Outdoor Recreation

Private interest groups that make money off of wildlife and habitat use are getting too much say in the management of the state's public trust resources, according to some outdoors enthusiasts.

The Black Hills National Forest is working with stakeholders to protect and balance recreation, business, the environment and grazing land as it sees an explosion in off-road vehicle riders.

The Legislature voted for a third time against helping to fund a $12 million state-of-the-art shooting range near Rapid City.

The Game, Fish and Parks Department is ready to purchase land for a state-of-the-art public shooting range even though the South Dakota Legislature has yet to fund part of the $12 million project.

A South Dakota agency hopes to move forward with its plan to open a public, state-of-the-art shooting range near Rapid City, despite a legislative committee rejecting state funding for the project.

Developers behind a luxury private housing development on a mountain in the Black Hills are adding a public, 1,000-foot-long tubing run and mountain bike park designed by a world-class trail builder.

A South Dakota nonprofit hopes to commission a feasibility study for a proposed rail-to-trail project but has paused its plan to seek funding for a five-mile demonstration trail.

Two state transportation organizations say it's premature to make a decision on whether to support a proposed rail-to-trail project in rural southeast South Dakota.

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