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Ducks fly off of a northern South Dakota wetland on Sept. 27, 2024. South Dakota Searchlight photo by Joshua Haiar.

GFP employee was just one of the landowners in refuge reclassification effort

By Meghan O'Brien, South Dakota Searchlight 06/13/2026

When officials with South Dakota’s Game, Fish and Parks Department sought to repeal a lake’s waterfowl refuge status, they said…

A large group of waterfowl takes flight from the Lake Andes Wetland Management District in South Dakota. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

State waterfowl refuge status removed from northeastern South Dakota lake

By Meghan O'Brien, South Dakota Searchlight 04/29/2026

PIERRE — A South Dakota lake can be used for hunting by surrounding landowners after a legislative rules committee voted…