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The sun sets on Nov. 7, behind land near Worthing, South Dakota, that has been improved with money from the state’s Habitat Stamp program. South Dakota Searchlight photo by Joshua Haiar.

Five years in, South Dakota’s Habitat Stamp praised as one of state’s ‘smartest investments’

By Joshua Haiar of South Dakota Searchlight 12/08/2025

The first fish that former state Sen. V.J. Smith, R-Brookings, ever caught was from a dock when he was a…