...
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Oct 6, 2011Wildlife News
GF&P Commission in town to hear opinions, set 2012 season
Rapid City Journal
The state Game, Fish & Parks Commission begins a two-day meeting today in Rapid City, where it is expected to set the highest
mountain-lion kill quota since a hunting season for the big cats was...
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Oct 5, 2011Wildlife News
Flooding hampers tourism numbers
RAPID CITY — South Dakota’s tourism secretary says flooding along the Missouri River probably led to weak tourist numbers this past summer.
Jim Hagen tells KEVN television (http://bit.ly/opOiqV) that national media reports on the flooding may have...
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Oct 4, 2011Wildlife News
SD Supreme Court Hears Prairie Dog Appeal
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Dozens of ranchers asked the South Dakota Supreme Court on Monday to reinstate their lawsuit seeking state compensation for damage from prairie dogs. Ranchers in an area near Badlands National Park claim they lost...
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Oct 3, 2011Wildlife News
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End of a Career
by Ben Chambers, Written for the Watertown Public Opinion
On August 23 rd, 2011, I officially retired from Game, Fish and Parks after more than 32 great years. When I started my career in 1978, things were much different than...
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Sep 30, 2011Wildlife News
The Outdoor Campus-West opens its doors
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Thousands of people are...
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Sep 28, 2011Wildlife News
Calling a state park 'home'
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Marty Dewitt didn't just supervise Palisades - he lived there, too
Palisades State Park - Marty DeWitt had a pretty short commute for much of his career.
He woke up and walked through his backyard into...
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Officials at South Dakota’s Custer State Park say 14,000 people turned out to watch this year’s buffalo roundup. That’s a dozen people for every bison.
Sixty park personnel on Monday herded 1,200 buffalo into corrals during the 46th annual roundup.
Program manager Gary...
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Sep 26, 2011Wildlife News
Custer State Park readies for annual bison roundup
Decades ago, Custer State Park’s annual roundup of its buffalo herd was a minor event, attended by perhaps 200 people.
On Monday, an estimated 14,000 people will trek to the park to watch more than 1,000 bison corralled...
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Sep 23, 2011Wildlife News
State program introduces women to the outdoors
Rapid City Journal
Tami Hughson, left, of Mitchell, Neb., takes aim as archery instructor Skip Meisenheimer of Watertown evaluates her form on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, during Becoming an Outdoorswoman, which was held at the...
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State program introduces women to the outdoors
Rapid City Journal
Tami Hughson, left, of Mitchell, Neb., takes aim as archery instructor Skip Meisenheimer of Watertown evaluates her form on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, during Becoming an Outdoorswoman, which was held at the...
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Sep 19, 2011Wildlife News
Lessons in archery were among the features during Saturday’s Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids at the NFAA Archery Center in Yankton. The famous musician and outdoorsman was unable to attend the camp for medical reasons, but the youthful participants learned a wide variety of skills....
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Sep 15, 2011Wildlife News
Benefits to soil, wildlife could keep downsized conservation program alive
Rapid City Journal
The loss of more than 400,000 acres of wildlife-friendly habitat enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program was instrumental in a sharp decline this year in South...
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Sep 14, 2011Wildlife News
State leaders set to strut S.D. stuff at buffalo roundup
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Conservation officer Ron Tietsort tries to head a small group of buffalo that broke free of the herd as they were pushed towards the corral area at the annual buffalo roundup at Custer State Park...
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Sep 13, 2011Wildlife News
Governor Daugaard announces "Better Government Initiative"
Governor Dennis Daugaard made a stop in Sioux Falls Monday. While here the governor announced some plans to run the state government more efficiently.
He introduced what he's calling his "Better Government...
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Sep 12, 2011Wildlife News
Pine beetle a true hazard in South Dakota
By Walt Bones, Sec. Dept. Agriculture
The governor has announced a new initiative designed to prevent the mountain pine beetle from destroying the forest and its communities by increasing awareness of the problem; engaging homeowners and...
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Sep 9, 2011Wildlife News
Pheasant season not as dire as it may seem
Editorial: Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A bad economy, horrendous winter and high crop prices are threatening to cast a pall over South Dakota's upcoming pheasant season.
The annual brood survey released last week showed a 46 percent...
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Sep 8, 2011Wildlife News
South Dakota’s Great Places: Custer State Park
SD Tourism Press Release
PIERRE, S.D. – One of South Dakota’s Great Places is the second largest state park in America, home to one of the world’s largest publicly-owned bison herds, and known for interesting landscapes. It is...
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Sep 8, 2011Roadkill: Lawmakers Throw Wildlife Under the Bus
Roadkill: Lawmakers Throw Wildlife Under the Bus
Senate committee approves agriculture funding bill that slashes funds for wildlife and conservation
Washington, DC (September 8, 2011) – Yesterday, the Senate Appropriations committee approved a 2012 funding bill that slashes over $725...
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Sep 7, 2011Wildlife News
U.S. Forest Service Awards $3 Million to Address South Dakota Bark Beetle and Fire Threats
GOLDEN, Colo., Sept. 2, 2011 – Gov. Dennis Daugaard and the U.S. Forest Service today announced $3 million in cooperative federal grants for community assistance, bark beetle, and forest health...
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Sep 6, 2011Wildlife News
Retirng SD parks official like Elvis leaving the building
Terry Woster in Mitchell Daily Republic
One day not so very far in the future, the last strains of the final song will fade and a voice will say softly but authoritatively, "Captain Jayco has left the building."...
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Aug 31, 2011Wildlife News
Pheasant decline a sign of things to come?
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
For the better part of the past two weeks, the phone on Anthony Hauck's desk at Pheasants Forever's headquarters in St. Paul has been ringing off the hook.
Be it a hunter from Minnetonka or one from...
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Aug 30, 2011Wildlife News
South Dakota requires LEED standards on state building projects
Rapid City Journal
Who is the biggest investor in LEED-certified building projects in South Dakota?
It’s South Dakota.
Seven state government buildings have been LEED-certified and 17 more...
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Aug 29, 2011Wildlife News
Pheasant numbers fall off
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
A series of long, harsh winters, wet springs and the loss of Conservation Reserve Program grassland appears poised to steal some luster from South Dakota's signature autumn activity.
The Department of Game, Fish and...
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State honors Belle Fourche hatchery volunteer
Mark Ziska of Belle Fourche recently received an Outstanding Volunteer Award from the Aquatics Section of the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks.
Mark began volunteer work this spring at the McNenny State Fish...
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Aug 22, 2011Wildlife News
QR Codes at The Outdoor Campus: Where Nature and Technology Meet
South Dakota Adveritsing Federation
Love ’em or hate ’em, QR codes are popping up everywhere: on prints ads, billboards, even on the back of aspirin bottles. The idea is that people can receive more...
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Cold winter, heavy rains could hurt pheasant count
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The official pheasant population estimate for 2011 won't be released until the end of this month, but there is some early speculation on just how much of a dip - if any - there will be in the number of...
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Aug 16, 2011Wildlife News
Attacking attention spans for education
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
John Halverson of the Black Hills Raptor Center shows off Elisa, a red-tailed hawk, Saturday at the Outdoor Campus
In the intimate theater at the Outdoor Campus on Saturday, Dennis Lauseng of Hartford was...
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Explosives in backyard lead to Custer neighborhood evacuation
An undetermined amount of explosives found by a Custer resident Sunday morning prompted investigators to evacuate a neighborhood on the northwest side of town.
Around 8:30 a.m., Custer County dispatch received...
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Aug 12, 2011Wildlife News
Archery Antlerless Deer Hunt
KDLT-TV
Deer hunting usually takes place out in the country not within city limits. But the city of Sioux Falls and the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department are making preparations for the second annual archery deer hunt in Sioux...
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Aug 10, 2011Wildlife News
Mountain lion proposal creates disagreement
PIERRE, S.D. — State biologists want to let hunters shoot more mountain lions next year to help increase the Black Hills populations of elk and deer that serve as the lion's prey, a South Dakota wildlife official said Tuesday....
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Aug 9, 2011Wildlife News
Stanley Co. students go fishing, create T-shirts
Pierre Capital Journal
PIERRE — Another field trip for Stanley County Gold Program students, this time fishing close to home.
But their day wasn’t complete until they also made fish-printed T-shirts.
"The students...
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Aug 8, 2011Wildlife News
Deputies reunite stranded ducklings with mom
Rapid City Journal
A frantic mother duck was reunited with her seven, clumsy ducklings Tuesday, thanks to the combined efforts of two Pennington County sheriff’s deputies, two county highway workers and a Rapid Valley bird...
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Mountain lion had long walk from Black Hills
Rapid City Journal
A mountain lion killed last month on a Connecticut highway had apparently walked halfway across the country from the Black Hills, according to Connecticut environmental officials who said Tuesday...
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Jul 26, 2011Wildlife News
Mountain lion had long walk from Black Hills
Rapid City Journal
A mountain lion killed last month on a Connecticut highway had apparently walked halfway across the country from the Black Hills, according to Connecticut environmental officials who said Tuesday...
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Jul 14, 2011Wildlife News
Brookings Gun Club makes improvements
Brookings Register
Located only a few miles east of Brookings on Highway 14 is the Brookings Gun Club. The Gun Club is the ideal place for shotgun shooters to enjoy trap shooting, including singles or doubles and skeet shooting....
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Jul 11, 2011Wildlife News
S.D. state parks ravaged by flood along Missouri River
By Bob Mercer
Farm Island Recreation Area east of Pierre normally is one of the busiest state campgrounds this time of year, but would-be visitors can't do much more than turn around and leave again this summer. It's...
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Jul 8, 2011Wildlife News
Deputies reunite stranded ducklings with mom
Rapid City Journal
A frantic mother duck was reunited with her seven, clumsy ducklings Tuesday, thanks to the combined efforts of two Pennington County sheriff’s deputies, two county highway workers and a Rapid Valley bird...
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Jul 6, 2011Wildlife News
Camping getaway: Preparation is key for relaxing family weekend
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Alayna, Savanna and Joelle Jung in front of their camper.
When it comes to camping, you can't beat s'mores around the campfire - at least that's what Joelle Jung's three...
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Jul 5, 2011Wildlife News
Another grant to help fund nature park
Brookings Register
Brookings is getting a second grant to help pay for development of the Southbrook Nature Park, the city announced this week. City Manager Jeff Weldon said the city received notification from Gov. Dennis Daugaard...
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Jul 1, 2011Wildlife News
Campers keep coming despite some soggy sites
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The South Dakota state parks system is entering the high-traffic Fourth of July holiday weekend battered but open for business.
Flooding on the Missouri River and elsewhere has closed seven parks for the...
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Jun 30, 2011Wildlife News
The American Creek Campground is inundated in Chamberlain. Here, the office building is nearly submerged.
Walleyes Unlimited (and so was the rain)
Sioux City Journal
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. - We knew rain was in the forecast for our fishing trip to Chamberlain last week....
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Jun 28, 2011Wildlife News
Girlfriends, guns and GPS systems
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
More than 300 women and girls sampled outdoor activities Saturday at the third annual Women's Try-It Day at the Outdoor Campus.
Compared to what she's done before and what she has planned, Shirley Reilly's stately...
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Jun 27, 2011Wildlife News
Corps doesn't expect to use Oahe spillway gates
PIERRE — The Corps of Engineers says that despite heavy weekend rains in parts of the Missouri River basin it expects the Oahe Dam reservoir in South Dakota to peak just a few inches below the top of the emergency spillway gates....
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Jun 24, 2011Wildlife News
State park at Mitchell discussed during Capital for a Day
Mitchell Daily Republic
The message delivered to Gov. Dennis Daugaard by former chairman of the Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee and newly elected City Councilman Greg McCurry was clear on Wednesday: If you help us build...
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Jun 23, 2011Wildlife News
Outdoor Campus offers women a chance to try archery, kayaking
The Outdoor Campus, 4500 S. Oxbow Ave. in Sioux Falls, has set aside a day for women to try kayaking, archery and more.
The third annual Women’s Try-It Day is from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday. The event is free and no...
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Jun 22, 2011Wildlife News
Initial study completed on Dakota Grasslands idea
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold two public meetings on a draft Environmental Assessment and Land Protection Plan for its proposed Dakota Grassland Conservation Area.
The Service wants...
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Jun 20, 2011Wildlife News
Lewis and Clark Lake conditions unaffected by flooding
Sioux City Journal
YANKTON, S.D. -- Having never camped at Lewis and Clark Lake before, Brooke Albertson convinced her 8-year-old son, Orion, that it would be a fun place to hit the beach for some swimming....
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Jun 17, 2011Wildlife News
Outdoor Campus-West to provide regional offices, outdoor learning center
Rapid City Journal
Everett Hoyt gets a delightful case of double vision these days when he gazes at the nearly completed Outdoor Campus-West in northwest Rapid City.
He sees the present in the...
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Jun 16, 2011Wildlife News
USDA announces new hunting opportunities in rural areas
WASHINGTON, DC - - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced developments in two popular USDA programs that will support conservation of working lands for the benefit of wildlife, water quality, and recreation....
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Jun 14, 2011Wildlife News
Pollution a worry as Missouri River floods
BISMARCK -- The flooding Missouri River is picking up everything from boat docks to propane tanks as it spreads onto land. But experts say the high volume of water and the rapid current help in fighting long-term pollution....
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Jun 13, 2011Wildlife News
Warning signs may sprout around more South Dakota lakes
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
Anglers could see the list of fishing sites with mercury warnings increase to more than 40 from nine if the state follows a recommendation by scientists.
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Jun 10, 2011Wildlife News
A 'butte-iful' cultural learning experience
Black Hills Pioneer Press
On Wednesday at around 4 p.m., we unwittingly went to church out under the open Western South Dakota skies.
"This is one church that man didn't build," said Bear Butte State Park Manager Jim Jandreaux....
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Jun 9, 2011wildlife News
Some river towns savor high water
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
POLLOCK - In this community that once was doomed by an intentional flood on the Missouri River, residents now welcome the rising water on Lake Oahe.
Located just south of the North Dakota border, the town of...
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Jun 8, 2011Wwildlife News
Anglers question effects of rising water
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Rising water levels because of record releases through the Oahe and Gavins Point dams are causing real problems for many homes and businesses along those sections of the Missouri River, but the...
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Jun 7, 2011Wildlife News
Missouri River flood may aid protected birds, fish
BISMARCK, N.D. — The swollen Missouri River that promises to be a prolonged headache for small towns and farmers along its path is likely to be a boon for several protected and endangered species living in or near its...
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Jun 7, 2011House makes Conservation Cuts in Budget
Last night, the House Appropriations committee voted to cut over $1 billion dollars in funding for farm bill conservation and renewable energy programs as part of the FY12 budget for the Department of Agriculture. The bill takes a total of $2.7 billion (13.4%) out of the food and agriculture...
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Jun 6, 2011Wildlife News
Q&A: Downstream clout tends to sway management
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Why did this happen?
Rainfall of eight to 16 inches across Montana, Wyoming and the western Dakotas in May sent a deluge down the Missouri River and upon an Army Corps of Engineers...
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Jun 3, 2011Wildlife News
Will ag tiling destroy prairie duck hatchery?
Brookings Register
The long-term effect of drain tiling on a given landscape is largely unknown. It’s a relatively new phenomenon in South Dakota that has picked up steam in recent years. Opinions vary sharply on the...
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Jun 2, 2011Wildlife News
RC gets new feathered residents
KEVN-TV Rapid City
They are known for being cliff and ledge-loving birds of prey, now Rapid City has become the perfect urban environment to mimic their habitat.
Wildlife specialists are attempting to rebuild the struggling falcon...
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Jun 1, 2011Wildlife News
Tiling requests pile up in Brookings County
Brookings Register
If a farmer walked into the Brookings Natural Resource Conservation District today with a certified wetland determination (CWD) request, he’d have to wait approximately two years to see any action on...
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May 31, 2011Wildlife News
True Story
Yesterday (Monday) during a teleconference for all stakeholders involved with Missouri River flooding there was a lengthy and detailed explanation by officials with both background and current status. As follow up to the briefing the phone lines were opened to...
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May 26, 2011Wildlife News
Oahe Reservoir rises to record high
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Standing next to the Oahe Dam spillway these days is like watching a tourist attraction. Scott Larson, supervisor at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife field station in Pierre, said the thundering, rushing water is...
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May 25, 2011Wildlife News
State budget cuts to reduce prairie dog poisoning program
Rapid City Journal
A program to poison prairie dogs on private land in western South Dakota will help about half as many ranchers this year because of state budget cuts.
The prairie dog control program run by...
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May 23, 2011Wildlife News
Open house allows no-permit fishing, free parks entrance
Rapid City Journal
The rain drizzled into Pactola Reservoir on Saturday afternoon, sending the fish far away from the four hooks dangling below the water.
Kevin Weaver and David Enriquez each worked...
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May 19, 2011Wildlife News
Flooding helps S.D. fishing flourish
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Putting aside all the property destruction, swamped farmland and personal hardship caused by the flooding in South Dakota's glacial lakes region, all that extra water is good news for anglers.
"For as many things...
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May 18, 2011Wildlife News
Endangered species lists hit bureaucratic wall
Cody Winchester, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
On first read, the plan certainly sounds counterproductive: To protect the growing number of species believed to fit the statutory definition of endangered or threatened, file a blizzard of...
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May 17, 2011Wildlife News
Critics say Obama abandons science in forest rule The Obama administration's proposed new rules for protecting clean water and wildlife on the United States' nearly 200 million acres of national forests goes against the president's pledge to let science be the guide, conservation...
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May 17, 2011Mosquito Control (NO JOKE)
How to Kill Mosquitoes - NOT A JOKE You may be aware of this, How to Kill Mosquitos - NOT A JOKE I can't wait to try this in the...
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May 16, 2011Wildlife News
Silver City osprey pair gets nesting help from Black Hills Power
Rapid City Journal
SILVER CITY – The ospreys found their new home late Friday afternoon.
The fish-eating birds of prey now have a stable location for their nest. It’s a solid platform built on...
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May 13, 2011Wildlife News
Planting pine in a forest with too many?
Rapid City Journal
The Black Hills National Forest along with its contract partner, Pacific Coast Forestry from Medford, OR, planted 157,000 ponderosa pine seedlings in two and a half weeks to help reforest the old Jasper...
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May 12, 2011Wildlife News
Quicker review for endangered species sought
RAPID CITY, S.D. — An agreement between the government and an environmental group could mean a quicker review for three species in South Dakota that are candidates for the endangered species list.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
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May 11, 2011Wildlife News
Outdoor Campus invites anglers to catch rainbows
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Lynn Purdy of the Outdoor Campus helps Dorothy Stoops haul in a rainbow trout Monday while fishing at the Spellerberg Park pool.
Joan Cole has decades of experience fishing Lake...
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May 11, 2011Wildlife News
Fishing preview 2011: The hammer comes down on invasive species
Dennis Anderson, Minneapolis Tribune
Department of Natural Resources conservation officer Lisa Kruse has extracted an angry raccoon from a suburban hot tub and thwarted the picture-window rampages...
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May 9, 2011Wildlife News
New GF&P chairman noted for outdoor passion, public accessibility
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
Jeff Olson, the new chairman of the South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Commission, ties a fly at his Rapid City dental office.
Jeff Olson used to...
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May 5, 2011Wildlife News
Revised runoff forecast worries states
Bismarck Tribune
An updated runoff forecast from the Corps of Engineers has fishery managers in North Dakota and South Dakota nervous.
The recently-released forecast is for high summer water releases that haven't been...
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May 3, 2011Wildlife News
Governor discusses Blood Run with US Interior Secretary
PIERRE, S.D. — Gov. Dennis Daugaard says he took advantage of a meeting with U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to discuss South Dakota's plan to develop a state park at the Blood Run National Historic Site....
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May 2, 2011Wildlife News
DU Sits Down with Secretary of Interior Salazar in South Dakota
Highmore – Ducks Unlimited says U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s visit to South Dakota this week brings new light to America’s disappearing native prairie. Salazar met with DU and other...
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Apr 29, 2011Wildlife News
Local Archery Coach Trains The Very Best
Yankton Press & Dakotan
For his job at the Yankton archery center, M.J. Rogers wears many hats. As the facilities coach at the National Field Archery Association (NFAA) Easton Yankton Archery Complex, Rogers’ primary function is as a...
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Apr 28, 2011Wildlife News
Lake Thompson rec area closed due to flooding
Brookings Register
LAKE PRESTON – Lake Thompson Recreation Area near Lake Preston is closed until further notice because flood waters cover the park’s entrance road. Regional Park Manager Lee Kratochvil says the road is...
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Apr 27, 2011Wildlife News
A young gun
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Sometimes a change in perspective can be just the ticket when it comes to finding success as a turkey hunter.
Just ask Alex Barron, an 11-year old hunter from Sioux Falls who bagged his first gobbler this past Saturday near...
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Apr 26, 2011Wildlife News
Payments at risk in next farm bill
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The caustic debate over the federal budget comes at a tough time for the nation's farmers.
Not because things are bad down on the farm.
But because they've been pretty good.
Farmers and...
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Apr 26, 2011Wildlife News
Missouri River runoff on the rise
SIOUX FALLS -- The Army Corps of Engineers says this could be a year of record runoff into the Missouri River system.
Spokeswoman Jody Farhat said the reservoir system already is holding a lot of water and runoff from mountain...
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Apr 21, 2011Wildlife News
Fish and Wildlife Service: How Climate Change is Impacting Fish, Wildlife
Starting this Earth Day, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will launch a series of 50 stories for 50 consecutive weekdays that will explore the many ways accelerating climate change is impacting or...
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Apr 20, 2011Wildlife News
Going where the buffalo roam
Minneapolis Tribune
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The wildlife loop road at South Dakota's Custer State Park is a Black Hills safari, since the 1,500 bison in the park like to munch on the nearby prairie grasses.
T he bison were...
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Apr 14, 2011CRP under attack
CRP Under Attack from Members of Congress
In an April 8 th letter to President Obama, 26 Representatives have called for the USDA to offer penalty-free early release to farmers with acres currently enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. See attached letter for a...
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Apr 13, 2011Wildlife News
Landowner hunting rules face GFP review
By Bob Mercer
PIERRE — The state Game, Fish and Parks Commission is considering changes in its system that gives preferential treatment to agricultural landowners and tenants for obtaining hunting licenses for deer and antelope in...
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Apr 12, 2011Wildlife News
PIERRE — How do you get the kids to go outside and play? Use backpacks filled with a ton of outdoor items. The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and the Department of Health teamed up to increase the amount of time pre-school aged children spend outdoors.
The backpacks are...
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Apr 11, 2011Wildlife News
Funding setback in war on coyotes
Rapid City Journal
The state Game, Fish & Parks Department might have to increase its predator-control work if federal officials follow through on a plan to eliminate an aerial hunting program in western South Dakota.
The expected...
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Apr 6, 2011Wildlife News
Pierre misses deer-reduction quota
PIERRE – For the first time in four years, Pierre fell short of its quota for killing deer from the city herd this winter.
The annual program is aimed at keeping the size of the urban deer herd in check to reduce property damage and...
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Apr 5, 2011Wildlife News
GFP considers prohibiting lead shot for ditch hunters
Bob Mercer, Aberdeen American News
PIERRE— The traditional practice of hunting upland game birds such as pheasants in public road ditches might face a big change in South Dakota.
The state Game, Fish and Parks...
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Apr 4, 2011Wildlife News
Introducing your child to the outdoors: Connection with nature advocates healthier lifestyles
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Jason Werner takes students in a junior naturalist class on a short hike at the Outdoor Campus.
Technically, Allison and Easton Weeden are "city...
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Apr 4, 2011Corps. of Engineers dilemi
Here is a new NRC report on the challenges facing the Corps: http://bit.ly/exEQ8K . Below is a story on the report for last week’s Greenwire.
Conflicting demands, shrinking budgets create unsustainable mission – report
Paul Quinlan, E&E reporter
The U.S....
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Apr 1, 2011Wildlife News
Split court upholds SD taxidermy inspection law
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A state law allowing game wardens to inspect records kept by taxidermists is constitutional, a split South Dakota Supreme Court said Thursday in a ruling that upheld a taxidermist's conviction for refusing to let...
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Mar 31, 2011Wildlife News
Sediment Hits Niobrara Hard
Yankton Press & Dakotan
NIOBRARA, Neb. — For Knox County, Neb., residents, the growing sediment in the Missouri River reservoirs has taken on new urgency. For Niobrarans, flooding has already forced relocation of their town more than once....
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Mar 29, 2011Wildlife News
Machine limits prescribed fires
VALENTINE, Neb. — It looks a little like a toaster on skids.
Fire personnel at the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge had an opportunity last week to test a black-line machine that reinforces firebreaks for prescribed burns.
More than a dozen...
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Mar 28, 2011Wildlife News
Second lion killed in Custer State Park
Rapid City Journal
The second lion killed in the Custer State Park season was a thrill for a 15-year-old hunter and a reminder to other hunters to use care in calling cougars.
The 15-year-old hunter and his dad had set up a fawn...
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Mar 25, 2011Wildlife News
Flooding closes South Dakota roads
More roads are being closed in eastern South Dakota because of flooding.
Officials have closed a 19-mile stretch of state Highway 28 in Hamlin County between Highway 25 and Lake Norden because of a pipe washout. State Highway 21 in Hamlin...
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Mar 24, 2011Wildlife News
A Building Made To Get People Out Of It
KELO-TV
RAPID CITY, SD - A brand new, nearly $12.5 million project is under way in Rapid City. And while it's the building you can see being constructed, its purpose is to get people outside. The Game Fish and Parks new 32 acre...
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Mar 23, 2011Wildlife News
Lion kill more than walk in the park
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
It took 79 days, a change of seasons and a rabbit call for someone to finally kill a lion in Custer State Park.
And it wasn't something senior park wildlife biologist Chad Lehman was expecting on...
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Mar 22, 2011Wildlife News
Park fees raise objections
Game, Fish and Parks is increasing camping fees by $2 this year to help cover a $650,000 cut to its general fund budget. And according to some critics, that's out of line with Gov. Dennis Daugaard's instructions for departments to fill a $127 million...
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Mar 21, 2011Wildlife News
Rough road ahead in Congress for Johnson wilderness plan
Rapid City Journal
The West River wilderness dream hasn’t changed for Sen. Tim Johnson.
But the congressional vote count has.
With a narrower Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate and Republicans in control...
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Mar 17, 2011Wildlife News
Rapid City man helps instigate addition of air guns to squirrel hunt
Rapid City Journal
It’s the thought that counts.
You’d often be on the receiving end of a polite platitude if you heard that phrase, but one of Jeff Saline’s recent thoughts really held some weight....
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Mar 16, 2011Wildlife News
Johnson reminds producers about CRP general sign-up
Washington, DC—U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) today reminded South Dakota producers to visit their local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). Passed as part of the 2008 Farm...
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Mar 15, 2011Attack on a National Level
Yesterday, Bob Marshall, Conservation Editor at Field and Stream , said this about Congress’ Continuing Resolution: It “takes a deadly axe to fish, wildlife, and sportsmen's programs while leaving unscathed habitat-consuming industries like oil and gas.” Then he listed eight of “the more...
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Mar 15, 2011Wildlife News
Gov. signs shooting from snowmobile bill
Landowners on their own property will be able to shoot coyotes from stationary snowmobiles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Dennis Daugaard.
Senate Bill 55 makes exceptions for landowners and lessees on their own property to laws...
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Mar 14, 2011Wildlife News
Corps may cancel March water release on Missouri River
The Army Corps of Engineers said it might cancel the March surge of extra water meant to help an endangered fish in the Missouri River.
The so-called spring pulse below Gavins Point Dam is meant to replicate a natural...
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Mar 11, 2011Wildlife News
Vandals hit memorial to drowning victims
Rapid City Journal
Authorities in Butte County are investigating the theft of a memorial erected on private land along the Belle Fourche River for the victims of a fatal canoe accident at the site last year.
Jeramy Rogers, 38,...
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Mar 10, 2011Wildlife News
Revamped outdoor expo focuses on family
Rapid City Journal
In the process to reinvent itself, this weekend’s sport show at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center is looking back to move forward.
Formerly the Black Hills Sport Show, the event, now known as the Northern Plains...
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Mar 10, 2011Missouri River Study results are available
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the online release of the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study (MRAPS) Draft Scoping Summary Report. The report can be downloaded online at http://www.mraps.org/ . Comments received during the summer 2010 scoping period have been...
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Mar 9, 2011Wildlife News
GF&P considers fewer elk licenses
Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal
Fewer elk, fewer elk hunters.
That's the cause and effect coming to the Black Hills elk season again this fall, as the state Game, Fish & Parks Commission continues to reduce the number of...
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Mar 9, 2011GOP grills COE leaders
A RMY CORPS: GOP grills key officials over waterways, regs, restoration (03/09/2011)
Paul Quinlan, E&E reporter
House Republicans yesterday grilled Obama administration leaders in a confrontational budget hearing on plans to prioritize investment in environmental...
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Mar 8, 2011Wildlife News
Governor Appoints Tim Kessler To Board of Economic Development
PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced today that he has appointed Aberdeen businessman Tim Kessler to the State Board of Economic Development.
"Tim Kessler has a wealth of business experience, and I’m...
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Mar 7, 2011wildlife News
GF&P proposes lead shot ban for roads, right-of-ways
Rapid City Journal
The familiar debate over lead shot will return to public conversation in South Dakota because of a proposal by the state Game, Fish & Parks Commission to require nontoxic shot for hunting on...
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Mar 4, 2011Wildlife News
Ethical carnivores: An urbanite aims for dinner
Chicago Tribune, Monica Eng
This link http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/ct-perspec-0227-eng-20110225,0,7037590.story includes a video of this story with viewer discretion advisory.
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Mar 4, 2011GF&P Commission Minutes
GFP COMMISSION MEETING Notes & Highlights: March 3-4, 2011 Matthews Training Center, Foss Building - Pierre
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Action Items Approve Minutes of the January Meeting http://gfp.sd.gov/agency/commission/docs/draft-minutes.pdf Additional Commissioner Salary...
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Mar 3, 2011Wildlife News
Kintigh named state officer of year
The National Wild Turkey Federation has named Regional Supervisor Mike Kintigh of Rapid City its 2011 South Dakota Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer of the Year.
The NWTF’s Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer of the Year awards program honors the...
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Mar 2, 2011Wildlife News
GF&P kills 3 lions in Black Hills
Three mountain lions were euthanized Sunday for attacking domestic animals in the Black Hills.
State Game, Fish & Parks officials tracked and killed a female and its 8-month-old kitten after they were suspected of killing a pair of...
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Mar 1, 2011Wildlife News
State finds more chronic wasting disease
PIERRE -- Another 25 cases of chronic wasting disease have been found in wildlife in southwest South Dakota.
The disease kills deer and elk by attacking the brain. The Department of Game, Fish and Parks tests hunter-donated deer and elk...
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Feb 28, 2011Wildlife News
Man finds mountain lion eating barn cats near Custer
Tom Cox said six of his barn cats had mysteriously disappeared over the past few days. On Sunday morning, he solved the mystery when he caught the culprit in the act.
A malnourished 4-year-old female lion was standing in his...
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Feb 25, 2011Wildlife News
Noem co-sponsors bill keeping gray wolf off endangered list
Rep. Kristi Noem is co-sponsoring HR509 to prohibit the federal government from listing gray wolves as an endangered species.
Noem said in a prepared statement that the gray wolf is a "thriving species that has fully...
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Feb 24, 2011Wildlife News
SD House defeats plan to restrict game wardens
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A measure that sought to limit game wardens' ability to enter private land to check for hunting violations was rejected Wednesday by the South Dakota House after opponents said such a move could lead to more...
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Feb 22, 2011Wildlife News
Aberdeen American News: Ken Stephan of rural Tolstoy figured there were about 3,000 pheasants on this township road 11 miles south and one east of Bowdle late last month. Estimates have put that number as high as 5,000 in the area at different times.
Kill limit surpassed in SD...
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Feb 22, 2011Wildlife News
HOT SPRINGS -– The elk herd at Wind Cave National Park had to wonder what the heck was going on.
Last Friday and Saturday, a small helicopter was buzzing over the park north of Hot Springs, as the park took the next step in its elk management program.
The helicopter crew was charged...
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Feb 17, 2011Feds ease sanctions for brucellosis in livestock
The new status for Wyoming, Idaho and Montana is a pretty big deal. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is now taking the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem into account when a cattle herd is infected with the disease near its border. This means that Wyoming won’t lose its Brucellosis free...
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Feb 16, 2011Wildlife News
Authorities continued efforts to find Kyle Bender Tuesday after clothes believed to be his were recovered in Riverside Park during the weekend. The 26-year-old was last seen Dec. 11 at his mother’s residence in the 500 block of East Third Street. Clothes and a cell phone believed to be...
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Feb 15, 2011Wildlife News
Dakota Grassland Conservation Area Proposed
An important program to protect key grassland and wetland complexes in the core of the U.S. Prairie Pothole region has been proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It is called the "Dakota Grasslands Conservation Area", and would...
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Feb 14, 2011Wildlife News
Researchers hope to curb S.D. advance of Asian carp
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Abetted by last summer's record flooding, Asian carp are continuing their advance up the Big Sioux and other Missouri River tributaries, as researchers and wildlife officials gear up to deal with...
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Feb 7, 2011wildlife news
TIPS program yielded 83 arrests for illegal hunting or fishing in 2010
PIERRE — A program that offers reward money for tips about illegal hunting or fishing in South Dakota paid out $5,525 last year.
Turn In Poachers is run through the state Department of Game, Fish and Parks....
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Feb 4, 2011Wildlife News
A chilling tale from the frigid deep
Minneapolis Tribune
The scene: Lake Waconia. The day: recent. The fish story: a whopper.
"We got on the lake about 9 in the morning,'' said Jeff Klein, 26. "We weren't in our fish house long before a guy from another house not far...
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Feb 3, 2011Wildlife News
Draft proposes allowing biotech crops on refuges
Moorhead, Minn. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting an environmental review of the use of genetically modified crops in wildlife refuges.
National wildlife refuges have long used farming as a management tool, and...
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Feb 2, 2011Wildlife News
Early Spring Predicted as Punxsutawney Phil Fails to See His Shadow
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — The world's most famous groundhog as expected did not see his shadow Wednesday morning, which supposedly means that there will be an early spring. Punxsutawney Phil made his 125th annual...
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Feb 1, 2011Wildlife News
Bill would require all S.D. citizens to buy a gun
Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to purchase a firearm "sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense."
The bill, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2012,...
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Jan 30, 2011Wildlife News
33 mountain lions killed so far in S.D. season
PIERRE — State hunters so far this season have bagged 33 mountain lions in the first month of the season — with two months still to go.
South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department reports on its website that 13 male lions and 20...
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Jan 28, 2011Wildlife News
State Senate supports shooting coyotes from snowmobiles
Is shooting coyotes from snowmobiles a good idea?
A state Senate committee said "yes" by a 5-3 vote on Thursday, but with some stipulations.
The Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee approved SB55, which...
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Jan 27, 2011wildlife News
S.D. House Panel Rejects Bill To Put Limit On Wildlife Land Purchases
PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday rejected proposals that would have required legislative approval before the state Game, Fish and Parks Department bought land for public hunting, wildlife habitat...
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Jan 26, 2011Wildlife News
Bagged a buck -- Woman doesn't let 90 years slow her down
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Her age didn't slow her down. Knee and hip replacements didn't discourage her. An "Absolutely not" from the doctor didn't stop her.
Maxine Logan of McCook, Nebraska -- who turns 91 in May -- went...
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Jan 25, 2011Wildlife News
New Fishing Limits
KELO-TV
Ice fisherman are pulling in perch on lakes across KELOLAND, but this year's harvest is smaller. It's not that there are fewer fish, but new rules have lowered the limits for perch and panfish in South Dakota waters. David Olson drilled a couple...
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Jan 24, 2011Wildlife News
Dead birds in South Dakota and government admits poisoning
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has assumed responsibility for the deaths of more than 300 birds in Yankton, South Dakota. But the USDA insists it had nothing to do with other mass die-offs of birds recently in...
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Jan 21, 2011Wildlife News
Snowshoe hikes provide simple way to enjoy wintry Hills
Rapid City Journal
A single statement provides all the introduction needed to a simple winter pastime.
"If you can walk, you can snowshoe — it’s that easy," said Dana Garry, the George S. Mickelson Trail manager...
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Jan 20, 2011wildlife News
Governor Take Aim At GF&P
KELO TV
One department that stands to lose the most money is the Game Fish and Parks. The governor is proposing a 22 percent cut from its budget and that has many hunters and wildlife enthusiasts wondering where the ax will fall. When it...
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Jan 18, 2011Wildlife News
Nonresidents snapping up S.D. licenses
PIERRE - South Dakota sold more adult licenses for hunting pheasants and other small game to nonresidents than to residents in 2010 for the eighth year in a row.
The nonresident sales reached 102,003, second-highest on record and third...
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Jan 18, 2011Wildlife News
Growing population raises howl among landowners
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The coyote, Mark Twain wrote in his 1872 travelogue Roughing It, is "a living, breathing allegory of Want."
He sketched a portrait of a luckless, deceitful creature scrounging out a living at the...
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Jan 14, 2011Wildlife News
Department of Agriculture identifies mountain pine beetle control areas
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture announced they have started identifying mountain pine beetle control areas in the Black Hills and is beginning the process of drafting rules to address infestations on...
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Jan 12, 2011wildlife news
Local hunter harvests his first mountain lion near Hot Springs
Marty Buchholz of Hot Springs with his 118 pound, 3-year-old male mountain lion that he harvested on public land approximately five miles southeast of Hot Springs.
HOT SPRINGS – Marty Buchholz of Hot Springs has...
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Jan 11, 2011wildlife news
Madison receives $45,000 grant
The Madison City Commission approved plans on Monday for the municipal public works department to accept grant money to reconstruct the tennis/basketball court located at Westside Park.
City officials have accepted the grant from the Land &...
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Jan 7, 2011wildlife News
GF&P completes investigation into Ted Nugent hunt
State wildlife officers have completed an investigation into whether rocker Ted Nugent was eligible to hunt in South Dakota when he shot pheasants on a private preserve near Hot Springs in October.
But they are not saying...
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Jan 7, 2011wildlife news
Lawmakers skeptical of restricting game wardens
PIERRE -- South Dakota lawmakers are skeptical of a plan that would get rid of game wardens' authority to enter private lands to check for hunting violations without getting permission from landowners, according to a survey by The...
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Jan 6, 2011Wildlife News
Recently retired S.D. National Guard member's service spanned quarter century
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
Ray Brende, 60, talks about his enlistment and fond memories of serving in the South Dakota National Guard. He joined in 1970 at age 20, following the path of his two...
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Jan 5, 2011Wildlife News
Jackley: Legislature should decide on gun permits
Although he may defend the state in court against a pending lawsuit, Attorney General Marty Jackley said Tuesday that a rule about citizenship and carrying a concealed weapon is ultimately a decision for the Legislature.
South...
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Jan 4, 2011Wildlife News
Fundraising key to future of Black Hills Playhouse
The Black Hills Playhouse, which has struggled with facilities and funding problems for years, will reach out to other states and eastern South Dakota in an expanded fund drive aimed at securing the future of the troubled Custer...
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Dec 30, 2010Wildlife News
No end in sight for rising buffalo costs
An increase in the demand for beef and buffalo plus dwindling buffalo herds equals a steady rise in prices with no relief in sight for retailers and consumers.
According to producers, the price of buffalo has been steadily increasing for...
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Dec 29, 2010Wildlife News
Ranching with nature
Pierre Capital Journal
MIDLAND — Like most South Dakota ranchers, Rick and Marlis Doud do their best to get the most from their land and livestock. Their work in land conservation on their ranch 35 miles north of Midland has rewarded them with a good...
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Dec 28, 2010Wildlife News
Bow hunt within city limits deemed success
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
The number of deer bagged in Sioux Falls' first city-limit bow hunt has slowed, but officials still deem it a success.
Twenty does have been harvested with less than a week left in the season. The season...
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Dec 27, 2010Wildlife News
Program boosts James River
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
By most accounts, the year-old conservation program to improve water quality and expand hunting access in the James River Watershed Basin has been a success.
Soil erosion and field runoff is down, and thousands of...
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Dec 23, 2010Wildlife News
Lab was good teacher and pal
Chuck Raasch in Sioux Falls Argus Leader
WASHINGTON - In this season of coming home, I want to tell you a story about Hank.
He was a yellow Labrador Retriever owned by Mike Thyen, who runs TBird Labs, a dog-training business near Hayti. In...
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Dec 22, 2010Wildlife News
Some mountain lions descending to the Plains
(Reuters) - They may be called mountain lions, but some seem to prefer the Plains.
Kansas, one of the flattest states in the nation, this week verified the 5th sighting of a mountain lion since 2007 in the rural reaches of the state....
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Dec 21, 2010Wildlife News
Snowmobile trails open
Black Hills Pioneer
BLACK HILLS -- Snowmobiling season opened Dec. 15 in the Black Hills allowing winter enthusiasts access to the 350 miles of trails. "This is a lot better than it was last year at this time," said Shannon Percey, the district park...
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Dec 20, 2010Wildlife News
Kristi Noem gets natural resources, labor, education committee assignments
Newly elected Rep. Kristi Noem will tackle natural resources, labor and education as her committee assignments, the Republican congresswoman said Friday.
Noem issued a news release on her selection to...
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Dec 17, 2010Wildlife News
Missouri River To Get New Signage Along Trail
Starting next summer, kayakers and canoeists will find signs guiding them along their way from Yankton to Sioux City. The 14 new signs will be installed this spring along the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR) Water Trail. The...
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Dec 14, 2010Wildlife News
Demolition begins at aging Black Hills Playhouse campus
The plan is to fix things up at the Black Hills Playhouse.
But first they have to tear things down.
Crews in Custer State Park are demolishing decrepit barracks-style buildings at the playhouse campus dating back to...
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Dec 14, 2010Wildlife News
Crews begin tree cutting in Norbeck
The motors are rumbling and the trees are tumbling this week in Sunday Gulch.
The clock is ticking, too.
Contract logging crews began work Tuesday in the first timber sale of a multi-year management project that U.S. Forest Service...
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Dec 13, 2010Wildlife News
State gets $600,000 for sage grouse habitat
A $30 million federal initiative to help sage grouse in 11 states will make up to $600,000 available to landowners in western South Dakota, where the native prairie birds are limited primarily to Harding and Butte counties.
The 2011...
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Dec 10, 2010Wildlife News
Winged Visitor Draws A Crowd
Yankton Press & Dakotan
Birdwatchers from across the nation are flocking to Lake Yankton for the historic sighting of a lone Ross’s gull. The small Arctic bird with the pink underside is rarely found in the Lower 48. In fact, the bird’s...
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Dec 6, 2010Wildlife News
Hatcheries test fish for major diseases
Patrick Nero, a conservation tech with the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, dissects a rainbow trout Tuesday to test for various diseases within McNenny State Fish Hatchery’s populations. Currently the hatchery is...
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Nov 30, 2010Wildlife news from around the Country.
5 Fun Outdoor Things to Do in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Just because a town is small, it doesn't mean that it has nothing or little to offer in the way of fun activities for families or thrill-seekers. One nice thing about smaller towns is there is less traffic, meaning more time...
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Nov 23, 2010Wildlife news
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Left to Right) - Alex "Judge" Maddox - Past President and Foundation Board Chairman for Shikar-Safari Club International, Tony Leif - Wildlife Division Director, Mark Ohm - (recipient) Conservation Officer stationed in Reliance, SD, Mark's wife Jona, Emmett Keyser - Assistant Wildlife...
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Nov 19, 2010wildlife news
The sort begins
GF&P staffers, BHSU students sort good salmon eggs from bad
By Mark Watson, Black Hills Pioneer
SOUTH DAKOTA -- The adage one bad apple ruins them all holds true for fish eggs too. This October biologists with the South Dakota Game, Fish and...
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Nov 17, 2010Wildlife News
SD high court considers taxidermy inspection law
A taxidermist's conviction for refusing to let a game warden inspect his records should be thrown out because the inspection would have been an unconstitutional search, an attorney told the South Dakota Supreme Court on Tuesday....
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Nov 16, 2010Wildlife News
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Nov 9, 2010Wildlife News
Prescribed burn escapes boundary, burns 60 acres outside of containment lines
CUSTER -- Firefighters hacked, chipped and bulldozed a line Monday afternoon around 15 acres of the 60-acre Antelope Fire, which went out of control earlier in the day in Custer State Park. Fire crews...
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Jan 6, 2009Climate Capsule Week of January 5
Week of January 5,
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Transition Team
Begins Work On Recovery Plan; Education Key Area For
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This week, president-elect
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