Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Columbia, South Dakota 57433Filed Under: Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting
Congress established Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in 1935 as a "refuge and breeding grounds for migratory birds and other wildlife." The Refuge is 21,498 acres of prime wildlife ...
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Pocasse NWR
Columbia, South Dakota 57433Filed Under: Fishing, Hunting
Pocasse NWR is located in north-central South Dakota in the Missouri Coteau. This region is composed of intermediate and short grass prairie. It is partly of glacial origin and partly a result of stre ...
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Sand Lake WMD
Columbia, South Dakota 57433Filed Under: Fishing, Hunting, Paddling
The 9,000 square mile Sand Lake Wetland Management District (WMD), located in north-central South Dakota, encompasses a rich diversity of wildlife habitat. The eight county district (Brown, Campbell, ...
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Black Hills National Forest
Custer, South Dakota 57730Filed Under: Camping, Climbing, Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting
The name "Black Hills" comes from the Lakota words Paha Sapa, which mean "hills that are black". Seen from a distance, these pine-covered hills, rising several thousand feet above ...
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Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
Martin, South Dakota 57551Filed Under: Cultural, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was established in 1935 as a Refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. The Refuge is located in Bennett County in southwestern South Da ...
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James Diversion Reservoir
Huron, South Dakota 57350Filed Under: Fishing, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
The James Diversion Dam and Reservoir are located on the James River in east-central South Dakota about 17 miles north of Huron. The reservoir covers 960 water surface acres. There is a public-use a ...
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Shadehill Reservoir
Shadehill, South Dakota 57635Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hunting, Paddling
The Shadehill Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, consists of Shadehill Dam and Reservoir on the Grand River in the northwestern part of South Dakota, immediately downstream from the conflu ...
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Oahe Dam Lake Oahe
Pierre, South Dakota 57501Filed Under: Camping, Cultural, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling, Skiing
Oahe Dam, SD takes its name from the Oahe Indian Mission established among the Lakota Sioux Indians in 1874. Lake Oahe's 230-mile long lake runs from Pierre, South Dakota to near Bismarck North Dakota ...
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Dakota Prairie Grasslands
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting
The Dakota Prairie Grasslands are comprised of the Little Missouri National Grasslands, the Sheyenne National Grasslands, the Cedar River National Grasslands and the Grand River National Grasslands.Re ...
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Deerfield Reservoir
Hill City, South Dakota 57745Filed Under: Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Hunting, Paddling
Deerfield Dam and Reservoir, Rapid Valley Project, are twenty-five miles west of Rapid City, South Dakota on Castle Creek. Reservoir contains 400 surface acres and has 16 miles of shoreline. Public u ...
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