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The Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in northeastern South Dakota, and covers 21,498 acres (8,700 ha) of wildlife habitat. It is part of the National Wildlife Refuge System, which covers over 550 such refuges in the US. The system is managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, part of the Department of the Interior.
The ring-necked pheasant is the state bird of South Dakota. This list of birds of South Dakota includes species documented in the U.S. state of South Dakota and accepted by the South Dakota Ornithologists' Union (SDOU). As of October 2021, 440 species were included in the official list.
Southeast South Dakota 1961 82,731 acres (334.80 km 2) [474] Madison Wetland Management District: East Central South Dakota 1969 129,700 acres (525 km 2) [475] Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge: Brown County: 1935 21,498 acres (87.00 km 2) [476] Sand Lake Wetland Management District: North Central South Dakota 1961 45,000 acres (180 km 2) [477]
Established. August 26, 1935. Governing body. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Website. Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge. Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in South Dakota. It covers 16,410 acres (66.4 km 2) and is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Lakota: Wazí Aháŋhaŋ Oyáŋke), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located in the U.S. state of South Dakota, with a small portion of it extending into Nebraska. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was created by the Act of ...
Location. Rapid City, South Dakota, United States. Annual visitors. 250,000–300,000 (2012)[1] Website. www.reptilegardens.com. Reptile Gardens is a reptile -focused zoo south of Rapid City, South Dakota, on US 16 between Rapid City and Mount Rushmore. [2] The park is open from the first Saturday of March through November 30 each year.
South Dakota State Parks and recreation areas range in size from the 19-acre Sandy Shore Recreation Area to the 71,000-acre Custer State Park. It was the first park established in the system, in 1919. Good Earth State Park at Blood Run is the most recent park, added in 2013. System-wide visitation in 2016 was 7,500,000.
Born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Zickefoose has been drawing birds since childhood. The bird artist Robert Verity Clem (1933-2010) encouraged her to draw living birds in nature. She describes the work of Lars Jonsson as one of her main influences. After studying art, anthropology and biology from 1976, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree ...